Author: Paul Dowswell
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1582347484
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Thirteen-year-old Sam endures harsh conditions, battles, and a shipwreck after being pressed into service aboard the HMS Miranda during the Napoleonic Wars.
Powder Monkey
Author: Paul Dowswell
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1582347484
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Thirteen-year-old Sam endures harsh conditions, battles, and a shipwreck after being pressed into service aboard the HMS Miranda during the Napoleonic Wars.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1582347484
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Thirteen-year-old Sam endures harsh conditions, battles, and a shipwreck after being pressed into service aboard the HMS Miranda during the Napoleonic Wars.
The Powder Monkey
Author: Maureen Rylance
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780199187270
Category : Readers (Elementary)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Treetops titles in Oxford Reading Tree's series of fiction offer built-in progression for pupils aged 7 to 11. Specially written for children who need the support of carefully monitored language levels, the stories are accessible, motivating and humorous. The series is organized into Oxford Reading Tree stages (from Stage 10 to Stage 15), with each stage introducing more complex narrative forms, including flashbacks and changes in viewpoint; descriptive writing; extended reading vocabulary; and more pages, more text and fewer illustrations.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780199187270
Category : Readers (Elementary)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Treetops titles in Oxford Reading Tree's series of fiction offer built-in progression for pupils aged 7 to 11. Specially written for children who need the support of carefully monitored language levels, the stories are accessible, motivating and humorous. The series is organized into Oxford Reading Tree stages (from Stage 10 to Stage 15), with each stage introducing more complex narrative forms, including flashbacks and changes in viewpoint; descriptive writing; extended reading vocabulary; and more pages, more text and fewer illustrations.
The Powder Monkey
Author: George Manville Fenn
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789361476563
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Powder Monkey, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789361476563
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Powder Monkey, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.
The Commodore and the Powder Monkey
Author: Mark Barie
Publisher: Barringer Publishing/Schlesinger Advertising
ISBN: 9781954396180
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Charlie Wheeler is a young girl, disguised as a boy, serving on the Commodore's flagship, in the War of 1812. She is stalked by a vicious predator who knows her secret, loved by a surgeon's mate who doesn't, and assigned one of the most dangerous jobs on the ship, when the Americans take on the British at the Battle of Plattsburgh. The action is non-stop and the emotional roller coaster is heart wrenching, in this historically accurate tale of love and war, by award-winning novelist, Mark Barie.
Publisher: Barringer Publishing/Schlesinger Advertising
ISBN: 9781954396180
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Charlie Wheeler is a young girl, disguised as a boy, serving on the Commodore's flagship, in the War of 1812. She is stalked by a vicious predator who knows her secret, loved by a surgeon's mate who doesn't, and assigned one of the most dangerous jobs on the ship, when the Americans take on the British at the Battle of Plattsburgh. The action is non-stop and the emotional roller coaster is heart wrenching, in this historically accurate tale of love and war, by award-winning novelist, Mark Barie.
Powder Monkey
Author: Donna M McDine
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781616333867
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781616333867
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Powder Monkey
Author: Fenn George Manville
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
ISBN: 9781318864041
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
ISBN: 9781318864041
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops Fiction: Level 15: The Powder Monkey
Author: Maureen Rylance
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780198448327
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
It is 1805 and 11-year-old Harry dreams of being in the navy in The Powder Monkey. One day, delivering supplies to a ship, he is accidentally hit on the head. When he wakes, his dream has become a nightmare TreeTops Fiction contains engaging novels from top authors and illustrators with the variety children need to develop a love of reading!
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780198448327
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
It is 1805 and 11-year-old Harry dreams of being in the navy in The Powder Monkey. One day, delivering supplies to a ship, he is accidentally hit on the head. When he wakes, his dream has become a nightmare TreeTops Fiction contains engaging novels from top authors and illustrators with the variety children need to develop a love of reading!
The Powder Monkey
Author: George Manville Fenn
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781544713410
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
"No, sir," said the little boy, shrinking; for the man now took a step forward and clapped a big, brown, tarry hand upon his shoulder. "Then why can't yer understand yer own lingo?" "I do, sir," said the boy, with a sound like a sob. "Then why did you say you didn't, and make me think you was a Frenchy?" "I didn't know what you meant, sir, by 'hilli' something, and 'what cheer.'" "Why, yer young savage!" cried the man. "Arn't yer never been to school?" "Yes, sir, and had a tutor." "A tutor, eh? What may that be? But lookye here, my lad; I arn't a sir-on'y a marrineer." "A what, sir?" said the boy, staring. "Marrineer-seaman. Fore the mast man, ship now lying off the port o' Torquay. Whatcher doing there?" "Cry-ying, sir," came for answer, with a piteous sob.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781544713410
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
"No, sir," said the little boy, shrinking; for the man now took a step forward and clapped a big, brown, tarry hand upon his shoulder. "Then why can't yer understand yer own lingo?" "I do, sir," said the boy, with a sound like a sob. "Then why did you say you didn't, and make me think you was a Frenchy?" "I didn't know what you meant, sir, by 'hilli' something, and 'what cheer.'" "Why, yer young savage!" cried the man. "Arn't yer never been to school?" "Yes, sir, and had a tutor." "A tutor, eh? What may that be? But lookye here, my lad; I arn't a sir-on'y a marrineer." "A what, sir?" said the boy, staring. "Marrineer-seaman. Fore the mast man, ship now lying off the port o' Torquay. Whatcher doing there?" "Cry-ying, sir," came for answer, with a piteous sob.
The Powder Monkey
Author: George Manville Fenn
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Boys at Sea
Author: B. Burg
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230590705
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
Boys at Sea is a study of homoerotic life in the Royal Navy during the age of sail. The book traces every feature of sexual life at sea, including seduction, rape, prostitution, courts martial, and the punishments meted out to those convicted of violating the stern moral code set down in the Articles of War .
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230590705
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
Boys at Sea is a study of homoerotic life in the Royal Navy during the age of sail. The book traces every feature of sexual life at sea, including seduction, rape, prostitution, courts martial, and the punishments meted out to those convicted of violating the stern moral code set down in the Articles of War .