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Author : John Cameron
Publisher : New York : Macmillan Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book John Cameron's Odyssey written by John Cameron and published by New York : Macmillan Company. This book was released on 1928 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Cameron
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780282585518
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (855 download)
Download or read book John Cameron's Odyssey (Classic Reprint) written by John Cameron and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-26 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from John Cameron's OdysseyMy greatest difficulty has arisen from Captain Cam eron's failure to record more than a few precise dates. Too frequently, usually, in fact, he contents himself with some such Statement as this occurred thirty years ago. It soon became obvious to me that his arithmetic, though not necessarily his recollection, is often at fault. Such obscurities would have been clarified and deficiencies made good had he lived to review and correct my ver sion. Even before his death both of us worked against hindrances: he was in Japan, I was in Hawaii, we saw each Other for only a few weeks, and he spared me very few hours then. In these circumstances I have had to determine approximate dates by ascertaining when this vessel was wrecked, when that man died, when some other event occurred. Since this book does nor profess to be history, but is no more than one man's account of his own experiences, I believe that I have been successful enough in indicating time.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Philip D. Morgan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135702713
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (357 download)
Download or read book Maritime Slavery written by Philip D. Morgan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Think of maritime slavery, and the notorious Middle Passage – the unprecedented, forced migration of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic – readily comes to mind. This so-called ‘middle leg’ – from Africa to the Americas – of a supposed trading triangle linking Europe, Africa, and the Americas naturally captures attention for its scale and horror. After all, the Middle Passage was the largest forced, transoceanic migration in world history, now thought to have involved about 12.5 million African captives shipped in about 44,000 voyages that sailed between 1514 and 1866. No other coerced migration matches it for sheer size or gruesomeness. Maritime slavery is not, however, just about the movement of people as commodities, but rather, the involvement of all sorts of people, including slaves, in the transportation of those human commodities. Maritime slavery is thus not only about objects being moved but also about subjects doing the moving. Some slaves were actors, not simply the acted-upon. They were pilots, sailors, canoemen, divers, linguists, porters, stewards, cooks, and cabin boys, not forgetting all the ancillary workers in ports such as stevedores, warehousemen, labourers, washerwomen, tavern workers, and prostitutes. Maritime Slavery reflects this current interest in maritime spaces, and covers all the major Oceans and Seas. This book was originally published as a special issue of Slavery and Abolition.
Author : John T. Grider
Publisher : UJ Press
ISBN 13 : 1920382895
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (23 download)
Download or read book A Foreign Voyage written by John T. Grider and published by UJ Press. This book was released on 2017-04-24 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: JOHN GRIDER joined the Institute for Reconciliation and Social Justice at the University of the Free State as a Research Fellow in November 2015. He recently completed this captivating project, which investigates the complex interplay between gender, class and race sourced from the narratives of men who found themselves working in the transforming Pacific maritime industry during the mid-nineteenth century.
Author : Pamela Frierson
Publisher : Trinity University Press
ISBN 13 : 1595341730
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (953 download)
Download or read book The Burning Island written by Pamela Frierson and published by Trinity University Press. This book was released on 2012-08-31 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Westerners—from early missionaries to explorers to present-day artists, scientists, and tourists—have always found volcanoes fascinating and disturbing. Native Hawaiians, in contrast, revere volcanoes as a source of spiritual energy and see the volcano goddess Pele as part of the natural cycle of a continuously procreative cosmos. Volcanoes hold a special place in our curiosity about nature. The Burning Island is an intimate, multilayered portrait of the Hawaiian volcano region—a land marked by a precarious tension between the harsh reality of constant geologic change, respect for mythological traditions, and the pressures of economic exploitation. Pamela Frierson treks up Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, and Kilauea to explore how volcanoes work, as well as how their powerful and destructive forces reshape land, cultures, and history. Her adventures reveal surprising archeological ruins, threatened rainforest ecosystems, and questionable real estate development of the islands. Now a classic of nature writing, Frierson’s narrative sets the stage for a larger exploration of our need to take great care in respecting and preserving nature and tradition while balancing our ever-expanding sense of discovery and use of the land.
Author : Los Angeles County Public Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1364 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (28 download)
Download or read book Books and Notes written by Los Angeles County Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 1364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dennis M. Powers
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publications
ISBN 13 : 1589794486
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (897 download)
Download or read book Tales of the Seven Seas written by Dennis M. Powers and published by Taylor Trade Publications. This book was released on 2010-03-16 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captain Dynamite Johnny O'Brien sailed the seven seas for over sixty years, starting in the late 1860s in India and ending in the early 1930s on the U.S. West Coast. This book tells of sailing over the oceans when danger and adventure coexisted every day, tough times, and courageous men in distant places, from the Hawaiian Islands to the Bering Sea. Smell the salt in the air and hear the ocean's rush as the ship sails with hardened men, leaking seams, and shrieking winds.
Author : Katherine Stirling Kerr Cawsey
Publisher : [email protected]
ISBN 13 : 9789820201408
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (14 download)
Download or read book The Making of a Rebel written by Katherine Stirling Kerr Cawsey and published by [email protected]. This book was released on 1998 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Brockton Public Library (Brockton, Mass.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Quarterly Bulletin written by Brockton Public Library (Brockton, Mass.) and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tim Loughman
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 081319623X
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)
Download or read book A Strange Whim of the Sea written by Tim Loughman and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On January 16, 1944, the submarine rescue vessel USS Macaw ran aground at Midway Atoll while attempting to get a towing line to the stranded submarine USS Flier. The Flier was pulled free six days later, but another three weeks of salvage efforts plagued by rough seas and equipment failures failed to dislodge the Macaw. On February 12, amid huge waves, the ship began to slip aft into deeper water. As night fell and the Macaw slowly sank, the twenty-two sailors on board—ship's captain Paul W. Burton, his executive officer, and twenty enlisted men—sought refuge in the pilothouse, but by 2:30 a.m., that compartment had flooded almost entirely. Burton gave the order to open the portside door and make for the foremast. Three men climbed it but most of the others were swept overboard. Five of them died, including Burton. Three sailors from the base at Midway also lost their lives in two unauthorized rescue attempts. Drawing on survivors' contemporaneous written statements and interviews conducted over a span of thirty years, A Strange Whim of the Sea: The Wreck of the USS Macaw traces the ship's service from its launch on San Francisco Bay to its disastrous final days at Midway. Ultimately, for Burton and the Macaw the real enemy was the sea, and in a deadly denouement, the sea won. Highlighting the underreported role auxiliary vessels played in the war, A Strange Whim of the Sea engages naval historians and students alike with a previously untold story of struggle, sacrifice, death, and survival in the World War II Pacific.
Author : Medford Public Library (Medford, Mass.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Bulletin of the Medford Public Library written by Medford Public Library (Medford, Mass.) and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Chicago Public Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Book Bulletin of the Chicago Public Library written by Chicago Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Francis X. Hezel
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824828042
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (28 download)
Download or read book Strangers in Their Own Land written by Francis X. Hezel and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2003-09-30 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Hezel has written an authoritative and engaging narrative of [a] succession of colonial regimes, drawing upon a broad range of published and archival sources as well as his own considerable knowledge of the region. This is a ‘conventional’ history, and a very good one, focused mostly on political and economic developments. Hezel demonstrates a fine understanding of the complicated relations between administrators, missionaries, traders, chiefs and commoners, in a wide range of social and historical settings." —Pacific Affairs "The tale [of Strangers in Their Own Land] is one of interplay between four sequential colonial regimes (Spain Germany, Japan, and the United States) and the diverse island cultures they governed. It is also a tale of relationships among islands whose inhabitants did not always see eye-to-eye and among individuals who fought private and public battles in those islands. Hezel conveys both the unity of purpose exerted by a colonial government and the subversion of that purpose by administrators, teachers, islands, and visitors.... [The] history is thoroughly supported by archival materials, first-person testimonies, and secondary sources. Hezel acknowledges the power of the visual when he ends his book by describing the distinctive flags that now replace Spanish, German, Japanese, and American symbols of rule. the scene epitomizes a theme of the book: global political and economic forces, whether colonial or post-colonial, cannot erode the distinctiveness each island claims."—American Historical Review
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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (29 download)
Download or read book Wisconsin Library Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 904 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (4 download)
Download or read book The Nation written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 904 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Henry Louis Mencken
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 696 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The American Mercury written by Henry Louis Mencken and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David A. Chappell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315479117
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)
Download or read book Double Ghosts written by David A. Chappell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-16 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This narrative recounts the 18th and 19th century shipping out of Pacific islanders aboard European and American vessels, a kind of counter-exploring, that echoed the ancient voyages of settlement of their island ancestors.
