Author: J. A. GuthriePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ship physicians
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Seeing the World Through a Porthole
Author: J. A. GuthriePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ship physicians
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Portholes to Life
Author: Gene DickPublisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1426992491
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
This compelling, exciting, and different historic novel tells of the harrowing ordeal of a civil war widow the authors Great-grandmother, a civil war widow and her hard, harrowing trip to Iowa with her children. Two love stories and the marriages of two sets of the authors grandparents with their covered wagons on the Oregon Trail to Oregon Territory. To the birth in a log cabin and early life of the author. On December 7th 1941, Japanese Navy in a sneak attack sank the U.S.S. Oklahoma on Battleship Row in Pearl Harbor. This attack sank the battleships U.S.S. Arizona, US.S. Oklahoma, U.S.S. Utah and most of the U.S. Navys ships in the Pacific Ocean, as well as the destruction of the airplanes at Hickam Field and North Island Hawaii December 7th, 1941, The author was trapped inside the ship as the Oklahoma was torpedoed, strafed, rolled over and sank. The novel ends with the Authors death defying, terrifying escape though a 21 inch Porthole four long hours after the ship was torpedoed, rolled over and sank into the black depths of Pearl Harbor. As President Franklin D Roosevelt said, A day that will live in infamy as the United States went to war against the Japanese Empire. Gene Dick is the real deal a decorated World War II warrior whose adventures, insights, and naval exploits make for a rousing good tale. Enjoy! Gayle Lynds, New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Spies, The Last Spymaster, and others
Woman's View From a Porthole
Author: Sindi GiancoliPublisher:
ISBN: 9780578338804
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Woman's View from a Porthole is the true story of a woman's rise to Chief Steward on worldwide commercial fishing vessels, a feat seldom achieved by anyone, much less a woman. Author Sindi Giancoli spent thirty-five years as a Chief Steward for American Seafoods Company and other commercial fishing companies in Alaska and the Bering Sea. She survived high seas, gale-force winds, seasickness, illnesses, death of crewmates, stress, homesickness, bunking together, broken toilets, power outages, hauling fish, food fights, discrimination, sexism, and getting along with others despite wildly diverse backgrounds - all this while being tossed around on the high seas cooking. Through multiple trials, joys, sorrows, and struggles, she went from being a scared, timid young woman to becoming a woman of achievement, confidence, and strength in an industry that was, and to a certain extent still is, primarily male-dominated. She had to build a strong backbone to win the respect of her male counterparts while leading them. She succeeded in doing this and became part of what would be termed years later as "a very special generation of women" who claimed ownership of their work at sea. This story is a unique look into a world most people will never see. Women's View from a Porthole is a true account of the author's adventures and a riveting story of survival. Packed with full-color photographs of the author's time at sea, with a foreword from Sigurd Jonny "Sig" Hansen, captain of the fishing vessel Northwestern, that has been featured in the documentary television series "Deadliest Catch," this book is a page-turner.
American Negligence Reports, Current Series ...
Author: American Negligence Reports, Current Series
Author: John Milton GardnerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Employers' liability
Languages : en
Pages : 764
Book Description
"All the current negligence cases decided in the federal courts of the United States, the courts of last resort of all the states and territories, and selections from the intermediate courts, together with notes of English cases and annotations." (varies)
Reports of Cases Heard and Determined in the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Author: New York (State). Supreme Court. Appellate DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Manufacturing Science and Engineering I
Author: Zheng Yi JiangPublisher: Trans Tech Publications Ltd
ISBN: 3038134112
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 4720
Book Description
This book brings together the latest advances in, and applications of, manufacturing science and engineering. It comprises 976 papers, selected from among 3062 papers which were submitted by universities and industrial laboratories all over the world. All of chosen papers were subjected to strict peer-review.
Reports of Patent, Design, and Trade Mark Cases
Author: Liability for Damages Arising in the Navigation of Vessels
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on CommercePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bills of lading
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
The Whispering Roots
Author: Cecil Day LewisPublisher: Jonathan Cape
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 1150
Book Description