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Book Synopsis Iron Ships, Iron Men by : Christopher Nicole
Download or read book Iron Ships, Iron Men written by Christopher Nicole and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Jerry McGann is a giant of a man - in love, in war, in friendship, more than living up to the wildly romantic adventurers, his ancestors Harry and Toby McGann. As the proud captain of the USS Montgomery, he sails into New Orleans harbour for the marriage of his friend Rod Bascom to Claudine Grahame, and into the arms and heart of Marguerite Grahame, the beautiful, proud and impetuous daughter of a Southern plantation owner. But the American Civil War is coming. The brothers-in-law support different sides, Jerry the Federal North and Rod the the Southern Confederacy."--Publisher description.
Book Synopsis Iron Men, Wooden Women by : Margaret S. Creighton
Download or read book Iron Men, Wooden Women written by Margaret S. Creighton and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 1996-05 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the voyage of the Argonauts to the Tailhook scandal, seafaring has long been one of the most glaringly male-dominated occupations. In this groundbreaking interdisciplinary study, Margaret Creighton, Lisa Norling, and their co-authors explore the relationship of gender and seafaring in the Anglo-American age of sail. Drawing on a wide range of American and British sources—from diaries, logbooks, and account ledgers to songs, poetry, fiction, and a range of public sources—the authors show how popular fascination with seafaring and the sailors' rigorous, male-only life led to models of gender behavior based on "iron men" aboard ship and "stoic women" ashore. Yet Iron Men, Wooden Women also offers new material that defies conventional views. The authors investigate such topics as women in the American whaling industry and the role of the captain's wife aboard ship. They explore the careers of the female pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read, as well as those of other women—"transvestite heroines"—who dressed as men to serve on the crews of sailing ships. And they explore the importance of gender and its connection to race for African American and other seamen in both the American and the British merchant marine. Contributors include both social historians and literary critics: Marcus Rediker, Dianne Dugaw, Ruth Wallis Herndon, Haskell Springer, W. Jeffrey Bolster, Laura Tabili, Lillian Nayder, and Melody Graulich, in addition to Margaret Creighton and Lisa Norling.
Book Synopsis Wooden Ships and Iron Men; the Story of the Square-rigged Merchant Marine of British North America, the Ships, Their Builders and Owners, and the Men who Sailed Them by : Frederick William Wallace
Download or read book Wooden Ships and Iron Men; the Story of the Square-rigged Merchant Marine of British North America, the Ships, Their Builders and Owners, and the Men who Sailed Them written by Frederick William Wallace and published by Boston, Lauriat Company. This book was released on 1937 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Wooden Ships and Iron Men by : David D. Bruhn
Download or read book Wooden Ships and Iron Men written by David D. Bruhn and published by Heritage Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1953-1994, sixty-five U.S. Navy ocean minesweepers (MSOs) swept mines; searched the seafloor for downed aircraft, sunken ships, and lost munitions; "showed the flag" throughout the world, even sailing up the Congo and Mekong Rivers, calling at dozens
Book Synopsis Wooden Boats and Iron Men by : Trygvie Jensen
Download or read book Wooden Boats and Iron Men written by Trygvie Jensen and published by Trygvie Jensen. This book was released on 2007 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Iron Men with Golden Hearts in Wooden Ships by : Raymond S. Simmons, II
Download or read book Iron Men with Golden Hearts in Wooden Ships written by Raymond S. Simmons, II and published by . This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Iron Ship written by K. M. McKinley and published by Solaris. This book was released on 2015-05-26 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Merchant, industrialist and explorer Trassan Kressind has an audacious plan – combining the might of magic and iron in the heart of a great ship to navigate an uncrossed ocean, seeking the city of the extinct Morfaan to uncover the secrets of their lost sciences. Ambition runs strongly in the Kressind family, and for each of Trassan’s siblings fate beckons. Soldier Rel is banished to a vital frontier, bureaucrat Garten balances responsibility with family loyalty, sister Katriona is determined to carve herself a place in a world of men, outcast Guis struggles to contain the energies of his soul, while priest Aarin dabbles in forbidden sorcery. The world is in turmoil as new money brings new power, and the old social order crumbles. And as mankind’s arts grow stronger, a terror from the ancient past awakens... This highly original fantasy depicts a unique world, where tired gods walk industrial streets and the tide’s rise and fall is extreme enough to swamp continents. Magic collides with science to create a rich backdrop for intrigue and adventure in the opening book of this epic saga.
Book Synopsis Ships of Wood and Men of Iron by : Gerard Kenney
Download or read book Ships of Wood and Men of Iron written by Gerard Kenney and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2005-09-12 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of explorations of the Arctic in Canada, beginning with Otto Sverdrup's 1898?1902 Norwegian expedition.
Book Synopsis Ships of Oak, Guns of Iron by : Ronald Utt
Download or read book Ships of Oak, Guns of Iron written by Ronald Utt and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-12-03 with total page 699 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The War of 1812 is typically noted for a handful of events: the burning of the White House, the rise of the Star Spangled Banner, and the battle of New Orleans. But in fact the greatest consequence of that distant conflict was the birth of the U.S. Navy. During the War of 1812, America’s tiny fleet took on the mightiest naval power on earth, besting the British in a string of victories that stunned both nations. In his new book, Ships of Oak and Guns of Iron: The War of 1812 and the Birth of the American Navy, author Dr. Ronald Utt not only sheds new light on the naval battles of the War of 1812 and how they gave birth to our nation’s great navy, but tells the story of the War of 1812 through the portraits of famous American war heroes. From the cunning Stephen Decatur to the fierce David Porter, Ships of Oak and Guns of Iron relates how thousands of American men and boys gave better than they got against the British Navy. The great age of fighting sail is as rich in heroic drama as any epoch. Dr. Utt’s Ships of Oak and Guns of Iron retrieves the American chapter of that epoch from unjustified obscurity, and offers readers an intriguing chronicle of the War of 1812 as well as a unique perspective on the birth of the U.S. Navy.
Book Synopsis Iron Men and Tin Fish by : Anthony Newpower
Download or read book Iron Men and Tin Fish written by Anthony Newpower and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2006-08-30 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the American entry into World War II until September 1943, U.S. submarines experienced an abnormally high number of torpedo failures. These failures resulted from three defects present in the primary torpedo of the day, the Mark XIV. These defects were a tendency to run deeper than the set depth, the frequent premature detonation of the Mark 6 magnetic influence exploder, and the failure of the contact exploder when hitting a target at the textbook ninety-degree angle. Ironically, despite using a completely independent design, the Germans experienced the same three defects. The Germans, however, fixed their defects in six months, while it took the Americans twenty-two months. Much of the delay on the American side resulted from the denial of senior leaders in the operational forces and in the Navy's Bureau of Ordnance (BuOrd) that the torpedo itself was defective. Instead, they blamed crews for poor marksmanship or lack of training. In the end, however, the submarine force itself overcame the bureaucratic inertia and correctly identified and fixed the three problems on their own, proving once again the industry of the average American soldier or sailor. From the American entry into World War II until September 1943, U.S. submarines experienced an abnormally high number of torpedo failures. These failures resulted from three defects present in the primary torpedo of the day, the Mark XIV. These defects were a tendency to run deeper than the set depth, the frequent premature detonation of the magnetic influence exploder, and the failure of the contact exploder when hitting a target at the textbook 90-degree angle. Ironically, despite using a completely independent design, the Germans experienced the same three defects. The Germans, however, fixed their defects in six months, while it took the Americans 22 months. Much of the delay on the American side resulted from the denial of senior leaders in the operational forces and in the Navy's Bureau of Ordnance (BuOrd) that the torpedo itself was defective. Instead, they blamed crews for poor marksmanship or lack of training. In the end, however, the submarine force itself overcame the bureaucratic inertia and correctly identified and fixed the three problems on their own, proving once again the industry of the average American soldier or sailor. Contrary to the interpretations of most submarine historians, this book concludes that BuOrd did not sit idly by while torpedoes failed on patrol after patrol. BuOrd acknowledged problems from early in the war, but their processes and their tunnel vision prevented them from realizing that the weapon sent to the fleet was grossly defective. One of World War II's forgotten heroes, Admiral Lockwood drove the process for finding and fixing the three major defects. This is first book that deals exclusively with the torpedo problem, building its case out of original research from the archives of the Bureau of Ordnance, the Chief of Naval Operations, Vice Admiral Lockwood's personal correspondence, and records from the British Admiralty at the National Archives of the United Kingdom. These sources are complemented by correspondence and interviews with men who actually participated in the events.
Download or read book Seven Iron Men written by Paul De Kruif and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2007-09-01 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the discovery and development of the great iron deposits of the Mesabi Range describes how the seven Merritt brothers found the iron ore in 1890, only to lose control of the resource and the wealth that it would bring to powerful industrialist John D. Rockefeller. Reprint.
Book Synopsis Fighting Sail by : Addison Beecher Colvin Whipple
Download or read book Fighting Sail written by Addison Beecher Colvin Whipple and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chatham, England, 1771. Sails flogged and tavern signs creaked. An officer of the Royal Navy was walking along the waterfront when a youngster approached him. The boy was neat, and he projected an air of quiet self-assurance. He did not ask for money, as the officer had expected him to. He had a sea bag over his shoulder, and he wanted directions. Where could he find the Raisonnable? And how could he get out to her? His Majesty's ship of the line Raisonnable lay in the Medway River estuary, along with other warships that had recently been recommissioned. The youngster confided that he not only knew the name of the Raisonnable's commander, Captain Maurice Suckling, but he was, in fact, Suckling's 12-year-old nephew Horatio Nelson. He was reporting for duty as a midshipman.
Download or read book Iron John written by Robert Bly and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2004-07-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this deeply learned book, poet and translator Robert Bly offers nothing less than a new vision of what it is to be a man.Bly's vision is based on his ongoing work with men and reflections on his own life. He addresses the devastating effects of remote fathers and mourns the disappearance of male initiation rites in our culture. Finding rich meaning in ancient stories and legends, Bly uses the Grimm fairy tale "Iron John," in which the narrator, or "Wild Man," guides a young man through eight stages of male growth, to remind us of archetypes long forgotten-images of vigorous masculinity, both protective and emotionally centered.Simultaneously poetic and down-to-earth, combining the grandeur of myth with the practical and often painful lessons of our own histories, Iron John is a rare work that will continue to guide and inspire men-and women-for years to come.
Download or read book The Iron Men written by Leonard B. Scott and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Leonard Scott's extraordinary first novel, Charlie Mike, was hailed by The Washington Post as "one of the finest novels yet written about the war in Vietnam." With several more highly praised novels to his credit, Leonard Scott now moves beyond Vietnam with a daring story of war and revenge that carries us from the second World War to the present. Centered on Berlin, The Iron Men tells of men who wear the Iron Cross and uphold the tradition of duty and honor." "It is the end of WWII and Germany is falling. Axel Mader and Jorn Furman are young paratroop officers and recipients of the Knight's Cross, Germany's highest class of Iron Cross. Axel and Jorn's unit is falling back to defend Berlin before the advance of the Russian army. But a unit of the SS has been ordered to shoot any German soldiers who retreat and SS Captain Horst Volker gives the order to open fire. Axel and Jorn escape but vow to avenge the comrades they loved, now dead." "As Germany enters its tumultuous post-war era, we follow Horst Volker as he becomes the most powerful and ruthless leader within Stasi, the infamous East German secret police. We also follow the lives of Axel and Jorn, one in West Germany and one caught in the East." "But their fates will be entangled with a soldier of the new generation. Jake Tallon, a washed-up American lieutenant colonel, is assigned to Berlin with the hope that he can save his career. When he falls in love with Kris, Axel Mader's daughter, he finds that he has something else in common with her father. Jake too, is an iron man, for he wears the Distinguished Service Cross he earned for valor as a platoon leader in Vietnam." "It will now be three iron men who join together in Berlin just before the fall of the Wall, to confront Horst Volker and the legacy of the past...." "Filled with the superbly described action and understanding of the fighting man that have won Leonard Scott both wide critical acclaim and a huge readership, The Iron Men is an exciting breakthrough, a stirring novel about men and honor."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Book Synopsis The Complete Book of Wargames by : Jon Freeman
Download or read book The Complete Book of Wargames written by Jon Freeman and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 1980 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes and evaluates in terms of presentation, rules, playability, realism, and complexity, wargames located in various ages and in real and imaginary lands
Download or read book The Iron Duke written by Meljean Brook and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-10-05 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After freeing England from Horde control, Rhys Trahaearn has built a merchant empire. And when Detective Mina Wentworth enters his dangerous world to investigate a mysterious death, Rhys intends to make her his next conquest.
Book Synopsis Iron Rails, Iron Men, and the Race to Link the Nation: The Story of the Transcontinental Railroad by : Martin W. Sandler
Download or read book Iron Rails, Iron Men, and the Race to Link the Nation: The Story of the Transcontinental Railroad written by Martin W. Sandler and published by Candlewick. This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the race of rails to link the country—and meet the men behind this incredible feat—in a riveting story about the building of the transcontinental railroad, brought to life with archival photos. In the 1850s, gold fever swept the West, but people had to walk, sail, or ride horses for months on end to seek their fortune. The question of faster, safer transportation was posed by national leaders. But with 1,800 miles of seemingly impenetrable mountains, searing deserts, and endless plains between the Missouri River and San Francisco, could a transcontinental railroad be built? It seemed impossible. Eventually, two railroad companies, the Central Pacific, which laid the tracks eastward, and the Union Pacific, which moved west, began the job. In one great race between iron men with iron wills, tens of thousands of workers blasted the longest tunnels that had ever been constructed, built the highest bridges that had ever been created, and finally linked the nation by two bands of steel, changing America forever.
