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Author | : John Biggins |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 379 |
Release | : 2005-09-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1590134680 |
In this ironic, hilarious, and poignant story, Otto Prohaska is a submarine captain serving the almost-landlocked Austro-Hungarian Empire. He faces a host of unlikely circumstances, from petrol poisoning to exploding lavatories to trigger-happy Turks. All signs point to the total collapse of the bloated empire he serves, but Otto refuses to abandon the Habsburgs in their hour of need.
Author | : John Biggins |
Publisher | : Palgrave Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 369 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780312105341 |
A 101-year-old survivor of the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Navy shares his fascinating reminiscences, in a novel of World War I naval adventure. A first novel.
Author | : John Biggins |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780749312398 |
Author | : John Biggins |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 387 |
Release | : 2007-09-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 159013477X |
Laced with smart humor, this naval tale follows the early career of Lieutenant Otto Prohaska, a cadet in the Austro–Hungarian Navy at the turn of the century. Bad luck continues to shadow Otto, and when a fellow cadet breaks his leg, Otto must take his place on a scientific expedition bound for disaster. But even sinister quack scientists, a misguided attempt to establish a colony in Africa, and angry South Sea cannibals bent on destruction cannot keep Otto from fulfilling his patriotic duty.
Author | : Paul A. Gilje |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 409 |
Release | : 2016-02-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0521762359 |
This book explores American maritime world, including cursing, language, logbooks, storytelling, sailor songs, reading, and material culture.
Author | : Nathan Perl-Rosenthal |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 186 |
Release | : 2015-10-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0674915550 |
In the decades after the United States formally declared its independence in 1776, Americans struggled to gain recognition of their new republic and their rights as citizens. None had to fight harder than the nation’s seamen, whose labor took them far from home and deep into the Atlantic world. Citizen Sailors tells the story of how their efforts to become American at sea in the midst of war and revolution created the first national, racially inclusive model of United States citizenship. Nathan Perl-Rosenthal immerses us in sailors’ pursuit of safe passage through the ocean world during the turbulent age of revolution. Challenged by British press-gangs and French privateersmen, who considered them Britons and rejected their citizenship claims, American seamen demanded that the U.S. government take action to protect them. In response, federal leaders created a system of national identification documents for sailors and issued them to tens of thousands of mariners of all races—nearly a century before such credentials came into wider use. Citizenship for American sailors was strikingly ahead of its time: it marked the federal government’s most extensive foray into defining the boundaries of national belonging until the Civil War era, and the government’s most explicit recognition of black Americans’ equal membership as well. This remarkable system succeeded in safeguarding seafarers, but it fell victim to rising racism and nativism after 1815. Not until the twentieth century would the United States again embrace such an inclusive vision of American nationhood.
Author | : Peter Cameron Mauch |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Admirals |
ISBN | : 9780674055995 |
As Japan's pre-Pearl Harbor ambassador to the United States, Admiral Nomura Kichisaburo (1877-1964) played a significant role in a tense and turbulent period in Japanese-US relations. This biography casts light on the life and career of this important figure.
Author | : Nicholas Monsarrat |
Publisher | : House of Stratus |
Total Pages | : 500 |
Release | : 2011-12-30 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780755131273 |
The highly acclaimed 'Cruel Sea' is one of the all-time great naval and war thrillers. The film was a smash hit when released and it and the book continue to enjoy undiminished popularity. It covers the battle of the Atlantic and the people who fought it - their domestic triumphs, tragedies, worries and ambitions.
Author | : Jennifer Bowers Bahney |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 231 |
Release | : 2017-10-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1476630445 |
Born into one of 19th century Europe's more powerful families, Archduchess Marie Valerie was the favorite daughter of Austria's Emperor Franz Joseph and Empress Elisabeth. Determined to marry for love, in 1890 she wed her cousin, Franz Salvator of Tuscany and bore him 10 children. The dashing Archduke was not faithful. His affair with Stephanie Richter, a young, middle-class Jewish woman with a knack for flattering powerful men, led to an illegitimate child, a royal title of her own and a career as a double-agent in the prelude to World War II. Princess Stephanie von Hohenlohe became vital to Adolf Hitler, betraying the German Jews, the British government, and her home country of Austria--until Hitler betrayed her, leaving her without allies or protectors.
Author | : James W. Graham |
Publisher | : ForeEdge |
Total Pages | : 293 |
Release | : 2014-04-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1611684110 |
To truly understand the dynamics and magic of the Kennedy family, one must understand their passion for sailing and the sea. Many families sail together, but the Kennedys' relationship with Victura, the 25-foot sloop purchased in 1932, stands apart. Throughout their brief lives, Joe Jr., Jack, and Bobby spent many hours racing Victura. Lack of effort in a race by one of his sons could infuriate Joseph P. Kennedy, and Joe Jr. and Jack ranked among the best collegiate sailors in New England. Likewise, Eunice emerged as a gifted sailor and fierce competitor, the equal of any of her brothers. The Kennedys believed that Jack's experience sailing Victura helped him survive the sinking of his PT boat during World War II. In the 1950s, glossy Life magazine photos of Jack and Jackie on Victura's bow helped define the winning Kennedy brand. Jack doodled sketches of Victura during Oval Office meetings, and it's probable that his love of seafaring played a role in his 1961 decision to put a man on the moon, an enterprise he referred to as "spacefaring." Ted loved Victura as much as any of his siblings did and, with his own children and the children of his lost brothers as crew, he sailed into his old age: past the shoals of an ebbing career, and into his eventual role as the "Lion of the Senate." In Victura, James W. Graham charts the progress of America's signature twentieth-century family dynasty in a narrative both stunningly original and deeply gripping. This true tale of one small sailboat is an invaluable contribution to our understanding of the great story of the Kennedys.