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Book Synopsis Midshipman Quinn by : Showell Styles
Download or read book Midshipman Quinn written by Showell Styles and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historical novel that tells the story of Septimus Quinn as he becomes a midshipman in the British Navy at age 15, and describes his involvement in the Napoleonic War.
Book Synopsis Building a Midshipman by : Jacqui Murray
Download or read book Building a Midshipman written by Jacqui Murray and published by Structured Learning. This book was released on 2006-08 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the thousands of students who apply every year for one of the four military academies, slogging through the numbing concatenation of decisions preceding a nomination, there is no greater intimidation than the statistically likely event that they will try and fail. Thats an examination into the pithiness of moral fiber important to the USNA, and eulogized by James Stockdale, USNA 46 and Medal of Honor Winner: "The test of character is not 'hanging in there' when you expect a light at the end of the tunnel, but performance of duty and persistence of example when you know that no light is coming. This is the true story of how one All-American kidlike those many that applydid it. She had no idea she could aim so high and succeed so succinctly. Her research into the typical Midshipman uncovered a profile alarmingly like herself. If she dreamt of attending a college where she fit in and attracted kindred souls, this qualified. When you first meet Meaghan, you may wonder, why does she think an Ivy League school will accept her? She doesnt earn straight As or play quarterback on the football teamor center on the volleyball squad. I describe in detail her background, her academic interests, her focus, as well as her struggle to put together a winning admissions package. Along the way, you gain insight into the moral fiber that grounds everything she does and allows her to fight the good fight. The support from family and friends, and decisions she must make that superficially appear impossible for an adolescent, but are in fact achievable for thousands of like-minded teens.
Book Synopsis Midshipman's Hope by : David Feintuch
Download or read book Midshipman's Hope written by David Feintuch and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-01-08 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First in the military science fiction series that does “an excellent job of transferring Hornblower to interstellar space. A thoroughly enjoyable read” (David Drake). In the year 2194, seventeen-year-old Nicholas Seafort is assigned to the Hibernia as a lowly midshipman. Destination: the thriving colony of Hope Nation. But when a rescue attempt goes devastatingly wrong, Seafort is thrust into a leadership role he never anticipated. The other officers resent him, but Seafort must handle more dangerous problems, from a corrupted navigation computer to a deadly epidemic. Even Hope Nation has a nasty surprise in store. Seafort might be the crew’s only hope . . . This page-turning science fiction in the vein of Robert Heinlein and Orson Scott Card—with a dash of Horatio Hornblower—marks the captivating debut adventure in Feintuch’s hugely popular Seafort Saga.
Book Synopsis Mr. Midshipman Easy by : Frederick Marryat
Download or read book Mr. Midshipman Easy written by Frederick Marryat and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Midshipman Culture and Educational Reform by : Todd A. Forney
Download or read book The Midshipman Culture and Educational Reform written by Todd A. Forney and published by University of Delaware Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Midshipman Culture and Educational Reform examines the effect of educational and professional reforms on the culture of Annapolis from 1945-76. The Naval Academy has juggled the competing priorities of training and education throughout its history. Proper balance was a perennial problem since the academy was limited to a four-year timetable to graduation. Bancroft Hall was the focal point for professional indoctrination and the heart and soul of the academy culture. Its traditions and activities often competed with academies for the midshipmen's time and attention. technology and operational requirements forced the school to reevaluate the emphasis paid to academics. Outside groups, such as the Folsom Board and Admiral Hyman Rickover, also acted as a catalyst for reform. The culmination of these efforts was the academic revolution of the 1960s, which transformed Annapolis into an elite engineering college. Midshipmen and their officers occasionally resisted changes that undercut their most cherished traditions, including plebe indoctrination. Ironically, most core values of the academy culture remained similar to what they had always been, including the emphasis on career service and loyalty to one's shipmates. Fomey's book uses all original sources, including a thorough survey of graduates from these years.
Book Synopsis The Midshipman's Companion by : Francis Liardet
Download or read book The Midshipman's Companion written by Francis Liardet and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Midshipman's Or British Mariner's Vocabulary by : J. J. Moore
Download or read book The Midshipman's Or British Mariner's Vocabulary written by J. J. Moore and published by . This book was released on 1805 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Marmaduke Merry the Midshipman; Or, My Early Days at Sea by : William Henry Giles Kingston
Download or read book Marmaduke Merry the Midshipman; Or, My Early Days at Sea written by William Henry Giles Kingston and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Midshipman Henry Gallant in Space by : H. Peter Alesso
Download or read book Midshipman Henry Gallant in Space written by H. Peter Alesso and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-05-10 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the last star fighter in squadron 111, Midshipman Henry Gallant is on his way from Jupiter to Mars. With the United Planets' fleet on the verge of annihilation, he can expect no help as he passes through the asteroid belt and threatening aliens. With so much uncertainty about the aliens' capabilities and intentions, analyzing the captured computer equipment in Gallant's possession could prove crucial. The fate of Earth could rest on the abilities of Midshipman Henry Gallant. Unfortunately, it is his abilities that have been much in doubt during his tour of duty. In an era of genetic engineering, he is the only Natural (non-genetically enhanced) officer left in the fleet. His classmates and superior officers have all expressed their concern that he will not be up to the demands of the space service. Only bright and attractive junior officer Kelsey Mitchel has shown any sympathy for him. Now as his navigator on the last fighter in squadron 111, her life as well as a good many others, depends of Henry Gallant.
Book Synopsis Midshipmen and Quarterdeck Boys in the British Navy, 1771-1831 by : S. A. Cavell
Download or read book Midshipmen and Quarterdeck Boys in the British Navy, 1771-1831 written by S. A. Cavell and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating study of midshipmen and other "young gentlemen", outlining their social background, career paths and what life was like for them. Officer recruits - "young gentlemen" - entered the Royal Navy with dreams of fame, fortune and glory, but many found promotion difficult, with a large number unable to progress beyond lieutenant. Recent scholarship has argued thatduring the wars of 1793-1815 there was greater social diversity among naval officers, with promotion increasingly related to professional competence. This book, based on extensive original research, examines the social backgroundof around 4,000 "young gentlemen" a term which includes midshipmen and various other categories, including captains' servants, volunteers and masters' mates. It concludes that in fact high birth became an increasingly important factor in the selection of officer candidates, and that as the Admiralty grip on the appointment and management of officer aspirants increased, especially after 1815, aristocratic presence in the ranks of young officers increased significantly as a result of deliberate Admiralty policy. The book also discusses the assertion that the increase in elite sons led to a dramatic increase in cases of indiscipline and insubordination, concluding that although therewas a marked increase in courts martial for insubordination during and after the French Wars there is no evidence that such cases related more to the elites than to young aspirants in general". The book includes many case study examples of midshipmen and other "young gentlemen", illustrating what life was like for them and how they themselves viewed their situation. S.A. CAVELL is a graduate of the Queensland University of Technology and Louisiana State University and completed her doctorate at the University of Exeter.
Book Synopsis Mr. Midshipman Easy by : Frederick Marryat
Download or read book Mr. Midshipman Easy written by Frederick Marryat and published by . This book was released on 1837 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Under the Meteor Flag by : Harry Collingwood
Download or read book Under the Meteor Flag written by Harry Collingwood and published by Fireship Press. This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Joseph Cosens Lancaster was the son of a Royal Navy captain and educated at the Naval College, Greenwhich. Even though he had been at sea since the age of 15, he had to abandon a career in the Royal Navy because of severe myopia which kept him from clearly seeing anything more than a few hundred yards away. Undaunted, he became a marine engineer specializing in harbor design. He also became one of the most prolific writers of nautical fiction of his day. Between 1886 and 1913 he wrote 23 nautically-related novels under the pseudonym of "Harry Collingwood"-a name he derived from his hero Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, Nelson's second in command at Trafalgar. His most commercially successful book was The Pirate Island written in 1884; but Under the Meteor Flag, written the previous year, might be his most action-packed. It is the story of a young midshipman who, like many of Marryat's characters, is trying to make his way in the new and often incomprehensible world of the 18th Century Royal Navy. It is the story of the midshipman that Lancaster never was, but it is written by a man who literally spent his whole life dealing with the sea.
Book Synopsis The Midshipmen's Trip to Jerusalem and Cruise in Syria; Or, The Adventures of a Cavalcade of British Naval Officers in the Holy Land by : Augustus A. Lyne
Download or read book The Midshipmen's Trip to Jerusalem and Cruise in Syria; Or, The Adventures of a Cavalcade of British Naval Officers in the Holy Land written by Augustus A. Lyne and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Romance of a Midshipman by : William Clark Russell
Download or read book The Romance of a Midshipman written by William Clark Russell and published by G.J. McLeod. This book was released on 1898 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Mr Midshipman Hornblower by : C.S. Forester
Download or read book Mr Midshipman Hornblower written by C.S. Forester and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2006-10-05 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join young Horatio Hornblower in the thrilling naval adventure from the author of The Good Shepherd, now a major-motion picture starring Tom Hanks 'A joyous creation, a perfection in words. Young Hornblower is, simply, one of the most complete creations of character in fiction' Conn Iggulden, The Independent _______ 1793, the eve of the Napoleonic Wars, and Midshipman Horatio Hornblower receives his first command . . . As a seventeen-year-old with a touch of sea sickness, young Horatio Hornblower hardly cuts a dash in His Majesty's navy. Yet from the moment he is ordered to board a French merchant ship in the Bay of Biscay and take command of crew and cargo, he proves his seafaring mettle on the waves. After a character-forming duel, several deadly chases and some dramatic captures and escapes, the young Hornblower is soon forged into a formidable man of the sea. This is the first of eleven books chronicling the nautical adventures of C. S. Forester's inimitable hero, Horatio Hornblower. _______ 'Absolutely compelling. One of the great masters of narrative' San Francisco Chronicle
Book Synopsis A Midshipman's Journal: Pages and Prompts to Capture Your United States Naval Academy Story by : Kristin Cronic
Download or read book A Midshipman's Journal: Pages and Prompts to Capture Your United States Naval Academy Story written by Kristin Cronic and published by Easel on Stribling. This book was released on 2021-02-14 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Midshipman's Journal" is a 158 page notebook with full color paintings by Kristin Cronic with Easel on Stribling, and corresponding question prompts to help you capture your United States Naval Academy story.
Book Synopsis The Complete Midshipman Bolitho by : Alexander Kent
Download or read book The Complete Midshipman Bolitho written by Alexander Kent and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2006-11-01 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three novels in one! Sixteen-year-old Richard Bolitho joins the British Royal Navy as a young midshipman. Follow his adventures as he undergoes a severe initiation into the dangerous world of the great sailing warships. 1. Richard Bolitho: Midshipman 1772: A young Richard Bolitho joins the 74-gun Gorgon. Naive and untested, Bolitho must learn the ways of the navy quickly if he is to survive. 2. Midshipman Bolitho and the Avenger 1773: Bolitho returns home to Cornwall for Christmas, but smuggling, shipwrecking, and witchcraft tear apart his once-peaceful community. 3. Band of Brothers 1774: Bolitho stands on the brink of manhood and takes his examination to begin his true career as a King's Officer. But soon he must test his mettle against vicious smugglers!
