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Book Synopsis The Captain’s Widow of Sandwich by : Megan Taylor Shockley
Download or read book The Captain’s Widow of Sandwich written by Megan Taylor Shockley and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2010-04-12 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1852 Hannah Rebecca Crowell married sea captain William Burgess and set sail. Within three years, Rebecca Burgess had crossed the equator eleven times and learned to navigate a vessel. In 1856, 22-year-old Rebecca saved the ship Challenger as her husband lay dying from dysentery. The widow returned to her family’s home in Sandwich, Massachusetts, where she refused all marriage proposals and died wealthy in 1917. This is the way Burgess recorded her story in her prodigious journals and registers, which she donated to the local historical society upon her death, but there is no other evidence that this dramatic event occurred exactly this way. In The Captain’s Widow of Sandwich, Megan Taylor Shockley examines how Burgess constructed her own legend and how the town of Sandwich embraced that history as its own. Through careful analysis of myriad primary sources, Shockley also addresses how Burgess dealt with the conflicting gender roles of her life, reconciling her traditionally masculine adventures at sea and her independent lifestyle with the accepted ideals of the period’s “Victorian woman.”
Book Synopsis The Captain's Widow of Sandwich by : Megan Taylor Shockley
Download or read book The Captain's Widow of Sandwich written by Megan Taylor Shockley and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2010-04-12 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1852 Hannah Rebecca Crowell married sea captain William Burgess and set sail. Within three years, Rebecca Burgess had crossed the equator eleven times and learned to navigate a vessel. This title examines how Burgess constructed her own legend and how the town of Sandwich embraced that history as its own.
Book Synopsis The American Clipper Ship, 1845-1920 by : Glenn A. Knoblock
Download or read book The American Clipper Ship, 1845-1920 written by Glenn A. Knoblock and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-29 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work offers a new and comprehensive account of the fastest and most beautiful sailing ships ever built. It explores the quest for speed on the seas from the early 1800s through the fast-paced times of the 1850s spurred on by the California Gold Rush of 1849. Not only are the career details of such noted ships as the Flying Cloud and Challenge discussed in detail, but they are also put in context with the times in which they operated. Their builders in East Coast states from Maine to Florida are discussed in detail, as are the men, and a woman in one instance, who commanded and manned these ships. The book documents the roles that owners and shipping agents played, what kinds of cargo the ships carried worldwide and the unusual trades in which they participated.
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Book Synopsis The British Admirals of the Fleet, 1734–1995 by : T. A. Heathcote
Download or read book The British Admirals of the Fleet, 1734–1995 written by T. A. Heathcote and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2002-01-22 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A companion volume to the same author's "The British Field Marshals 1736–1997", this book outlines the lives of the 115 officers who held the rank of Admiral of the Fleet in the Royal Navy from 1734, when it took its modern form, to 1995, when the last one was appointed. Each entry gives details of the dates of the birth and death of its subjects, their careers ashore and afloat, their family backgrounds, and the ships, campaigns and combats in which they served. Each is placed clearly in its domestic or international political context. The actions recorded include major fleet battles under sail or steam, single-ship duels, encounters with pirates on the Spanish Main and up the rivers of Borneo, the suppression of the Slave Trade (for which the Navy receives little gratitude), landing parties to deal with local dictators and revolutionaries, and the services of naval brigades in China, Egypt and South Africa.
Book Synopsis Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens of the State of Maine by :
Download or read book Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens of the State of Maine written by and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Records of the Committees for Compounding, Etc written by and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Unquenchable Fire by : Michael C. Jones
Download or read book The Unquenchable Fire written by Michael C. Jones and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2023-06-08 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paramedic Lieutenant Kelly Ridge is the most decorated Firefighter in Gold City. He has more awards and citations that any other member of the Gold City Fire Department. Kelly was raised in a Christian home by Doctor David and Margaret “Maggie” Ridge. His dad serves as Senior Pastor of Gold City Community Church, while Maggie is a simple housewife. As his experience grows, so does his ego. As the years go by out on his own, he achieves awards and commendations for the next five consecutive years. Everything is going picture perfect for him. A-Shift Captain Becker assigns him to be the duty officer for a shift on the engine. As he responds to a call with another department, his life changes drastically. After a deadly crash, he fights for his life in a coma. Through prayer warriors from his own family, to his dad’s church members, and people throughout the community, he miraculously survives. It is not over for him yet, as he faces many trials and hardships on his road to recovery. Will he ever reconcile with his Dad? Will he realize where he went wrong? Will he surrender his life to Christ and serve Him instead of himself?
Book Synopsis The Friend by : Samuel Chenery Damon
Download or read book The Friend written by Samuel Chenery Damon and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial by : William Richard Cutter
Download or read book New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial written by William Richard Cutter and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 2003 with total page 2196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis Commander: The Life and Exploits of Britain's Greatest Frigate Captain by : Stephen Taylor
Download or read book Commander: The Life and Exploits of Britain's Greatest Frigate Captain written by Stephen Taylor and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2012-10-15 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nobody describes a naval battle better than Taylor…a flawless demonstration of the biographer’s craft." —Jan Morris, The Guardian Edward Pellew, captain of the legendary Indefatigable, was quite simply the greatest British frigate captain in the age of sail. Left fatherless at age eight, with a penniless mother and five siblings, Pellew fought his way from the very bottom of the navy to fleet command. Victories and eye-catching feats won him a public following. Yet he had a gift for antagonizing his better-born peers, and he made powerful enemies. Redemption came with his last command, when he set off to do battle with the Barbary States and free thousands of European slaves. Opinion held this to be an impossible mission, and Pellew himself, leading from the front in the style of his contemporary Nelson, did not expect to survive. Pellew’s humanity, fondness for subordinates, and blind love for his family, and the warmth and intimacy of his letters, make him a hugely engaging figure. Stephen Taylor gives him at last the biography he deserves.
Book Synopsis Rider's British Merlin by : Cardanus Rider
Download or read book Rider's British Merlin written by Cardanus Rider and published by . This book was released on 1767 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review by :
Download or read book Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 846 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "Gentleman's magazine" section is a digest of selections from the weekly press; the "(Trader's) monthly intelligencer" section consists of news (foreign and domestic), vital statistics, a register of the month's new publications, and a calendar of forthcoming trade fairs.
Book Synopsis The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record by :
Download or read book The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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