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Author : Georges Simenon
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (964 download)
Download or read book The Sailors' Rendezvous written by Georges Simenon and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Georges Simenon
Publisher : Penguin Books
ISBN 13 : 9780140031362
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (313 download)
Download or read book Sailors' Rendezvous written by Georges Simenon and published by Penguin Books. This book was released on 1970 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Georges Simenon
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141976756
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)
Download or read book The Grand Banks Café written by Georges Simenon and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2014-06-05 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new translation of Georges Simenon's gripping novel set in an insular fishing community, book eight in the new Penguin Maigret series. It was indeed a photograph, a picture of a woman. But the face was completely hidden, scribbled all over in red ink. Someone had tried to obliterate the head, someone very angry. The pen had bitten into the paper. There were so many criss-crossed lines that not a single square millimetre had been left visible. On the other hand, below the head, the torso had not been touched. A pair of large breasts. A light-coloured silk dress, very tight and very low cut. Sailors don't talk much to other men, especially not to policemen. But after Captain Fallut's body is found floating near his trawler, they all mention the Evil Eye when they speak of the Ocean's voyage. Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. This novel has been published in a previous translation as The Sailors' Rendezvous. 'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray 'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories' Guardian 'A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness' Independent
Author : Michael J. Bennett
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807863246
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)
Download or read book Union Jacks written by Michael J. Bennett and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2005-12-15 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historians have given a great deal of attention to the lives and experiences of Civil War soldiers, but surprisingly little is known about navy sailors who participated in the conflict. Michael J. Bennett remedies the longstanding neglect of Civil War seamen in this comprehensive assessment of the experience of common Union sailors from 1861 to 1865. To resurrect the voices of the "Union Jacks," Bennett combed sailors' diaries, letters, and journals. He finds that the sailors differed from their counterparts in the army in many ways. They tended to be a rougher bunch of men than the regular soldiers, drinking and fighting excessively. Those who were not foreign-born, escaped slaves, or unemployed at the time they enlisted often hailed from the urban working class rather than from rural farms and towns. In addition, most sailors enlisted for pragmatic rather than ideological reasons. Bennett's examination provides a look into the everyday lives of sailors and illuminates where they came from, why they enlisted, and how their origins shaped their service. By showing how these Union sailors lived and fought on the sea, Bennett brings an important new perspective to our understanding of the Civil War.
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Total Pages : 944 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Sailors' Magazine and Seamen's Friend written by and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 944 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 788 pages
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Download or read book The Sailor's Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 788 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1226 pages
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Download or read book The Sailors' and Soldiers' Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 1226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edward Everett Hale
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 804 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (126 download)
Download or read book Old and New written by Edward Everett Hale and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes: College directory [giving the name, locality, course of study, faculty, and number of students, of 175 or more of the Principal collegiate institutions of the United States]. [Boston, Robert Bros. 1872-74]
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Total Pages : 372 pages
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Download or read book The Sailor's Magazine, and Naval Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1833 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Yachting written by and published by . This book was released on 1993-12 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Old and new written by and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Barbara B Tomblin
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1682471195
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (824 download)
Download or read book Life in Jefferson Davis' Navy written by Barbara B Tomblin and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2019-04-15 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Civil War is often considered a "soldiers' war," but Life in Jefferson Davis' Navy acknowledges the legacy of service of the officers and sailors of the Confederate States Navy. In this full-length study, Barbara Brooks Tomblin addresses every aspect of a Confederate seaman's life, from the risks of combat to the everyday routines which sustained those sailing for the stars and bars. Drawing upon diaries, letters, newspaper accounts, and published works, Tomblin offers a fresh look at the wartime experiences of the officers and men in the Confederate Navy, including those who served on gunboats, ironclads, and ships on western rivers and along the coast and at Mobile Bay, as well as those who sailed on the high seas aboard the Confederate raiders Sumter, Alabama, Florida, and Shenandoah. The author also explores the daily lives, deprivations, and sufferings of the sailors who were captured and spent time in Union prisoner of war camps at Point Lookout, Elmira, Camp Chase, Johnson's Island, Ship Island, and Fort Delaware. Confederate prisoners' journals and letters give an intimate account of their struggle, helping modern audiences understand the ordeals of the defeated in the Civil War.
Author : Richard S. Wheeler
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780812565379
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (653 download)
Download or read book Rendezvous: A Barnaby Skye Novel written by Richard S. Wheeler and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1998-12-15 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1826, Barnaby Skye, a twenty-year-old pressed seaman, deserts his Royal Navy frigate at Fort Vancouver, escapes the minions of the Navy and the Hudson's Bay Company, and makes his way down the trackless Columbia River country alone.
Author : Michael Macilwee
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 1802079386
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Liverpool Underworld written by Michael Macilwee and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2022-04-02 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A survey of the social and economic conditions and events that gave Liverpool a reputation for being the most crime-ridden place in the country in the nineteenth century.
Author : N. A. M. Rodger
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1783270985
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (832 download)
Download or read book Strategy and the Sea written by N. A. M. Rodger and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2016 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An important book, presenting the latest insights by the leading world authorities on naval history. This book presents a wide range of new research on many aspects of naval strategy in the early modern and modern periods. Among the themes covered are the problems of naval manpower, the nature of naval leadership and naval officers, intelligence, naval training and education, and strategic thinking and planning. The book is notable for giving extensive consideration to navies other than those of Britain, its empire and the United States. It explores a number of fascinating subjects including how financial difficulties frustrated the attempts by Louis XIV's ministers to build a strong navy; how the absence of centralised power in the Dutch Republic had important consequences for Dutch naval power; how Hitler's relationship with his admirals severely affected German naval strategy during the Second World War; and many more besides. The book is a Festschrift in honour of John B. Hattendorf, for more than thirty years Ernest J. King Professor of Maritime History at the US Naval War College and an influential figure in naval affairs worldwide. N.A.M. Rodger is Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford. J. Ross Dancy is Assistant Professor of Military History at Sam Houston State University. Benjamin Darnell is a D.Phil. candidate at New College, Oxford. Evan Wilson is Caird Senior Research Fellow at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. Contributors: Tim Benbow, Peter John Brobst, Jaap R. Bruijn, Olivier Chaline, J. Ross Dancy, Benjamin Darnell, James Goldrick, Agustín Guimerá, Paul Kennedy, Keizo Kitagawa, Roger Knight, AndrewD. Lambert, George C. Peden, Carla Rahn Phillips, Werner Rahn, Paul M. Ramsey, Duncan Redford, N.A.M. Rodger, Jakob Seerup, Matthew S. Seligmann, Geoffrey Till, Evan Wilson
Author : Sir Walter Runciman (bart.)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Before the Mast--and After written by Sir Walter Runciman (bart.) and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter Kurtz
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 0817317791
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (173 download)
Download or read book Bluejackets in the Blubber Room written by Peter Kurtz and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2013-01-10 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores key events in US maritime history from the 1820s to the end of the Civil War through the biography of the sailing ship William Badger Taking a biographical approach to his subject, Peter Kurtz describes three phases of the life of the William Badger, a sailing ship with a long and exemplary life on the sea: first as a merchant ship carrying raw materials and goods between New England, the US South, and Europe; second as a whaling ship; and finally as a supply ship providing coal and stores for the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron in Beaufort, North Carolina, during the Civil War. Kurtz begins Bluejackets in the Blubber Room by exploring early American shipbuilding and shipbuilders in the Piscataqua region of Maine and New Hampshire and the kinds of raw materials harvested and used in making the wooden sailing ships of the time. After its construction, the Badger became part of the key economic trade between New England, the US South, and Europe. The ship carried raw materials such as timber from New England to New Orleans and subsequently cotton from New Orleans to Spain and Liverpool, England. Using ship logs, sailors’ accounts, and other primary sources, Kurtz delves into both the people and the economics of this critical “cotton triangle” trade. Following service as a merchant ship, the Badger became a whaling ship, carrying its New England–based crew as far as the South Pacific. Kurtz presents a colorful story of life aboard a whaling ship and in the whaling towns ranging from Lynn, Massachusetts, to Cape Leeuwin, Australia. Finally, Kurtz describes the last phase of the Badger’s life as a key player as a supply ship in the Union Navy’s blockade effort. Although not the most dramatic duty a sailor could have, blockade supply nevertheless was critical to the United States’ prosecution of the Civil War and eventual victory. Kurtz examines the decision-making involved in procuring such ships and their crew, notably “refugees” and escaped slaves known as “contrabands.”
