My Dearest Gennie

Author : Joanna Vink
Publisher : Australian Self Publishing Group
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Shipwrecks
ISBN : 9780987346384

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My Dearest Gennie by Joanna Vink Pdf

MY DEAREST GENNIE is the story of the authors Great grandfather Staff Commander John (Jack) Thomas Ewing Gowlland R.N. (1838-1874) based on his naval logs1853-1874 and letters (1863-1874) to his wife Genevieve (nee Lord). Passing out of the Upper Naval School at Greenwich in 1853 aged 15, Jack served in the Baltic Blockade in the Crimean War and then on surveying duties in South America, British Columbia and The Ionian Islands before coming to Australia. He married Genevieve Lord who was the granddaughter of Simeon Lord, the “Merchant Prince of Botany Bay”, and daughter of Francis Lord M.L.C. Jack’s main contribution was his survey of the coast of NSW and the rivers up to the turn of tide. The NSW Government appointed him to lead the Solar Eclipse Expedition in 1871 and the mission to rescue the survivors of the Brig “Maria” in 1872. He was tragically drowned while completing the survey of Sydney Harbour when his boat was overturned off Dobroyd Head in August 1874. He was just 36.

Author : Ralph G Martin
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 773 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2007-10-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781402248641

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Jennie by Ralph G Martin Pdf

"A master work...Jennie was released to a public that became entranced by her story, and will again be now that she is back in print in this magnificent single volume." —from the foreword by Sir Martin Gilbert, the official biographer of Winston Churchill Sourcebooks is bringing the internationally acclaimed New York Times bestseller back for a new generation of readers. Jennie Churchill was not merely Winston's mother. She was the most captivating and desired woman of her age. Originally from Brooklyn, Jennie became the reigning queen of British society. Beautiful and defiant, she lived with an honesty that made her the talk of two continents. Sir Martin Gilbert, official biographer of Winston Churchill, writes that Jennie is, "a master work" that "pulses with energy as the author leads us from her cradle to relatively early grave, at the age of sixty-seven, of a woman who finally emerges—under his guiding hand—from the shadow of being a great man's mother, to being a woman in her own right."

Author : Jenny Spinner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1800
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0020580477

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The History of Jenny Spinner, the Ghost of Knebworth House, Written by Herself [or Rather by Elizabeth Maria James. A Revised Reprint, with a Prefatory Note by G. W. Miller]. MS. Notes by Jenny Spinner Pdf

Author : Rebecca J. Young
Publisher : Tate Publishing
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2009-08
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781607993353

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Losing Jenny: A Walk Through the Valley by Rebecca J. Young Pdf

'Mommy, I cried when you left Wednesday night. I finally realized just how much I love you and how much I miss you.' The same night she spoke these words, the world as I knew it came to an end. Jenny was gone.Life was good for Rebecca and her only daughter, Jenny. They had survived the rough teen years, and Jenny was starting college. Three short weeks into her freshman year, every parent's worst nightmare happened-Jenny was involved in a fatal car crash. The world as Rebecca knew it came to an end. Lost and alone, Young had to overcome this tragedy in order to survive. This poignant memoir of a mother's undying love shows that you cannot only survive the depths of the valley of the shadow of death, but can soar above it.Losing Jenny: A Walk Through the Valleyis a must read for any parent dealing with the loss of a child. 'Any parent who has suffered the loss of a child will be touched and blessed by this moving story. With great honesty and raw emotion, Rebecca shares her journey from the depths of grief and despair toward peace, acceptance, and the ability to go on living when her life seemed over. This is an important book because it helps us understand that grief is not something to be ashamed of or avoided, but something good and vital. The fact that we grieve deeply is proof that we love deeply. Rev. Peter Larson, Senior Pastor, Lebanon Presbyterian Church, Master of Divinity, Princeton Theological Seminary

Author : Connie Heyer Hansen
Publisher : Fulton Books, Inc.
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781637101711

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Biscuits & Bullets: The Story of Jennie Wade by Connie Heyer Hansen Pdf

Gettysburg! To most people, the very name conjures up images of war, death, destruction, horrified screams, and all manner of damage and ruin. But to three people growing up there in the mid-1860s, it was simply home. Jennie Wade, Jack Skelly, and Wesley Culp played tag in the streets, tossed pebbles into Rock Creek, and fished from its banks. They shared each other's secrets and dreams of the future. But none foresaw what would happen when war reached their little town. Gettysburg is situated a mere ten miles north of the Mason-Dixon Line, a hub where over half a dozen roads converge. So when war started, it was not inconceivable that the village would, sooner or later, be touched by it. And touch it, it did! For three days in July 1863, the battle raged in and around the town until, when it was over, a village that numbered about two thousand souls suddenly found itself caring for over twenty thousand wounded from both sides. In the midst of all the tragedy, three friends emerged. One joined the Union Army, the other the Confederate Army, and Jennie stayed behind. War, like death, will not be ignored, and it came to visit each of them in its own way. Life too holds many secrets, including how it ends. As close as the three were in life, they would never learn each other's secret ending.

Author : William Chappell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Ballads, English
ISBN : OXFORD:N13757673

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The Roxburghe Ballads by William Chappell Pdf

Author : Udayakumar DS
Publisher : Leadstart Publishing Pvt Ltd
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789358832808

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FT Legacy 1: Who is Frank Twine? by Udayakumar DS Pdf

A Frank Twine mystery. The murder of Kushal Manjaree, a young billionaire entrepreneur and an emerging politician in the ruling party, in his Chhatarpur villa in New Delhi, creates a stir in the nation’s political circle and triggers a high-profile investigation under the aegis of the home minister and the DIG. ACPs Vasu Sagar and Jennifer Alphonse join hands after a long hiatus in a quest to resolve the mystery in a matter of days. To their dismay, the case turns out to be a pandemonium of confusion. With mounting pressure on them, the ACPs turn to the deceased’s personal diary for clues and uncover a world of puzzling passages that lead them into the past. What they discover is not the solution but a welcome message to the dangerous and daring world of a calculative, clever, and ruthless killer, Frank Twine. Who is Frank Twine? Does he really exist? The answers they find are more baffling and mind-numbing than the mystery.

Author : David Syrett
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000341720

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The Rodney Papers by David Syrett Pdf

Overbearing, avaricious and difficult, yet talented and ambitious, George Brydges Rodney has never attracted much sympathy or understanding. He was nevertheless an original thinker and one of the great admirals of the eighteenth century. The contents of this volume, the first of three, document his career from 1742 until 1763 - his private and political life. His early years as a captain were spent in the severe conditions of the North Sea and in taking privateers in the western approaches. During the peace after 1748 he was Governor of Newfoundland and in the Seven Years' War blockaded Le Havre before going, as a flag officer, to command in the Leeward Islands where he participated in the capture of Martinique. This volume also contains letters to his wife which indicate, against past opinion, that Rodney had a heart.

Author : John Gassner
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 788 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0486410986

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Best Plays of the Early American Theatre, 1787-1911 by John Gassner Pdf

Sixteen works from American theater, 1787 1911: "Charles the Second" (1824); "Fashion "(1845); "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (1852); "The Count of Monte Cristo" (1883); "The Mouse-Trap" (1889); "The Great Divide" (1906); more. Background essay. "

Author : Eliza Fowler Haywood
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2005-12-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0813191432

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The History of Jemmy and Jenny Jessamy by Eliza Fowler Haywood Pdf

The author of over eighty novels, plays, and volumes of poetry, Eliza Haywood is one of the most prolific and high-profile female authors of the eighteenth century. Her last novel, The History of Jemmy and Jenny Jessamy, is original for its unsentimental realism in its depiction of marriage and courtship among the leisure classes of the mid-eighteenth century. In his new introduction, editor John Richetti examines how Haywood's amusing and engaging prose explores the subtleties of eighteenth-century courtship. Out of print since the early nineteenth century, The History of Jemmy and Jenny Jessamy is now available in an edited and fully annotated modern edition.

Author : Royall Tyler
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-16
Category : Drama
ISBN : EAN:8596547346456

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The Contrast by Royall Tyler Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Contrast" by Royall Tyler. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Charlotte Gray
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2023-09-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781398527737

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Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons by Charlotte Gray Pdf

A captivating biography of two famous women whose sons, Winston Churchill and Franklin D Roosevelt, would change the course of the 20th century—by award-winning historian Charlotte Gray. Born into upper class America in the same year, 1854, Sara Delano and Jennie Jerome refused to settle into predictable, sheltered lives as little-known wives to prominent men. Instead, both women concentrated their energies on enabling their sons to reach the epicentre of political power on two continents. In the mid-19th century, the British Empire was at its height, France’s Second Empire flourished and the industrial vigour of the USA was catapulting the republic towards the Gilded Age. Sara and Jennie, raised with privilege but subject to the constraints of women’s roles at the time, learned how to take control of their destinies, Sara in the prosperous Hudson Valley and Jennie in the glittering world of Imperial London. Yet their personalities and choices were dramatically different. A vivacious extrovert, Jennie married Lord Randolph Churchill, rising politician and scion of a noble British family. Her deft social and political manoeuvrings helped not only her mercurial husband but, once she was widowed, her ambitious son, Winston. By contrast, deeply conventional Sara Delano married a man as old as her father. But once widowed, she made Franklin, her only child, the focus of her existence. Thanks in large part to her financial support and to her guidance, Franklin acquired the skills he needed to become a successful politician. Set against one hundred years of history, Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons is a study in loyalty and resilience. Gray argues that Jennie and Sara are too often presented as lesser figures rather than two remarkable individuals who were key in shaping the characters of the sons who adored them, and preparing them for leadership on the world stage. A masterful biographer and acclaimed historian, Charlotte Gray breathes new life into Sara and Jennie. Impeccably researched and filled with intriguing social insights, Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons offers a fascinating and fulsome portrait of how leaders are not just born but made.

Author : Eliza Fowler Haywood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1769
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0024970187

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The History of Jemmy and Jenny Jessamy. A New Edition ... By the Author of Miss Betsy Thoughtless [i.e. Eliza Haywood] by Eliza Fowler Haywood Pdf

Author : Gene Barr
Publisher : Savas Beatie
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781611212914

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A Civil War Captain and His Lady by Gene Barr Pdf

“Barr’s engaging and revealing collection of letters from Lincoln country directly links the battlefield with the home front” (Randall M. Miller, editor of Lincoln & Leadership). More than 150 years ago, twenty-seven-year-old Irish immigrant Josiah Moore met nineteen-year-old Jennie Lindsay, a member of one of Peoria, Illinois’s most prominent families. The Civil War had just begun, Josiah was the captain of the 17th Illinois Infantry, and his war would be a long and bloody one. Their courtship and romance, which came to light in a rare and unpublished series of letters, form the basis of Gene Barr’s memorable book. Josiah and Jennie’s letters shed significant light on the important role played by a soldier’s sweetheart on the home front, and a warrior’s observations from the war front. In addition to this deeply moving and often riveting correspondence, Barr includes previously unpublished material on the 17th Illinois and the war’s Western Theater, including Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Vicksburg, and the lesser known Meridian Campaign—actions that have historically received much less attention than similar battles in the Eastern Theater. The result is a rich, complete, and satisfying story of love, danger, politics, and warfare—one you won’t soon forget. “A delightful read on many levels: the stilted Victorian language in the letters quickly becomes easy to understand as the reader watches the relationship between Joshua and Jennie evolve into a full-fledged love affair—one that lasted a lifetime.” —Emerging Civil War “In this rare and remarkable collection of letters readers come to know two young lovers brought together and then separated by the exigencies of war.” —Terrence J. Winschel, author of Triumph & Defeat: The Vicksburg Campaign

Author : Rosa Mulholland Gilbert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026794292

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Eldergowan; Or Twelve Months of My Life: and Other Tales by Rosa Mulholland Gilbert Pdf