Author: Nancy Taylor Robson
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ISBN: 9781939632005
Category : Seafaring life
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Nancy Taylor Robson is one of the first women in the country to earn a US Coast Guard license. She grew up sailing and building boats with her father and worked as a housepainter, desk clerk and yacht maintenance person while in college. After earning a degree in history, she married and went to work alongside her husband as cook/deckhand on an old 85-foot tugboat. The fear of being maimed or lost overboard, the male opposition, and the drudgery during seagoing tours that ranged from Maine to Florida, Bermuda, New Orleans and Mexico was coupled with romantic sunsets, a ringside seat on nature and an appreciation for hard won accomplishment. Robson, one of a handful of women who paved the way for every intrepid woman who has followed, brings that world alive. Author of numerous articles and essays, Nancy Taylor Robson is also the author of two novels: Course of the Waterman and A Love Like No Other: Abigail and John Adams, A Modern Love Story.
Woman in the Wheelhouse
Author: Nancy Taylor Robson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781939632005
Category : Seafaring life
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Nancy Taylor Robson is one of the first women in the country to earn a US Coast Guard license. She grew up sailing and building boats with her father and worked as a housepainter, desk clerk and yacht maintenance person while in college. After earning a degree in history, she married and went to work alongside her husband as cook/deckhand on an old 85-foot tugboat. The fear of being maimed or lost overboard, the male opposition, and the drudgery during seagoing tours that ranged from Maine to Florida, Bermuda, New Orleans and Mexico was coupled with romantic sunsets, a ringside seat on nature and an appreciation for hard won accomplishment. Robson, one of a handful of women who paved the way for every intrepid woman who has followed, brings that world alive. Author of numerous articles and essays, Nancy Taylor Robson is also the author of two novels: Course of the Waterman and A Love Like No Other: Abigail and John Adams, A Modern Love Story.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781939632005
Category : Seafaring life
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Nancy Taylor Robson is one of the first women in the country to earn a US Coast Guard license. She grew up sailing and building boats with her father and worked as a housepainter, desk clerk and yacht maintenance person while in college. After earning a degree in history, she married and went to work alongside her husband as cook/deckhand on an old 85-foot tugboat. The fear of being maimed or lost overboard, the male opposition, and the drudgery during seagoing tours that ranged from Maine to Florida, Bermuda, New Orleans and Mexico was coupled with romantic sunsets, a ringside seat on nature and an appreciation for hard won accomplishment. Robson, one of a handful of women who paved the way for every intrepid woman who has followed, brings that world alive. Author of numerous articles and essays, Nancy Taylor Robson is also the author of two novels: Course of the Waterman and A Love Like No Other: Abigail and John Adams, A Modern Love Story.
Bookseller and the Stationery Trades' Journal
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1436
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1436
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The Publisher
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Languages : en
Pages : 1014
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Languages : en
Pages : 1014
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The Outlook
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Languages : en
Pages : 952
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Languages : en
Pages : 952
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Children's Books for General Reading
Author: Effie Power
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Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 16
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Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 16
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A Flat Iron for a Farthing
Author: Juliana Horatia Ewing
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Languages : en
Pages : 278
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Languages : en
Pages : 278
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The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science, Art, and Finance
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Category : Literary and political reviews
Languages : en
Pages : 912
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Category : Literary and political reviews
Languages : en
Pages : 912
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Silas Marner
Author: George Eliot
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Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270
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Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270
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Sea Stories
Author: Tom McCarthy
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 149306004X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 527
Book Description
Sea stories are, plainly and simply, wonderful springboards for vicarious adventure. There is nothing like a sea story to entertain, thrill, move, shock, or inspire a reader, and this collection will do just that. What is it about the sea that lends itself to so many indelibly classic stories? The sea is a wonderful stage on which to unroll a dramatic narrative or introduce a heroic character. It’s no wonder so many masterpieces are set on the seas of the world. From sublime moments gunkholing with Erskine Childers in “An Introduction to Informality,” to sheer terror with the ill-fated men among sharks in Raymond B. Lech's “The Loss of the Indianapolis,” to astounding respect for the endurance of Ernest Shackleton and his storm-tossed men in “Escape from the Ice,” there is simply nothing that can compare to what awaits in this collection of twenty-eight thrilling stories. Many, having withstood the test of time and the vagaries of popular culture, are classics. Classic or not, the stories in this collection are good reading—breathtaking, entertaining, and offering myriad unexpected pleasures.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 149306004X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 527
Book Description
Sea stories are, plainly and simply, wonderful springboards for vicarious adventure. There is nothing like a sea story to entertain, thrill, move, shock, or inspire a reader, and this collection will do just that. What is it about the sea that lends itself to so many indelibly classic stories? The sea is a wonderful stage on which to unroll a dramatic narrative or introduce a heroic character. It’s no wonder so many masterpieces are set on the seas of the world. From sublime moments gunkholing with Erskine Childers in “An Introduction to Informality,” to sheer terror with the ill-fated men among sharks in Raymond B. Lech's “The Loss of the Indianapolis,” to astounding respect for the endurance of Ernest Shackleton and his storm-tossed men in “Escape from the Ice,” there is simply nothing that can compare to what awaits in this collection of twenty-eight thrilling stories. Many, having withstood the test of time and the vagaries of popular culture, are classics. Classic or not, the stories in this collection are good reading—breathtaking, entertaining, and offering myriad unexpected pleasures.
Monthly Bulletin ...
Author: St. Louis Public Library
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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