Author: H. Sturtevant Arnold H. Sturtevant
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1426918399
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
Maine's Yarmouth born and bred Captain Charles C. Oakes and Abbie B. Oakes teamed up in 1888 and embarked on a seafaring course through life. In 1933, these two mariners self-published their personal journals and memoirs. Now, in Beckets and Hinges, descendant Arnold H. Sturtevant updates, edits, and illustrates their work, adding expansive related stories of other family seafaring experiences. Before feminism's time, heroic Abbie Oakes dared to venture into a man's world, sailing on long, deep-water voyages to faraway lands. In addition to sailing, she also found time for more traditional roles such as knitting mittens for trade with East Indian bumboaters, bearing a child in Dutch Java, and offering entertaining firsthand commentary on such current events as the battle of Manila. Meanwhile, Abbie's husband, Captain Charles, details stirring accounts of storms, shipwrecks, and murder at sea demonstrating his ability to cope with the advent of the steam age and make a successful transition from commands of square-riggers to propeller-driven steamships of the industrial revolution. With photos and illustrations, Beckets and Hinges captures the essence of Charles and Abbie's unique life. This memoir provides a sea chest full of valued memories and tales to pass onto succeeding generations.
Beckets and Hinges
Author: H. Sturtevant Arnold H. Sturtevant
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1426918399
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
Maine's Yarmouth born and bred Captain Charles C. Oakes and Abbie B. Oakes teamed up in 1888 and embarked on a seafaring course through life. In 1933, these two mariners self-published their personal journals and memoirs. Now, in Beckets and Hinges, descendant Arnold H. Sturtevant updates, edits, and illustrates their work, adding expansive related stories of other family seafaring experiences. Before feminism's time, heroic Abbie Oakes dared to venture into a man's world, sailing on long, deep-water voyages to faraway lands. In addition to sailing, she also found time for more traditional roles such as knitting mittens for trade with East Indian bumboaters, bearing a child in Dutch Java, and offering entertaining firsthand commentary on such current events as the battle of Manila. Meanwhile, Abbie's husband, Captain Charles, details stirring accounts of storms, shipwrecks, and murder at sea demonstrating his ability to cope with the advent of the steam age and make a successful transition from commands of square-riggers to propeller-driven steamships of the industrial revolution. With photos and illustrations, Beckets and Hinges captures the essence of Charles and Abbie's unique life. This memoir provides a sea chest full of valued memories and tales to pass onto succeeding generations.
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1426918399
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
Maine's Yarmouth born and bred Captain Charles C. Oakes and Abbie B. Oakes teamed up in 1888 and embarked on a seafaring course through life. In 1933, these two mariners self-published their personal journals and memoirs. Now, in Beckets and Hinges, descendant Arnold H. Sturtevant updates, edits, and illustrates their work, adding expansive related stories of other family seafaring experiences. Before feminism's time, heroic Abbie Oakes dared to venture into a man's world, sailing on long, deep-water voyages to faraway lands. In addition to sailing, she also found time for more traditional roles such as knitting mittens for trade with East Indian bumboaters, bearing a child in Dutch Java, and offering entertaining firsthand commentary on such current events as the battle of Manila. Meanwhile, Abbie's husband, Captain Charles, details stirring accounts of storms, shipwrecks, and murder at sea demonstrating his ability to cope with the advent of the steam age and make a successful transition from commands of square-riggers to propeller-driven steamships of the industrial revolution. With photos and illustrations, Beckets and Hinges captures the essence of Charles and Abbie's unique life. This memoir provides a sea chest full of valued memories and tales to pass onto succeeding generations.
Sacred Spaces and Religious Traditions in Oriente Cuba
Author: Jualynne E. Dodson
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 0826343538
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Dodson examines the history of traditional religious practices in the Oriente region of contemporary Cuba.
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 0826343538
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Dodson examines the history of traditional religious practices in the Oriente region of contemporary Cuba.
Steamboat Bill
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Category : Steamboat lines
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Steamboat lines
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
The Glamour of Italy
Author: Paul Bourget
Publisher:
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Category : Italy
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
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Category : Italy
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
The China Medical Missionary Journal
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
A New History of Modern Latin America
Author: Lawrence A. Clayton
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520289021
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 708
Book Description
"Revised and expanded third edition"--Cover.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520289021
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 708
Book Description
"Revised and expanded third edition"--Cover.
Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express
Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: Concord Theatricals
ISBN: 0573707731
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. Isolated and with a killer in their midst, detective Hercule Poirot must identify the murderer – in case he or she decides to strike again.
Publisher: Concord Theatricals
ISBN: 0573707731
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. Isolated and with a killer in their midst, detective Hercule Poirot must identify the murderer – in case he or she decides to strike again.
Review of Reviews
Author: Albert Shaw
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 836
Book Description
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Languages : en
Pages : 836
Book Description
Telex from Cuba
Author: Rachel Kushner
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 141656103X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
Coming of age in mid-1950s Cuba where the local sugar and nickel production are controlled by American interests, Everly Lederer and KC Stites observe the indulgences and betrayals of the adult world and are swept up by the political underground and the revolt led by Fidel and Raul Castro. 75,000 first printing.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 141656103X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
Coming of age in mid-1950s Cuba where the local sugar and nickel production are controlled by American interests, Everly Lederer and KC Stites observe the indulgences and betrayals of the adult world and are swept up by the political underground and the revolt led by Fidel and Raul Castro. 75,000 first printing.
Iron Age and Roman Coin Hoards in Britain
Author: Roger Bland
Publisher: Oxbow Books
ISBN: 1785708589
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
More coin hoards have been recorded from Roman Britain than from any other province of the Empire. This comprehensive and lavishly illustrated volume provides a survey of over 3260 hoards of Iron Age and Roman coins found in England and Wales with a detailed analysis and discussion. Theories of hoarding and deposition and examined, national and regional patterns in the landscape settings of coin hoards presented, together with an analysis of those hoards whose findspots were surveyed and of those hoards found in archaeological excavations. It also includes an unprecedented examination of the containers in which coin hoards were buried and the objects found with them. The patterns of hoarding in Britain from the late 2nd century BC to the 5th century AD are discussed. The volume also provides a survey of Britain in the 3rd century AD, as a peak of over 700 hoards are known from the period from AD 253–296. This has been a particular focus of the project which has been a collaborative research venture between the University of Leicester and the British Museum funded by the AHRC. The aim has been to understand the reasons behind the burial and non-recovery of these finds. A comprehensive online database (https://finds.org.uk/database) underpins the project, which also undertook a comprehensive GIS analysis of all the hoards and field surveys of a sample of them.
Publisher: Oxbow Books
ISBN: 1785708589
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
More coin hoards have been recorded from Roman Britain than from any other province of the Empire. This comprehensive and lavishly illustrated volume provides a survey of over 3260 hoards of Iron Age and Roman coins found in England and Wales with a detailed analysis and discussion. Theories of hoarding and deposition and examined, national and regional patterns in the landscape settings of coin hoards presented, together with an analysis of those hoards whose findspots were surveyed and of those hoards found in archaeological excavations. It also includes an unprecedented examination of the containers in which coin hoards were buried and the objects found with them. The patterns of hoarding in Britain from the late 2nd century BC to the 5th century AD are discussed. The volume also provides a survey of Britain in the 3rd century AD, as a peak of over 700 hoards are known from the period from AD 253–296. This has been a particular focus of the project which has been a collaborative research venture between the University of Leicester and the British Museum funded by the AHRC. The aim has been to understand the reasons behind the burial and non-recovery of these finds. A comprehensive online database (https://finds.org.uk/database) underpins the project, which also undertook a comprehensive GIS analysis of all the hoards and field surveys of a sample of them.