Hms Resolute

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Publisher : Elizabeth Matthews
ISBN 13 : 9780755203963
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (39 download)

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Book Synopsis Hms Resolute by : Elizabeth Matthews

Download or read book Hms Resolute written by Elizabeth Matthews and published by Elizabeth Matthews. This book was released on 2007 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did a ship involved in the failed searches for the lost explorer, Sir John Franklin, alter the course of history forever and become the lasting symbol of Anglo-American friendship? Sent into the Canadian Arctic in 1852 to find Franklin as part of the Belcher Expedition, the officers and men of HMS Resolute spent two years under their gallant and kind Captain Kellett unsuccessfully searching for the Franklin Expedition until they were forced by the expedition's commander, Edward Belcher, to abandon ship. Then an American whaler, James Munro Buddington, salvaged Resolute in Baffin Bay, and brought her into his New England homeport on Christmas Eve 1855. Meanwhile, Britain, seeking soldiers for her Crimean War, and against all international laws about the sovereignty of nations, recruited soldiers in five US cities despite America's declared neutrality. President Franklin Pierce, desperately seeking a way to unify his country riven by the issue of slavery, seized upon this affront. Prime Minister Palmerston, hoping to divert the attention of the British people from his extremely unpopular Crimean War, did not respond with an apology but rather tripled the number of Royal Navy ships just outside American waters. President Pierce appealed for Congressional approval to match that response. The jingoistic war of words was in danger of exploding into open hostilities as the opposing naval forces faced off: Britain and America were on the brink of their third war until Resolute became the focus of the rising tensions...and then she changed history forever In this work of maritime historical fiction follow our young American hero, Abraham Fairfax III, as he wrestles with his Quaker conscience over slavery and goes whaling in the Canadian Arctic. There he falls into the clutches of the sadistic British squadron leader, Edward Belcher, and is rescued by Resolute's intrepid captain, Henry Kellett. Arriving in Ireland Abraham falls in love with Kellett's beautiful but headstrong daughter. Read about their adventures as they are inextricably entwined with the divergent lives of Arctic explorers, salt-encrusted Yankee whalers, and cross-Atlantic warmongering politicians in the incredible story of Her Majesty's Ship Resolute "Elizabeth Matthews, an American writer, knows more about the history of HMS Resolute, and the complicated political background which threatened war between Great Britain and the US, than anyone else." --the late Michael Phillips-- leading British naval historian

Resolute

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Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781402758614
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (586 download)

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Book Synopsis Resolute by : Martin W. Sandler

Download or read book Resolute written by Martin W. Sandler and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost everyone knows the photo of John F. Kennedy, Jr. as a young boy, peering out from under his father's desk in the Oval Office. But few realize that the desk itself plays a part in one of the world's most extraordinary mysteries--a dramatic tale that has never before been told in its full scope.

Lost Beneath the Ice

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Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 9781459719491
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (194 download)

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Book Synopsis Lost Beneath the Ice by : Andrew Cohen

Download or read book Lost Beneath the Ice written by Andrew Cohen and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2013-11-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1850, HMS Investigator was sent to search for the lost Franklin ships. They failed, becoming trapped in the ice, but completed Franklin's quest for the Northwest Passage. This book recounts the voyage and Parks Canada's discovery of the wreck.

Horatio Thomas Austin Log of the H.M.S Resolute from 28 February to 28 October, 1850

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Book Synopsis Horatio Thomas Austin Log of the H.M.S Resolute from 28 February to 28 October, 1850 by : Horatio Thomas Austin

Download or read book Horatio Thomas Austin Log of the H.M.S Resolute from 28 February to 28 October, 1850 written by Horatio Thomas Austin and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present volume contains detailed ship's log for H.M.S Resolute (Thursday, February 28, 1850 - Monday, October 28, 1850). H.M.S. Resolute sailed under Captain H.T. Austin in search of Sir John Franklin (ex Governor of Van Dieman's Land (Tasmania 1836-1843)) in May 1850. Returned in 1851.

The President's Desk

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Publisher : Hardie Grant Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1743583710
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (435 download)

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Book Synopsis The President's Desk by : Shaun Micallef

Download or read book The President's Desk written by Shaun Micallef and published by Hardie Grant Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-02 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The President’s Desk is the story of America as seen through the eyes of its most powerful piece of furniture. Standing in the most important office in the land for over a hundred years, it has been sat at by no less than twenty-four of the greatest men who ever lived (I’m leaving out Nixon, obviously). This epic retelling of the history of the United States takes us from the desk’s early life as the humble timbers of a barquentine frozen in the waters of the Arctic, through its transformation by decree of Queen Victoria, to over a century in the Oval Office as an eventual antique.

Contains 1000 UNTOLD SECRETS of the American presidency, including:

  • Why Jimmy Carter destroyed Washington
  • How George W. Bush killed John Howard
  • When Calvin Coolidge appeared nude on his own coin
  • Who drowned Warren Harding in his own hotel room
    • What Herbert Hoover really thought when he was attacked by Rin-Tin-Tin

Written by Shaun Micallef, star of Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell, Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation and, to a lesser extent, Mr and Mrs Murder.

'One of the greatest comic voices of our time' Matt Lucas, Little Britain

'Australia's finest satirist and comic surrealist.', Ben Elton

'Read it for too long and you get grin aches in your jawbones.' The Herald Sun

‘Shaun Micallef has a gift for the surreal. The English language is a sunlit garden. Shaun has a Harley-Davidson and a cast-iron alibi. He will be home by nightfall. You may hear some noise. It will be made by you. You will feel much better afterwards.’ John Clarke

Discovering the North-West Passage

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Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476622035
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Book Synopsis Discovering the North-West Passage by : Glenn M. Stein

Download or read book Discovering the North-West Passage written by Glenn M. Stein and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1850 to 1854, the ambitious Commander Robert McClure captained the HMS Investigator on a voyage in search of the missing Franklin Expedition, which sailed from England into the Arctic in 1845 to map the last uncharted section of the North-West Passage. The Investigator and her consort the Enterprise were to pass through the Bering Strait from the west but a Pacific storm separated them, never to meet again. Obsessed with traversing the passage, McClure pressed on and HMS Investigator spent three years trapped in pack ice in Mercy Bay before the crew abandoned ship on foot. This book chronicles the voyage in detail. McClure and his relationships with his officers are at the heart of the story of the arduous journey, vividly illustrated by the paintings of Lt. Samuel Cresswell.

The Eventful Voyage of H. M. Discovery Ship "Resolute" to the Arctic Regions

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 628 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Book Synopsis The Eventful Voyage of H. M. Discovery Ship "Resolute" to the Arctic Regions by : George Frederick M'Dougall

Download or read book The Eventful Voyage of H. M. Discovery Ship "Resolute" to the Arctic Regions written by George Frederick M'Dougall and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expedition of Henry Kellet.

Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal

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Publisher : New York : G.P. Putnam
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 242 pages
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Book Synopsis Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal by : Sherard Osborn

Download or read book Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal written by Sherard Osborn and published by New York : G.P. Putnam. This book was released on 1852 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Narrative of the voyage of the Pioneer, one of the ships of the Royal Naval Expedition of 1850-51 which made a search for Franklin on the west coast of Prince of Wales Island, Griffiths Island and Jones sound in the Northwest Territories. Includes details of sledge journeys, hunting, use of carrier pigeons, equipment, wintering and evidence found of Franklin's route on leaving his ships. Written by the commander of the Pioneer.

Arctic Expedition. Case of HMS Resolute

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Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Arctic Expedition. Case of HMS Resolute written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description: Includes original manuscript documents accompanied by (at the front of vol.) printed copies of communications between British and United States of America Governments regarding the recovery of HMS Resolute; copies of letters to the Admiralty Board from Lady Franklin. Lists of English and US vessels whose crew have received the Medal for Arctic Service and newspaper articles about the Resolute.

The Franklin Conspiracy

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Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1554880203
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (548 download)

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Book Synopsis The Franklin Conspiracy by : Jeffrey Blair Latta

Download or read book The Franklin Conspiracy written by Jeffrey Blair Latta and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2001-06-01 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Franklin Conspiracy is an absorbing account of the single most enigmatic event in Canadian history. In 1845, two British Royal Navy ships, the Erebus and the Terror, commanded by Sir John Franklin, entered the Canadian Arctic in search of the Northwest Passage. Neither ship returned. A fifteen-year search uncovered evidence of unparalleled disaster, but to this day no one knows exactly how the 129 men of the Franklin Expedition met their deaths. Although the expedition did not run out of food, there is clear evidence of cannibalism. The ships carried two hundred message cylinders with them, yet failed to leave records. Stranger still, an earlier explorer, Thomas Simpson, was reputedly murdered for the "secret of the Northwest Passage." What was this "secret"? The Franklin Conspiracy is an exhaustively researched, compellingly reasoned answer to that question. The result is a shocking saga of conspiracy, cover-up, and unbelievable secrets the.

High Treason

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Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1312244712
Total Pages : 705 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book High Treason written by Patrick Hale and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-09-24 with total page 705 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jake Dalton confronts with his worst nightmare; someone high in the United States government is doing the unthinkable. He's not selling secrets for financial gain or leaking classified information for political purposes, he's actively engaged in trying to destroy the country. After gathering the evidence to confirm his suspicions about the actions of politically powerful traitor, Jake begins his quest to stop the lunatic before his plan to cripple the United States turns into a reality. What he doesn't know is that his enemy is aware of his activities and determines that Jake knows too much and must remain forever silent. Before Jake can address the wanton act of treason, he must first deal with those who would kill him. He uses every bit of knowledge and skill he has to deal with those who want him dead. While he struggles to stay alive, he must also come to the aid of his nation. His only concern is if he has enough time to do the impossible before his country falls into the dustbin of history.

Naval Tactics and Trials of Sailing

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Book Synopsis Naval Tactics and Trials of Sailing by : George Biddlecombe

Download or read book Naval Tactics and Trials of Sailing written by George Biddlecombe and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Frozen in Time

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Publisher : Greystone Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1771641746
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (716 download)

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Book Synopsis Frozen in Time by : Owen Beattie

Download or read book Frozen in Time written by Owen Beattie and published by Greystone Books Ltd. This book was released on 2017-06-20 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A remarkable piece of forensic deduction.”—Margaret Atwood The internationally-bestselling account of the Franklin’s doomed Arctic expedition, and the thrilling scientific investigation that spurred the decades-long hunt for its recovery—now with a new afterword on the discovery of its lost ships: Erebus and Terror. “Chilling . . . will keep you up nights turning pages.”—The Chicago Tribune In 1845, Sir John Franklin and his men set out to “penetrate the icy fastness of the north, and to circumnavigate America.” And then they disappeared. The truth about what happened to Franklin’s ill-fated Arctic expedition was shrouded in mystery for more than a century. Then, in 1984, Owen Beattie and his team exhumed two crew members from a burial site in the North for forensic evidence, to shocking results. But the most startling discovery didn’t come until 2014, when a team commissioned by the Canadian government uncovered Erebus, the lost ship. Frozen in Time is a riveting deep dive into one of the most famous shipwrecks of all time, and the team of brilliant scientists that unleashed its secrets from the ice.

The Terror

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Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316003883
Total Pages : 784 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (16 download)

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Book Synopsis The Terror by : Dan Simmons

Download or read book The Terror written by Dan Simmons and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2007-03-08 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "masterfully chilling" novel that inspired the hit AMC series (Entertainment Weekly). The men on board the HMS Terror — part of the 1845 Franklin Expedition, the first steam-powered vessels ever to search for the legendary Northwest Passage — are entering a second summer in the Arctic Circle without a thaw, stranded in a nightmarish landscape of encroaching ice and darkness. Endlessly cold, they struggle to survive with poisonous rations, a dwindling coal supply, and ships buckling in the grip of crushing ice. But their real enemy is even more terrifying. There is something out there in the frigid darkness: an unseen predator stalking their ship, a monstrous terror clawing to get in. “The best and most unusual historical novel I have read in years.” —Katherine A. Powers, Boston Globe

Correspondence Respecting HMS Resolute, and the Arctic Expedition

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 39 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (561 download)

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Book Synopsis Correspondence Respecting HMS Resolute, and the Arctic Expedition by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons

Download or read book Correspondence Respecting HMS Resolute, and the Arctic Expedition written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Admirals and Generals

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Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1449070981
Total Pages : 654 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Admirals and Generals written by Dan Ryan and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-02-25 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Admirals and Generals: describes in vivid detail what may have occurred in the United States military from 1833 to 1877. It is the continuation of The Caldwell Series. The narration is by a career naval officer, born in Beaufort, South Carolina. The historical events of 1833 through 1877 are carefully followed. The imagination of the author provides rich characters in powerful settings from the playing fields of West Point to the summer cruises from Annapolis, Maryland.The time old love story between a man and a woman continues throughout this book when the naval officer proposes to a fellow student at Georgetown Graduate School. Scenes are set carefully with attention to accurate research of the Low Country in South Carolina as well as our Nations Capital circa 1833-1877. The Peoples Standard History of the United States written by Edward S. Ellis and published in 1895 by Western Book Syndicate and copyrighted by the Woolfall company have provided background materials, maps of the period and needed information on how the federal government was organized and functioned during this period of history.

AN ARCTIC JOURNAL

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 330 pages
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Download or read book AN ARCTIC JOURNAL written by LIEUT SHERARD OSBORN and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: