Author: Louis Becke
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Bully Hayes, Buccaneer
Author: Louis Becke
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Publisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Bully Hayes, Buccaneer and Other Stories
Author: Louis Becke
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Rascals in Paradise
Author: James A. Michener
Publisher: Dial Press Trade Paperback
ISBN: 0812986865
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
In a thrilling collection of nonfiction adventure stories, James A. Michener returns to the most dazzling place on Earth: the islands that inspired Tales of the South Pacific. Co-written with A. Grove Day, Rascals in Paradise offers portraits of ten scandalous men and women, some infamous and some overlooked, including Sam Comstock, a mutinous sailor whose delusions of grandeur became a nightmare; Will Mariner, a golden-haired youth who used his charm to win over his captors; and William Bligh, the notorious HMS Bounty captain who may not have been the monster history remembers him as. From lifelong buccaneers to lapsed noblemen, in Michener and Day’s capable hands these rogues become the stuff of legend. Praise for Rascals in Paradise “The best book about those far-scattered islands that has appeared in a long time . . . a portfolio of rare and ruthless personalities that is calculated to make the curliest hair stand straight on end.”—The New York Times “[Combines] research and scholarship (A. Grove Day was a professor at the University of Hawaii) with a gift for spinning a yarn and depicting character (Michener, journalist and novelist, needs no introduction).”—Kirkus Reviews
Publisher: Dial Press Trade Paperback
ISBN: 0812986865
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
In a thrilling collection of nonfiction adventure stories, James A. Michener returns to the most dazzling place on Earth: the islands that inspired Tales of the South Pacific. Co-written with A. Grove Day, Rascals in Paradise offers portraits of ten scandalous men and women, some infamous and some overlooked, including Sam Comstock, a mutinous sailor whose delusions of grandeur became a nightmare; Will Mariner, a golden-haired youth who used his charm to win over his captors; and William Bligh, the notorious HMS Bounty captain who may not have been the monster history remembers him as. From lifelong buccaneers to lapsed noblemen, in Michener and Day’s capable hands these rogues become the stuff of legend. Praise for Rascals in Paradise “The best book about those far-scattered islands that has appeared in a long time . . . a portfolio of rare and ruthless personalities that is calculated to make the curliest hair stand straight on end.”—The New York Times “[Combines] research and scholarship (A. Grove Day was a professor at the University of Hawaii) with a gift for spinning a yarn and depicting character (Michener, journalist and novelist, needs no introduction).”—Kirkus Reviews
The Hard Way Around
Author: Geoffrey Wolff
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307745457
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
In 1895 Joshua Slocum set sail from Gloucester, Massachusetts, in the Spray, a thirty-seven-foot sloop. More than three years later, he became the first man to circumnavigate the globe solo, and his account of that voyage, Sailing Alone Around the World, made him internationally famous. But scandal soon followed, and a decade later, with his finances failing, he set off alone once more—never to be seen again. In this definitive portrait of an icon of adventure, Geoffrey Wolff describes, with authority and admiration, a life that would see hurricanes, shipwrecks, pirate attacks, cholera, smallpox, and no shortage of personal tragedy.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307745457
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
In 1895 Joshua Slocum set sail from Gloucester, Massachusetts, in the Spray, a thirty-seven-foot sloop. More than three years later, he became the first man to circumnavigate the globe solo, and his account of that voyage, Sailing Alone Around the World, made him internationally famous. But scandal soon followed, and a decade later, with his finances failing, he set off alone once more—never to be seen again. In this definitive portrait of an icon of adventure, Geoffrey Wolff describes, with authority and admiration, a life that would see hurricanes, shipwrecks, pirate attacks, cholera, smallpox, and no shortage of personal tragedy.
My Consulate in Samoa
Author: William Brown Churchward
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Category : Samoa
Languages : en
Pages : 430
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Category : Samoa
Languages : en
Pages : 430
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Grandpa's Selection
Author: Steele Rudd
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Languages : en
Pages : 164
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Languages : en
Pages : 164
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The Grey Goose Comedy Company
Author: Edward Dyson
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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A Spring Cleaning and Other Stories
Author: Thomas Edward Spencer
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Languages : en
Pages : 212
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Languages : en
Pages : 212
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The Book of Dan
Author: Steele Rudd
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Languages : en
Pages : 204
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Languages : en
Pages : 204
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A History of the Book in Australia, 1891-1945
Author: Martyn Lyons
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780702232343
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Collection of essays and case studies outlining Australian book production and consumption, from the 1880s to the end of World War II. Explores all aspects of print culture including authorship, editing, design and printing, publication, distribution, bookselling, libraries and reading habits. Includes photos, contributor notes, bibliography and index. Two further books in the 'A History of the Book in Australia' project are planned. Lyons is Professor of History at the University of New South Wales. He has previously written (with Lucy Taksa) 'Australian Readers Remember'. Arnold is Deputy Director of the National Centre for Australian Studies, Monash University. He has previously co-edited the 'Biography of Australian Literature: A-E'.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780702232343
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Collection of essays and case studies outlining Australian book production and consumption, from the 1880s to the end of World War II. Explores all aspects of print culture including authorship, editing, design and printing, publication, distribution, bookselling, libraries and reading habits. Includes photos, contributor notes, bibliography and index. Two further books in the 'A History of the Book in Australia' project are planned. Lyons is Professor of History at the University of New South Wales. He has previously written (with Lucy Taksa) 'Australian Readers Remember'. Arnold is Deputy Director of the National Centre for Australian Studies, Monash University. He has previously co-edited the 'Biography of Australian Literature: A-E'.