Author: Bruce Fleming
Publisher: The New Press
ISBN: 1595587233
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
What really goes on behind the wall that surrounds the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis? What are all those midshipmen, future officers in the U.S. Naval and Marine Corps and leaders of our society, thinking as they stand in neat ranks at the parades beloved by tourists? What are their professors actually educating them to do. In Annapolis Autumn, Bruce Fleming, professor of English for nearly two decades at the academy and a prizewinning author, captures the sights, sounds, colors, and conversations of this tradition-steeped institution. In other classes, the cadets learn how to assemble guns, control armored vehicles, man battleships, and kill other human beings. Nothing is ever less than “outstanding, sir!” In English class, however, Fleming introduces his students to nuance and subtext, to the gay poets of World War I, and to the idea that not every piece of literature is designed to be “motivational.” Sharing stories from his twenty years at the academy, Fleming explores questions about teaching, the labels “liberal” and “conservative,” and the ultimate purpose of higher education—issues made all the more gripping at a time when many of his students will graduate from the classroom to the battlefield.
Annapolis Autumn
Author: Bruce Fleming
Publisher: The New Press
ISBN: 1595587233
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
What really goes on behind the wall that surrounds the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis? What are all those midshipmen, future officers in the U.S. Naval and Marine Corps and leaders of our society, thinking as they stand in neat ranks at the parades beloved by tourists? What are their professors actually educating them to do. In Annapolis Autumn, Bruce Fleming, professor of English for nearly two decades at the academy and a prizewinning author, captures the sights, sounds, colors, and conversations of this tradition-steeped institution. In other classes, the cadets learn how to assemble guns, control armored vehicles, man battleships, and kill other human beings. Nothing is ever less than “outstanding, sir!” In English class, however, Fleming introduces his students to nuance and subtext, to the gay poets of World War I, and to the idea that not every piece of literature is designed to be “motivational.” Sharing stories from his twenty years at the academy, Fleming explores questions about teaching, the labels “liberal” and “conservative,” and the ultimate purpose of higher education—issues made all the more gripping at a time when many of his students will graduate from the classroom to the battlefield.
Publisher: The New Press
ISBN: 1595587233
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
What really goes on behind the wall that surrounds the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis? What are all those midshipmen, future officers in the U.S. Naval and Marine Corps and leaders of our society, thinking as they stand in neat ranks at the parades beloved by tourists? What are their professors actually educating them to do. In Annapolis Autumn, Bruce Fleming, professor of English for nearly two decades at the academy and a prizewinning author, captures the sights, sounds, colors, and conversations of this tradition-steeped institution. In other classes, the cadets learn how to assemble guns, control armored vehicles, man battleships, and kill other human beings. Nothing is ever less than “outstanding, sir!” In English class, however, Fleming introduces his students to nuance and subtext, to the gay poets of World War I, and to the idea that not every piece of literature is designed to be “motivational.” Sharing stories from his twenty years at the academy, Fleming explores questions about teaching, the labels “liberal” and “conservative,” and the ultimate purpose of higher education—issues made all the more gripping at a time when many of his students will graduate from the classroom to the battlefield.
Life at the U.S. Naval Academy
Author: Ralph Earle
Publisher: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons
ISBN:
Category : Midshipmen
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Publisher: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons
ISBN:
Category : Midshipmen
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Navy Blue
Author: Willis Boyd Allen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Annapolis (Md.)
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Annapolis (Md.)
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Life and Work at the United States Naval Academy
Author: United States Naval Academy. Office of the Academic Dean and Provost
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Life Inside the Naval Academy
Author: Jil Fine
Publisher: Children's Press(CT)
ISBN: 9780516240053
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Explores the challenges and rewards of attending the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, where individuals are trained to become officers in the United States Navy or Marine Corps.
Publisher: Children's Press(CT)
ISBN: 9780516240053
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Explores the challenges and rewards of attending the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, where individuals are trained to become officers in the United States Navy or Marine Corps.
Life at the U.S. Naval Academy
Author: Ralph Earle, Th.D.
Publisher: Andesite Press
ISBN: 9781298661975
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Publisher: Andesite Press
ISBN: 9781298661975
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Life at the U.S. Naval Academy ... With 73 Illustrations and a Map
Author: Ralph EARLE (Commander U.S. Navy.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
LIFE AT THE US NAVAL ACADEMY T
Author: Ralph 1874-1939 Earle
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781363744558
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781363744558
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Breaking the Color Barrier
Author: Robert J. Schneller, Jr.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814740553
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
The African-American Community's Battle to Combat the U.S. Naval Academy's Legacy of Racism
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814740553
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
The African-American Community's Battle to Combat the U.S. Naval Academy's Legacy of Racism
First Class
Author: Sharon Disher
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1612514294
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
When Sharon Hanley Disher entered the U.S. Naval Academy with eighty other young women in 1976, she helped end a 131-year all-male tradition at Annapolis. Her entertaining and shocking account of the women's four-year effort to join the academy's elite fraternity and become commissioned naval officers is a valuable chronicle of the times, and her insights have been credited with helping us understand the challenges of integrating women into the military services. From the punishing crucible of plebe summer to the triumph of graduation, she describes their search for ways to survive the mental and physical hurdles they had to overcome. Unflinchingly frank, she freely discusses the prejudice and abuse they encountered that often went unpunished or unreported. A loyal Navy supporter, nevertheless, Disher provides a balanced account of life behind the academy's storied walls for that first group of teenaged women who charted the way for future female midshipmen. Lively, well researched, and amazingly good humored, the book seems as fresh today as it was when first published in hardcover in 1998.
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1612514294
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
When Sharon Hanley Disher entered the U.S. Naval Academy with eighty other young women in 1976, she helped end a 131-year all-male tradition at Annapolis. Her entertaining and shocking account of the women's four-year effort to join the academy's elite fraternity and become commissioned naval officers is a valuable chronicle of the times, and her insights have been credited with helping us understand the challenges of integrating women into the military services. From the punishing crucible of plebe summer to the triumph of graduation, she describes their search for ways to survive the mental and physical hurdles they had to overcome. Unflinchingly frank, she freely discusses the prejudice and abuse they encountered that often went unpunished or unreported. A loyal Navy supporter, nevertheless, Disher provides a balanced account of life behind the academy's storied walls for that first group of teenaged women who charted the way for future female midshipmen. Lively, well researched, and amazingly good humored, the book seems as fresh today as it was when first published in hardcover in 1998.