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Author | : Nicholas Coghlan |
Publisher | : University of Alberta |
Total Pages | : 401 |
Release | : 2012-08-15 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0888646380 |
After tough assignments as a Canadian diplomat abroad, Nicholas Coghlan and his wife Jenny unwind by sailing Bosun Bird, a 27foot sailboat, from Cape Town, South Africa, across the South Atlantic and into the stormy winter waters around Tierra del Fuego, South America. Coghlan recounts earlier adventures in Patagonia when, taking time off from his job as a schoolteacher in Buenos Aires in the late 1970s, he and Jenny explored the region of southern Argentina and Chile over three successive summers. This time, as they negotiate the labyrinth of channels and inlets around snow-covered Fireland, he reflects on voyages of past explorers: Magellan, Cook, Darwin, and others. Sailing enthusiasts and readers of true adventures will want to add Coghlan's world-wise narrative to their libraries.
Author | : Francis Ranna Stebbins |
Publisher | : University of Alabama Press |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 2004-11-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0817351299 |
A unique guide to Florida's frontier history along Indian River. The Winter Sailor is a historical adventure that details the yearly winter travels of Francis R. Stebbins to Florida's Indian River. Stebbins, a writer from Michigan, visited Florida in March of 1878 and became entranced by its pristine beauty. Subsequently, Stebbins and his traveling companions made annual visits to Indian River—until 1888 when tragedy struck and ended Stebbins' yearly journeys. Being an observant traveler, Stebbins began a series of descriptive articles for his hometown newspaper that chronicled his journeys to the Indian River area. Stebbins's articles tell of his own personal experiences during his leisurely visits, which included such activities as hunting and fishing, studying the natural surroundings, and excavating Indian mounds. What Stebbins enjoyed most was sailing down the river interviewing townspeople and examining local attractions as he went. His articles also detail the lifestyle of the region, food, fashion, industry, history, environment, and changes that occurred over time. Stebbins's articles not only entertained and informed but also became a travelogue for his readers. He inspired northern travelers to go south and visit Florida, which contributed to the beginnings of large-scale tourism in the region. The Winter Sailor combines Stebbins's 49 articles along with three by his companions, to provide an enjoyable, historical guide. Unique among 19th-century travelogues, this fascinating look into Florida's past documents a decade of change to the Indian River wilderness and becomes Stebbins's gift to the present.
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Total Pages | : 788 |
Release | : 1867 |
Genre | : Merchant mariners |
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Author | : Elbridge Streeter Brooks |
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Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 1899 |
Genre | : Sailors |
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Author | : Yukio Mishima |
Publisher | : ببلومانيا للنشر والتوزيع |
Total Pages | : 150 |
Release | : 2024-10-28 |
Genre | : Fiction |
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"It was the sea that made me begin thinking secretly about love more than anything else; you know, a love worth dying for, or a love that consumes you. To a man locked up in a steel ship all the time, the sea is too much like a woman... Things like her lulls and storms, or her caprice... are all obvious." The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea tells the tale of a band of savage thirteen-year-old boys who reject the adult world as illusory, hypocritical and sentimental, and train themselves in a brutal callousness they call "objectivity." When the mother of one of them begins an affair with a ship's officer, he and his friends idealize the man at first; but it is not long before they conclude that he is in fact soft and romantic. They regard their disappointment in him as an act of betrayal on his part, and react violently.
Author | : Sir Frederick George Denham Bedford |
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Total Pages | : 532 |
Release | : 1875 |
Genre | : Naval art and science |
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Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 1835 |
Genre | : Merchant mariners |
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Author | : Rusty Bittermann |
Publisher | : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
Total Pages | : 351 |
Release | : 2010-11-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0773581170 |
Sailor's Hope provides a moving account of a multi-faceted man, tracking his engagement with the extraordinary changes occurring in the Atlantic and Pacific Worlds in the decades after the American and French Revolutions. William Cooper was born in poverty in industrializing Scotland. Without any formal education, he worked his way up through the British merchant marine to the position of captain on voyages linking Britain with Iberia and North America.
Author | : Jeff Markell |
Publisher | : Sheridan House, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9781574091588 |
Jeff Markell is an expert on maritime weather.
Author | : Cleveland O. Eason |
Publisher | : Page Publishing Inc |
Total Pages | : 98 |
Release | : 2020-01-02 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : 1644620030 |
Do you want to know how to leverage time? Do you find yourself taking two steps forward and one step back? Are you seeking alternatives to the "school of hard knocks?" Then you have found your source! "A Sailor's Advice on Life" is a sailor's lessons learned for the journey called life. So, whether you are starting out, starting over, looking for the North Star, or trying to figure out where you are, this book is for you! I am a strong believer in critical thinking. I will challenge you to ask questions and to use the time in between the pages to do some self-reflection. As it is often said, it is not just the destination, but the journey that is the adventure! It is my sincere hope that this book will encourage you to navigate life with your eyes wide open and realize your fullest potential! Cleveland O. Eason is the son of a US Army First Sergeant, who completed two Vietnam combat tours and was a US Army boot camp drill instructor before retiring with 20 years of honorable service. Mr. Eason entered the US Navy at the height of the Cold War and obtained the rank of chief petty officer after just nine years of service. Mr. Eason obtained the rank of Lieutenant Commander before retiring from active duty with 23 years of honorable service. While on active duty, Mr. Eason had tours in Asia Pacific, Southwest Asia and deployed on US Navy surface ships in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters of operations. Mr. Eason's military overseas and stateside assignments, ports of call and post-military retirement entrepreneur pursuits, contributed to his ability to have positive interactions with people from all walks of life. His introspective reflections of those interactions allowed him to gain key insights into human behavior. Mr. Cleveland O. Eason graduated from Spring Valley High School in Columbia, South Carolina. Mr. Eason possesses a Bachelor in Applied Science from Troy University, Troy Alabama, a Master in Systems Analysis from the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey California and a Master of Business and Administration (MBA) from the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.