Eight Bells And Top Masts

Download or read book Eight Bells and Top Masts written by Christopher Lee and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2012-06-19 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The late 1950s, twilight years of the British Empire, saw the end of the era of the 'tramp steamer' - coal-burning merchant ships that 'tramped' from port to port in the days before bulk carriers, hunting for any cargo that needed hauling to any place. In this marvelous memoir Christopher Lee offers the diaries of a 'Lad' much like himself who, at the age of 17, took his first job aboard the tramp ship Empire Heywood. Over two years this Lad would get to travel through the Suez canal, into the Indian Ocean and across the Pacific - so acquiring a panoramic view of the fading empire - before returning home to England as a man. The diaries give a splendid account of all the dramas of life aboard ship, with an eccentric cast of characters and a wealth of lively seafaring language. A third-person narrative from the author provides invaluable historical context.

Download or read book Two Years Before the Mast written by Richard Henry Dana (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Two Years Before the Mast written by Jr. Dana and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name "Harvard Classics," this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as "Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf," it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf. Volume XXIII features the classic memoir of life on the high seas, Two Years Before the Mast, by American lawyer and activist RICHARD HENRY DANA JR. (1815-1882). No adventure tale, this is an expose of how poorly enlisted sailors were treated, which Dana learned firsthand on a two-year 1830s voyage from Boston around Cape Horn to California. First published in 1846, this volume also includes an appendix to the 1869 edition, "Twenty-Four Years After," in which Dana returns to California. Indeed, this work is important not only for its treatment of naval life but for its rare depiction of early California, both before and after the Gold Rush.

Download or read book Two Years Before the Mast and Twenty-four Years After written by Richard Henry Dana (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Two Years Before the Mast and Twenty-four Years After written by Richard Henry Dana and published by P. F. Collier & Son. This book was released on 1909 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Harvard Classics: Dana, Richard H. Two years before the mast and Twenty-four years after written by Charles William Eliot and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: V. 49--Epic and saga.

Download or read book Big Book of Best Short Stories written by Kenneth Grahame and published by Tacet Books. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 729 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains 25 short stories from 5 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. The stories were carefully selected by the critic August Nemo, in a collection that will please the literature lovers. The theme of this edition is: Children's Literature For more exciting titles, be sure to check out our 7 Best Short Stories and Essential Novelists collections. This book contains: Kenneth Grahame: - The Twenty-First of October - Dies Irae - Mutabile Semper - The Magic Ring - Its Walls Were as of Jasper - A Saga of the Seas - The Reluctant DragonL. Frank Baum: - A Kidnapped Santa Claus - The Man In The Moon - Little Dorothy and Toto - Ozma and the Little Wizard - The Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger - The Scarecrow and The Tin Woodman - How The Beggars Came To TownLaura E. Richards: - Maine to the Rescue - The Coming of the King - The Golden Windows - The Shed Chamber - The Green Satin Gown - The Scarlet Leaves - Don AlonzoLouisa May Alcott: - A Modern Cinderella - My Red Cap - A Christmas Dream, and How it Came to Be True - An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving - Aunt Kipp - Rosy's Journey - The BrothersMaria Edgeworth: - The Grateful Negro - The Prussian Vase - The Good Aunt - The Good French Governess - The Orphans - The False Key - Tarlton