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Author: Claude Berube Publisher: University of Alabama Press ISBN: 0817321071 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 249
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"A detailed account of how the US Navy modernized itself between the War of 1812 and the Civil War, through strategic approaches to its personnel, operations, technologies, and policies, among them an emerging officer corps, which sought to professionalize its own ranks, modernize the platforms on which it sailed, and define its own role within national affairs and in the broader global maritime commons"--
Author: Claude Berube Publisher: University of Alabama Press ISBN: 0817321071 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 249
Book Description
"A detailed account of how the US Navy modernized itself between the War of 1812 and the Civil War, through strategic approaches to its personnel, operations, technologies, and policies, among them an emerging officer corps, which sought to professionalize its own ranks, modernize the platforms on which it sailed, and define its own role within national affairs and in the broader global maritime commons"--
Author: Michael Morpurgo Publisher: HarperCollins UK ISBN: 0007369980 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 25
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Discover the beautiful stories of Michael Morpurgo, author of Warhorse and the nation’s favourite storyteller. How far would you go to find yourself? The lyrical, life-affirming new novel from the bestselling author of Private Peaceful
Author: Anna Wilson Publisher: ISBN: 9781788007047 Category : Human-animal relationships Languages : en Pages : 32
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When a young child forges a special connection with a seal on a trip to the seaside, their imagination takes them on an unforgettable journey. Through their eyes, we have a chance to explore everything the amazing beach and wide, wide sea has to offer, until suddenly a violent storm blows in. The next morning the beach is ugly and covered in litter. Whose fault is it? And who can fix it? Together, the child, their grandmother, and the rest of the community clean the beach, and the child makes a promise to the seal that things will change for the better.
Author: Katherine Kirkpatrick Publisher: ISBN: Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 232
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After escaping religious persecution in France in 1686, Daniel Bonnet, a young Huguenot boy, and his parents travel on a slave ship to West Africa, then to the Caribbean, and finally to New York. As Daniel grows he must confront the challenges and moral complexities of slavery, inequality, and disability.
Author: William Clark Russell Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand ISBN: 3387086334 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 586
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Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Author: E.E. Barringer Publisher: Pen and Sword ISBN: 0850522781 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 239
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This is the story of 835 Naval Air Squadron as told by one of its surviving officers. It tells the story of the outstanding fleets of flying and the importance of the Merchant Navy in the Second World War.
Author: Hampton Sides Publisher: Random House Large Print ISBN: 0593863186 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 705
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “thrilling and superbly crafted” (The Wall Street Journal) account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook’s death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day. “Hampton Sides, an acclaimed master of the nonfiction narrative, has taken on Cook’s story and retells it for the 21st century.”—Los Angeles Times On July 12th, 1776, Captain James Cook, already lionized as the greatest explorer in British history, set off on his third voyage in his ship the HMS Resolution. Two-and-a-half years later, on a beach on the island of Hawaii, Cook was killed in a conflict with native Hawaiians. How did Cook, who was unique among captains for his respect for Indigenous peoples and cultures, come to that fatal moment? Hampton Sides’ bravura account of Cook’s last journey both wrestles with Cook’s legacy and provides a thrilling narrative of the titanic efforts and continual danger that characterized exploration in the 1700s. Cook was renowned for his peerless seamanship, his humane leadership, and his dedication to science-–the famed naturalist Joseph Banks accompanied him on his first voyage, and Cook has been called one of the most important figures of the Age of Enlightenment. He was also deeply interested in the native people he encountered. In fact, his stated mission was to return a Tahitian man, Mai, who had become the toast of London, to his home islands. On previous expeditions, Cook mapped huge swaths of the Pacific, including the east coast of Australia, and initiated first European contact with numerous peoples. He treated his crew well, and endeavored to learn about the societies he encountered with curiosity and without judgment. Yet something was different on this last voyage. Cook became mercurial, resorting to the lash to enforce discipline, and led his two vessels into danger time and again. Uncharacteristically, he ordered violent retaliation for perceived theft on the part of native peoples. This may have had something to do with his secret orders, which were to chart and claim lands before Britain’s imperial rivals could, and to discover the fabled Northwest Passage. Whatever Cook’s intentions, his scientific efforts were the sharp edge of the colonial sword, and the ultimate effects of first contact were catastrophic for Indigenous people around the world. The tensions between Cook’s overt and covert missions came to a head on the shores of Hawaii. His first landing there was harmonious, but when Cook returned after mapping the coast of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, his exploitative treatment of the Hawaiians led to the fatal encounter. At once a ferociously-paced story of adventure on the high seas and a searching examination of the complexities and consequences of the Age of Exploration, THE WIDE WIDE SEA is a major work from one of our finest narrative nonfiction writers.
Author: M.H. Herlong Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0142416703 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 305
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Ben, Dylan, and Gerry are still mourning their mother's death when their dad decides to buy a boat and take them on a year-long sailing trip. Tensions flare between Ben and his father, but they gradually learn to live together in close quarters. Then one morning the boys wake up to discover their father has disappeared—and they are lost. What happened to him? Where are they? And what will they do when a terrible storm looms on the horizon?
Author: William Clark Russell Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand ISBN: 3387086644 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 202
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Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Author: Deborah Wagnon Publisher: Tate Publishing ISBN: 1602471568 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 240
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Hurricane, eminent domain, class, gender, murder, a mother's love? The novel begins in 1907, ends in 1966 and tells the unusual story of a life bound to the sea. As a young woman, Neva must surrender her only child for adoption and later becomes one of the first women to sit for the Bar in 1930's Georgia. It is Neva's fate that brings her son back, and fate that determines she must advocate to save the weak, spoiled barrier island heir who abandoned her years before.
Author: Claude Berube
Author: Claude Berube
Author: Michael Morpurgo
Author: Anna Wilson
Author: Katherine Kirkpatrick
Author: William Clark Russell
Author: E.E. Barringer
Author: Hampton Sides
Author: M.H. Herlong
Author: William Clark Russell
Author: Deborah Wagnon