Author: Elizabeth B. Sherman
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 0814340016
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
The book offers many first-hand statements of shipwreck survivors and other witnesses, lending an authentic voice to the accounts.
Beyond the Windswept Dunes
Author: Elizabeth B. Sherman
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 0814340016
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
The book offers many first-hand statements of shipwreck survivors and other witnesses, lending an authentic voice to the accounts.
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 0814340016
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
The book offers many first-hand statements of shipwreck survivors and other witnesses, lending an authentic voice to the accounts.
Beyond Redemption
Author: AL FERBER
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1503530256
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
I have been described as being Beyond Redemption. I have been described as the devil incarnate. I have been defying all the rules of modern and classical poetry for over forty years. In terms of success the only difference between me and Charles Bukowski is my lack of an angel such as Black Sparrow Press to devote all their resources to publishing exclusively my work. This is damn good shit. If you read it, I guarantee youll like it.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1503530256
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
I have been described as being Beyond Redemption. I have been described as the devil incarnate. I have been defying all the rules of modern and classical poetry for over forty years. In terms of success the only difference between me and Charles Bukowski is my lack of an angel such as Black Sparrow Press to devote all their resources to publishing exclusively my work. This is damn good shit. If you read it, I guarantee youll like it.
Songquest
Author: Ivan H. Walton
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 0814344607
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
The field notes of a pioneering folklorist who collected the songs, stories, and cultural history of Great Lakes sailors in the 1930s. Ivan H. Walton was a pioneering folklorist who collected the songs and stories of aging sailors living along the shores of the Great Lakes in the 1930s. His collection is unique in the annals of Great Lakes folklore. It began as a search for songs but broadened into a collection of weather signs, shipboard beliefs, greenhorn tales, and stories of the intense rivalry between sailors and the steamboat men who replaced them. Edited by Joe Grimm, Songquest: The Journals of Great Lakes Folklorist Ivan H. Walton is a selection from the daily journals Walton wrote during his travels as a folklore collector. It is clear that Walton, a professor of English at the University of Michigan, both admired the sailors of the Great Lakes for what they had done during their working years and worried about them as they entered the twilight of their lives. Walton went beyond the songs he set out to find and captured the pitch and roll of the Great Lakes alive with white-winged schooners. His writings provide a clear picture of the colorful individuals he met and interviewed—captains, cabin boys, tugmen, chandlers, boardinghouse owners, dredgers, and light keepers. Walton also documented the methods he used and recorded his personal thoughts about his nomadic life and the events going on around him during the 1930s, including the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s election, and the end of Prohibition.
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 0814344607
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
The field notes of a pioneering folklorist who collected the songs, stories, and cultural history of Great Lakes sailors in the 1930s. Ivan H. Walton was a pioneering folklorist who collected the songs and stories of aging sailors living along the shores of the Great Lakes in the 1930s. His collection is unique in the annals of Great Lakes folklore. It began as a search for songs but broadened into a collection of weather signs, shipboard beliefs, greenhorn tales, and stories of the intense rivalry between sailors and the steamboat men who replaced them. Edited by Joe Grimm, Songquest: The Journals of Great Lakes Folklorist Ivan H. Walton is a selection from the daily journals Walton wrote during his travels as a folklore collector. It is clear that Walton, a professor of English at the University of Michigan, both admired the sailors of the Great Lakes for what they had done during their working years and worried about them as they entered the twilight of their lives. Walton went beyond the songs he set out to find and captured the pitch and roll of the Great Lakes alive with white-winged schooners. His writings provide a clear picture of the colorful individuals he met and interviewed—captains, cabin boys, tugmen, chandlers, boardinghouse owners, dredgers, and light keepers. Walton also documented the methods he used and recorded his personal thoughts about his nomadic life and the events going on around him during the 1930s, including the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s election, and the end of Prohibition.
Patagonia
Author: Josh McIlvain
Publisher: Fodors Travel Publications
ISBN: 1400006848
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Detailed and timely information on accommodations, restaurants, and local attractions highlight these updated travel guides, which feature all-new covers, a dramatic visual design, symbols to indicate budget options, must-see ratings, multi-day itineraries, Smart Travel Tips, helpful bulleted maps, tips on transportation, guidelines for shopping excursions, and other valuable features. Original.
Publisher: Fodors Travel Publications
ISBN: 1400006848
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Detailed and timely information on accommodations, restaurants, and local attractions highlight these updated travel guides, which feature all-new covers, a dramatic visual design, symbols to indicate budget options, must-see ratings, multi-day itineraries, Smart Travel Tips, helpful bulleted maps, tips on transportation, guidelines for shopping excursions, and other valuable features. Original.
Mastering the Inland Seas
Author: Theodore J. Karamanski
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 0299326306
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
Theodore J. Karamanski's sweeping maritime history demonstrates the far-ranging impact that the tools and infrastructure developed for navigating the Great Lakes had on the national economies, politics, and environment of continental North America. Synthesizing popular as well as original historical scholarship, Karamanski weaves a colorful narrative illustrating how disparate private and government interests transformed these vast and dangerous waters into the largest inland water transportation system in the world. Karamanski explores both the navigational and sailing tools of First Nations peoples and the dismissive and foolhardy attitude of early European maritime sailors. He investigates the role played by commercial boats in the Underground Railroad, as well as how the federal development of crucial navigational resources exacerbated sectionalism in the antebellum United States. Ultimately Mastering the Inland Sea shows the undeniable environmental impact of technologies used by the modern commercial maritime industry. This expansive story illuminates the symbiotic relationship between infrastructure investment in the region's interconnected waterways and North America's lasting economic and political development.
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 0299326306
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
Theodore J. Karamanski's sweeping maritime history demonstrates the far-ranging impact that the tools and infrastructure developed for navigating the Great Lakes had on the national economies, politics, and environment of continental North America. Synthesizing popular as well as original historical scholarship, Karamanski weaves a colorful narrative illustrating how disparate private and government interests transformed these vast and dangerous waters into the largest inland water transportation system in the world. Karamanski explores both the navigational and sailing tools of First Nations peoples and the dismissive and foolhardy attitude of early European maritime sailors. He investigates the role played by commercial boats in the Underground Railroad, as well as how the federal development of crucial navigational resources exacerbated sectionalism in the antebellum United States. Ultimately Mastering the Inland Sea shows the undeniable environmental impact of technologies used by the modern commercial maritime industry. This expansive story illuminates the symbiotic relationship between infrastructure investment in the region's interconnected waterways and North America's lasting economic and political development.
A Hanging in Detroit
Author: David G. Chardavoyne
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 9780814331330
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
The first historical study-and a riveting account-of the last execution in Michigan.
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 9780814331330
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
The first historical study-and a riveting account-of the last execution in Michigan.
Beyond the Last Blue Mountain
Author: R. M. Lala
Publisher: Penguin Books India
ISBN: 9780140169010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
On the life and achievements of J.R.D. Tata, b. 1904, industrialist
Publisher: Penguin Books India
ISBN: 9780140169010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
On the life and achievements of J.R.D. Tata, b. 1904, industrialist
Doom of the Darksword
Author: Margaret Weis
Publisher: Spectra
ISBN: 0307433072
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Born without magic, Joram was one of the Dead, denied the throne of Merilon. For years, he lived among outlaws, surviving by wit and sleight-of-hand. Now, wielding the powerful, magic absorbing Darksword, Joram retums to the enchanted Kingdom that once was his home to win revenge and claim his birthright. Here he will test Bishop Vanya and his fierce army of Duuk-tsarith in a battle unlike any their world has known. Joined by the scholarly catalyst Saryon, the young mage Mosiah, and the trickster Simkin, Jorma confronts the shattering secret of his past and discovers the ancient prophecy that puts the fate of the world in his hands--the hands that forged the Darksword.
Publisher: Spectra
ISBN: 0307433072
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Born without magic, Joram was one of the Dead, denied the throne of Merilon. For years, he lived among outlaws, surviving by wit and sleight-of-hand. Now, wielding the powerful, magic absorbing Darksword, Joram retums to the enchanted Kingdom that once was his home to win revenge and claim his birthright. Here he will test Bishop Vanya and his fierce army of Duuk-tsarith in a battle unlike any their world has known. Joined by the scholarly catalyst Saryon, the young mage Mosiah, and the trickster Simkin, Jorma confronts the shattering secret of his past and discovers the ancient prophecy that puts the fate of the world in his hands--the hands that forged the Darksword.
Fodor's Argentina
Author: Amanda Barnes
Publisher: Fodor's
ISBN: 0307929183
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Provides information on travel, accommodations, attractions, shopping, and dining within the nation and its chief provinces and cities.
Publisher: Fodor's
ISBN: 0307929183
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Provides information on travel, accommodations, attractions, shopping, and dining within the nation and its chief provinces and cities.
Fodor's Argentina
Author: Fodor's
Publisher: Fodors Travel Publications
ISBN: 1400019648
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Provides information on travel, accomodations, attractions, shopping, and dining within the nation and its chief provinces and cities.
Publisher: Fodors Travel Publications
ISBN: 1400019648
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Provides information on travel, accomodations, attractions, shopping, and dining within the nation and its chief provinces and cities.