Stories From The Wreckage
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Author | : John Odin Jensen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 313 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0870209027 |
"Shipwrecks are junction points of history. In seeking to make sense of the submerged material culture found in shipwrecks, this book explores maritime-related stories that shaped the Midwest and the nation during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In shipwrecks, we find stories of the frontier, the environment, immigration, politics, and the rise of large-scale agriculture, lumbering, and heavy industry. Individually and collectively, the chapters that comprise this book also place the Great Lakes against a broader background of international and national maritime processes that shaped the Upper Midwest during the 19th and early 20th centuries. For those interested in the Wisconsin or Midwestern history, yet unfamiliar with ships and the historical power of water, this book will also provide exciting new perspectives for understanding the past"--
Author | : Michael Crummey |
Publisher | : Anchor Canada |
Total Pages | : 370 |
Release | : 2009-05-29 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0307373290 |
Having achieved considerable success with his first novel, River Thieves, Michael Crummey has written a book that is equally stunning and compelling. The Wreckage is a truly epic, yet twisted, romance that unfolds over decades and continents. It engages readers on the austere shores of Newfoundland’s fishing villages and drags them across to Japanese POW camps during some of the worst events of the Second World War. Haunting, lyrical, and deeply intimate, Crummey’s language fully exposes his characters’ vulnerabilities as they struggle to come to terms with their guilt and regret over decisions made during their impulsive youths. It is a testament to Crummey’s gifts as a novelist that he can flow quite easily through time, across landscapes, and between vastly different characters. He vividly captures the mental and physical anguish experienced in prison camps, and with calm lucidity explores the motives of a Japanese soldier whose actions seem inhumanly cold and calculating. Crummey toys with the readers’ sympathies, suggesting there are few distinctions between the enemy and us. He incorporates heartbreaking tragedy–the dropping of the atom bomb, lynchings in America, murderous revenge–to underscore the darker side of humanity. Crummey shows that we are capable of violence, but in the end he proves we are also capable of redemption, forgiveness, and can be led, unashamed, back to the ones we love.
Author | : John Odin Jensen |
Publisher | : Wisconsin Historical Society |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2019-04-19 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 0870209035 |
Every shipwreck has a story that extends far beyond its tragic end. The dramatic tales of disaster, heroism, and folly become even more compelling when viewed as junction points in history—connecting to stories about the frontier, the environment, immigration, politics, technology, and industry. In Stories from the Wreckage, John Odin Jensen examines a selection of Great Lakes shipwrecks of the wooden age for a deeper dive into this transformative chapter of maritime history. He mines the archeological evidence and historic record to show how their tragic ends fit in with the larger narrative of Midwestern history. Featuring the underwater photography of maritime archeologist Tamara Thomsen, this vibrant volume is a must-have for shipping enthusiasts as well as anyone interested in the power of water to shape history.
Author | : Michael Robotham |
Publisher | : Mulholland Books |
Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 2011-06-16 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780316180634 |
The high-octane thriller hailed by David Baldacci as "chilling and suspenseful" and by Nelson Demille as "one of the best novels to come out of the chaos in Iraq." Billions of dollars are missing from Iraqi banks, and journalist Luca Terracini will risk everything to discover where it is. His Iraqi-American background has made it easier for him to infiltrate the darkest corners of the war, but death of his beloved Nicola in a suicide bombing has made him reckless. In pursuit of the money, he meets UN representative Daniela Garner, who seems to know more about the heist than anyone. As Luca gets closer, his actions begin to reverberate around the world. As usual, it's all about the money: who has it, who's lost it, and who's ultimately going to pay, as clandestine agents emerge from the shadows and powerful nations seek to control information and bury secrets, no matter the cost.
Author | : Michele G. Miller |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014-05-29 |
Genre | : Blacklin, Jules (Fictitious character) |
ISBN | : 9781499621945 |
"In a matter of minutes on a Friday night, I lost my school, my identity, the security of my first love, the personality of my sweet fearless brother, my best friend, my town, everything as I knew it. Everything changed." "Minutes - that's all it takes to change your entire life. How do you deal with that?" For high school senior Jules Blacklin surviving the storm is only the beginning. Faced with the new reality of her life, she must find a way to rise From The Wreckage and answer the question - how do you get back to normal, when everything that was normal is gone?
Author | : Sarah Kay |
Publisher | : SCB Distributors |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2014-08-22 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : 1938912578 |
Top selling poet Sarah Kay releases her debut collection of work from the first decade of her career. Following the success of her breakout poem, "B," No Matter the Wreckage presents readers with new and beloved work that showcases Kay's skill for celebrating family, love, travel, history, and unlikely love affairs between inanimate objects ("Toothbrush to the Bicycle Tire"). Both fresh and wise, Kay's poetry allows readers to join in on her journey of discovering herself and the world around her. - 2011 TED speaker (recording has been viewed 3 million times online) - First book, "B" was ranked #1 Bestselling Poetry Book on Amazon - Featured on HBO, American Public Radio, Huffington Post, CNN.com, etc. - Founder and Co-Director of Project VOICE
Author | : Emily Bleeker |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Aircraft accidents |
ISBN | : 9781477821930 |
Lillian Linden and Dave Dall have been media darlings to the whole world since rescue helicopters scooped them off a deserted island in the South Pacific. Missing for almost two years, the castaways can't tell the real story about the other crash survivors-- so they lie. Genevieve Randall, a hard-nosed journalist and host of a news program, suspects the explanations about the other crash survivors aren't true. And now, Genevieve's determined to get the real story, no matter how many lives it destroys.
Author | : Michael Schumacher |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 2010-09-13 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0253222583 |
, Michael Schumacher reconstructs the terrible accident, perilous search, and chilling aftermath for the small Michigan town so intimately affected by the tragedy.
Author | : Michael Swanwick |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 53 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Fantasy fiction, American |
ISBN | : 9780976466031 |
Critical monograph examining the writings of Virginia fantasistJames Branch Cabell (1879-1958), author of Jurgen.
Author | : Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum |
Publisher | : University of Georgia Press |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 2018-10-15 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0820353736 |
The stories in Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum’s new collection are about finding resilience in the face of adversity. Following losses big and small, environmental and familial, universal and personal, the best of us try to recover and rebuild. Lunstrum asks: How do we keep going in the face of grief or disappointment when love fails or disaster strikes? How do we maintain the stamina to carry on in an uncertain world? The characters in her stories are living these questions and learning to reconstruct themselves, their families, and their futures from the wreckage of their broken pasts.