Author: Norman Jorgensen
Publisher: Fremantle Press
ISBN: 1925815463
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Red Read doesn't set out to find trouble, but trouble sure has a way of findinghim. Expelled from school, he is whisked off by Captain Black Bowen, one ofthe most infamous smugglers ever to ply the coast of northern Australia inthe early years of the twentieth century. Together they battle demon storms,crazed pirates and killer diseases while hunting down a great lost treasure.Non-stop action, adventure and excitement!
The Wreckers' Revenge
Author: Norman Jorgensen
Publisher: Fremantle Press
ISBN: 1925815463
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Red Read doesn't set out to find trouble, but trouble sure has a way of findinghim. Expelled from school, he is whisked off by Captain Black Bowen, one ofthe most infamous smugglers ever to ply the coast of northern Australia inthe early years of the twentieth century. Together they battle demon storms,crazed pirates and killer diseases while hunting down a great lost treasure.Non-stop action, adventure and excitement!
Publisher: Fremantle Press
ISBN: 1925815463
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Red Read doesn't set out to find trouble, but trouble sure has a way of findinghim. Expelled from school, he is whisked off by Captain Black Bowen, one ofthe most infamous smugglers ever to ply the coast of northern Australia inthe early years of the twentieth century. Together they battle demon storms,crazed pirates and killer diseases while hunting down a great lost treasure.Non-stop action, adventure and excitement!
The Smuggler's Curse
Author: Norman Jorgensen
Publisher: Fremantle Press
ISBN: 1925164225
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Red Read's life takes an alarming turn when his mother sells him to an infamous smuggler plying his trade off the north-west coast of Australia in the closing days of the 19th century. From terrifying encounters with cut-throat pirates to battling the forces of nature in a tropical typhoon, from dining with head-hunting guerrillas to making meals of monkey stew, Red is in for a hair-raising adventure that may cost him his life.
Publisher: Fremantle Press
ISBN: 1925164225
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Red Read's life takes an alarming turn when his mother sells him to an infamous smuggler plying his trade off the north-west coast of Australia in the closing days of the 19th century. From terrifying encounters with cut-throat pirates to battling the forces of nature in a tropical typhoon, from dining with head-hunting guerrillas to making meals of monkey stew, Red is in for a hair-raising adventure that may cost him his life.
The Price They Paid
Author: Jeff Forret
Publisher: The New Press
ISBN: 1620978997
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
A prizewinning historian uncovers one of the earliest instances of reparations in America—ironically, though perhaps not surprisingly, paid to slaveholders, not former slaves “A spectacular achievement of historical research. Forret shows for the first time just how far the American government went to secure reparations.” —Robert Elder‚ author of Calhoun: American Heretic In 1831, the American ship Comet, carrying 165 enslaved men, women, and children, crashed onto a coral reef near the shore of the Bahamas, then part of the British Empire. Shortly afterward, the Vice Admiralty Court in Nassau, over the outraged objections of the ship’s owners, set the rescued captives free. American slave owners and the companies who insured the liberated human cargo would spend years lobbying for reparations from Great Britain, not for the emancipated slaves, of course, but for the masters deprived of their human property. In a work of profoundly relevant research and storytelling, historian and Frederick Douglass Prize–winner Jeff Forret uncovers how the Comet incident—as well as similar episodes that unfolded over the next decade—resulted in the British Crown making reparations payments to a U.S. government that strenuously represented slaveholder interests. Through a story that has never been fully explored, The Price They Paid shows how, unlike their former owners and insurers, neither the survivors of the Comet and other vessels, nor their descendants, have ever received reparations for the price they paid in their lives, labor, and suffering during slavery. Any accounting of reparations today requires a fuller understanding of how the debts of slavery have been paid, and to whom. The Price They Paid represents a major step forward in that effort.
Publisher: The New Press
ISBN: 1620978997
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
A prizewinning historian uncovers one of the earliest instances of reparations in America—ironically, though perhaps not surprisingly, paid to slaveholders, not former slaves “A spectacular achievement of historical research. Forret shows for the first time just how far the American government went to secure reparations.” —Robert Elder‚ author of Calhoun: American Heretic In 1831, the American ship Comet, carrying 165 enslaved men, women, and children, crashed onto a coral reef near the shore of the Bahamas, then part of the British Empire. Shortly afterward, the Vice Admiralty Court in Nassau, over the outraged objections of the ship’s owners, set the rescued captives free. American slave owners and the companies who insured the liberated human cargo would spend years lobbying for reparations from Great Britain, not for the emancipated slaves, of course, but for the masters deprived of their human property. In a work of profoundly relevant research and storytelling, historian and Frederick Douglass Prize–winner Jeff Forret uncovers how the Comet incident—as well as similar episodes that unfolded over the next decade—resulted in the British Crown making reparations payments to a U.S. government that strenuously represented slaveholder interests. Through a story that has never been fully explored, The Price They Paid shows how, unlike their former owners and insurers, neither the survivors of the Comet and other vessels, nor their descendants, have ever received reparations for the price they paid in their lives, labor, and suffering during slavery. Any accounting of reparations today requires a fuller understanding of how the debts of slavery have been paid, and to whom. The Price They Paid represents a major step forward in that effort.
The Wrecker's Daughter
Author: Charles Parker Ilsley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Maine
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Maine
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
The Florida Keys: The wreckers
Author: John Viele
Publisher: Pineapple Press Inc
ISBN: 9781561642199
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Today, on the Keys between Key West and the mainland, some forty thousand residents and thousands of visitors fish, swim, sail and dive int he crystal clear waters off a tropical reef; relax in the sun adn cooling trade wind breezes; and sleep in the air-conditioned comfort of their homes and hotel rooms. On these same islands, as short a time as eighty years ago, fewer than three hundred inhabitants tried to eke out a living without benefit of electricity, running water, radios, or telephones. The stories of these hard pioneers and their predecessors, as far back as the Native Americans who lived on the Keys at least one thousand years ago, are told, many for the first time, in this book.
Publisher: Pineapple Press Inc
ISBN: 9781561642199
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Today, on the Keys between Key West and the mainland, some forty thousand residents and thousands of visitors fish, swim, sail and dive int he crystal clear waters off a tropical reef; relax in the sun adn cooling trade wind breezes; and sleep in the air-conditioned comfort of their homes and hotel rooms. On these same islands, as short a time as eighty years ago, fewer than three hundred inhabitants tried to eke out a living without benefit of electricity, running water, radios, or telephones. The stories of these hard pioneers and their predecessors, as far back as the Native Americans who lived on the Keys at least one thousand years ago, are told, many for the first time, in this book.
The Wrecker
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
The Wrecker
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
'The Wrecker' is an adventure novel co-written by Robert Louis Stevenson and his stepson Lloyd Osbourne. The story follows the adventures of two friends, Loudon Dodd and Jim Pinkerton, as they investigate a series of shipwrecks off the coast of California. They suspect foul play and uncover a plot involving corrupt businessmen, Chinese immigrants, and a mysterious figure known as the "Wrecker." Along the way, they encounter danger, romance, and betrayal. The novel is known for its fast-paced action, vivid descriptions of the California landscape, and its exploration of themes such as greed and corruption in the Gilded Age.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
'The Wrecker' is an adventure novel co-written by Robert Louis Stevenson and his stepson Lloyd Osbourne. The story follows the adventures of two friends, Loudon Dodd and Jim Pinkerton, as they investigate a series of shipwrecks off the coast of California. They suspect foul play and uncover a plot involving corrupt businessmen, Chinese immigrants, and a mysterious figure known as the "Wrecker." Along the way, they encounter danger, romance, and betrayal. The novel is known for its fast-paced action, vivid descriptions of the California landscape, and its exploration of themes such as greed and corruption in the Gilded Age.
The Wrecker
Author: Robert Louis Osbourne, Lloyd Stevenson
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3732681734
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: The Wrecker by Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3732681734
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: The Wrecker by Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne
Tales of Shipwrecks and Adventures at Sea
Author: James Lindridge
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Seafaring life
Languages : en
Pages : 952
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Seafaring life
Languages : en
Pages : 952
Book Description
Works: The wrecker
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description