Ocean Bound Women Sisters Sailing Around The World In The 1880s The Adventures The Ship The People

Author : Anders Hallengren
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2022-10-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781800610910

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Ocean Bound Women: Sisters Sailing Around The World In The 1880s - The Adventures-the Ship-the People by Anders Hallengren Pdf

Ocean Bound Women is an intriguing first-hand narrative of circumnavigating the globe in the 1880s. Based on family documents stored in a seaman's chest, this book provides a scholarly account of the history of the Swedish sailing-ship Atlantic (1876-1911) and her crew.Part of the book is based upon a diary written by a Scandinavian woman, which stands as the uniting text for the years 1885-1887, connecting the reader to all events in the chronicle. Other sources consist of manuscripts, documents and accounts collected from family descendants along with oral traditions and personal memories—all hitherto unpublished.This is a touching life story of two motherless sisters who took on a ship in their teens: a book about life on the oceans and meeting with people of many different nations.

Author : David Cordingly
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2002-03-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780375758720

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Seafaring Women by David Cordingly Pdf

For centuries, the sea has been regarded as a male domain, but in this illuminating historical narrative, maritime scholar David Cordingly shows that an astonishing number of women went to sea in the great age of sail. Some traveled as the wives or mistresses of captains; others were smuggled aboard by officers or seamen. And Cordingly has unearthed stories of a number of young women who dressed in men’s clothes and worked alongside sailors for months, sometimes years, without ever revealing their gender. His tremendous research shows that there was indeed a thriving female population—from pirates to the sirens of myth and legend—on and around the high seas. A landmark work of women’s history disguised as a spectacularly entertaining yarn, Women Sailors and Sailor’s Women will surprise and delight.

Author : Sharon Sites Adams,Karen J. Coates
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780803218642

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Pacific Lady by Sharon Sites Adams,Karen J. Coates Pdf

It was an age without GPS and the Internet, without high-tech monitoring and instantaneous reporting. And it was a time when women simply didn t do such things. None of this deterred Sharon Sites Adams. In June 1965 Adams made history as the first woman to sail solo from the mainland United States to Hawaii. Four years later, just as Neil Armstrong very publicly stepped onto the moon, the diminutive Adams, alone and unobserved, finally sighted Point Arguello, California, after seventy-four days sailing a thirty-one-foot ketch from Japan, across the violent and unpredictable Pacific. She was the first woman to do so, setting another world record. Inspiring and exciting, Adams s memoir recounts the personal path leading to her historic achievements: a tomboy childhood in the Oregon high desert, an early marriage and painful divorce, and a second marriage that ended when her husband died of cancer. In the wake of his death and almost by accident, Adams discovered sailing. Six weeks after her first sailing lesson she bought a boat, and within eight months she set out to achieve her first world record. Pacific Lady recounts the inward journey that paralleled her sailing feats, as Adams drew on every scrap of courage and navigational skill she could muster to overcome the seasickness, exhaustion, and loneliness that marked her harrowing crossings.

Author : Joan Druett
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1999-05-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780684854342

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Hen Frigates by Joan Druett Pdf

A hen frigate is any boat with the captain's wife on board. This is their story of life on the high seas.

Author : K. B. Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1733369708

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The Seagirls of the Irene by K. B. Taylor Pdf

"1898. After Mama dies and Daddy disappears, Grandma threatens to separate twelve-year-old Aggie from her two younger sisters, so Aggie runs away to think up a plan. When the sisters reunite aboard the Irene, their sixty-foot steamboat, they are trapped with thugs intending to steal their boat. As Aggie pilots the boat from port to port, conjuring up schemes to regain the upper hand, the sisters search for Daddy"--

Author : Jeannine Talley
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1450251749

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Lure of the Trade Winds by Jeannine Talley Pdf

Lure of the Trade Winds: Two Women Sailing the Pacific Ocean transports readers to a place where few have gone before: aboard a thirty-four-foot boat, cruising the Pacific Ocean. Join author Jeannine Talley, as she and her sailing partner, Joy Smith, embark on the journey of a lifetime. Each day is a new adventure aboard the Banshee. Talley and her partner are stranded on a reef in Vanuatu, contract malaria, rescue a wrecked boat, visit a skull site in the Solomon Islands, and journey to remote islands whose inhabitants still bear the scars of a brutal colonial past. When their electronic navigational equipment is lost in a storm, they must use sextant navigation, depending entirely on sun sights, to make a long passage north from the South Pacifi c to Micronesia. In Lure of the Trade Winds, the two women travel to some of the most remote areas of the world and interact with the inhabitants within their social settings. They unravel some of the worlds mysteries, plunge into the unknown, and come face to face with some of the darker aspects of legacy of colonialism. The tale of their travels proves once again that the spirit of adventure knows no bounds.

Author : Siân Evans
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-12-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781250246486

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Maiden Voyages by Siân Evans Pdf

In an engaging and anecdotal social history, Siân Evans's Maiden Voyages explores how women’s lives were transformed by the Golden Age of ocean liner travel between Europe and North America. During the early twentieth century, transatlantic travel was the province of the great ocean liners. It was an extraordinary undertaking made by many women, whose lives were changed forever by their journeys between the Old World and the New. Some traveled for leisure, some for work; others to reinvent themselves or find new opportunities. They were celebrities, migrants and millionaires, refugees, aristocrats and crew members whose stories have mostly remained untold—until now. Maiden Voyages is a fascinating portrait of the era, the ships themselves, and these women as they crossed the Atlantic. The ocean liner was a microcosm of contemporary society, divided by class: from the luxury of the upper deck, playground for the rich and famous, to the cramped conditions of steerage or third class travel. In first class you’ll meet A-listers like Marlene Dietrich, Wallis Simpson, and Josephine Baker; the second class carried a new generation of professional and independent women, like pioneering interior designer Sibyl Colefax. Down in steerage, you’ll follow the journey of émigré Maria Riffelmacher as she escapes poverty in Europe. Bustling between decks is a crew of female workers, including Violet “The Unsinkable Stewardess” Jessop, who survived the Titanic disaster. Entertaining and informative, Maiden Voyages captures the golden age of ocean liners through the stories of the women whose transatlantic journeys changed the shape of society on both sides of the globe.

Author : Bonnie Kogos
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781728308388

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The Boat That Brings You Home by Bonnie Kogos Pdf

This nonstop Caribbean sailing adventure begins with an idyllic atmosphere of delight and discovery. Three magnificent sailboats, in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands, are docked at the pier. Aboard Yacht Quadriga are Captain Dutch and Amy; on Yacht Bravo, Captain Beth and Brad, and aboard Zephyr, Captain Zeb and Zoe, sun-glazed, experienced couples. Each couple has dreamed, and planned for exquisite sailing adventures. As they languorously sail, however, rainbows disappear and sunsets darken, harbingers of approaching daring challenges. Dangerously casual and cunning underlings of Caribbean drug lords seduce them through harmless and tranquil adventures. As shocking incidents build to brutal fury, each couple must use their ingenuity and strength to defend themselves against the syndicate to search for their own smart path to safety. But will the perpetrators, the murderers, ever be caught and brought to justice from the ominous seas of the Caribbean and the Islands? Overflowing with sharply observed life at sea, one ethical question leads us through this Caribbean journey. Does justice prevail? Climb aboard, settle in, and get your lifeline ready to enjoy this powerful tale of blue water sailing that provides keen observation that only a seasoned sailor can provide.

Author : Mary Caldwell,Matthew M. Douglas
Publisher : Sheridan House, Inc.
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781574092677

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Mary's Voyage by Mary Caldwell,Matthew M. Douglas Pdf

One of the most successful sailing stories ever written is Desperate Voyage by John Caldwell. In this book, John, stranded penniless in Panama after World War II, sets out for Sydney to rejoin his wife Mary whom he had not seen since their three-day honeymoon over a year before. His famous book tells of the adventurous journey in a twenty-foot boat. Now, almost sixty years later, Mary tells her own story in this fascinating biography. Born in England, Mary immigrated with her family to Australia where she spent her early youth on a farm. As a young woman she served in the Australian Air Force. During the war she met Tex (future husband John Caldwell), a young cocky American who became the inspirational mainspring for her adventures. In 1952, after living in California for several years, Mary and John and their children became the first family to attempt a voyage around the world on a small sailing craft using only a sextant and dead reckoning to guide them across thousands of miles of ocean. Mary was pregnant at the beginning of the voyage and already had a toddler and an infant son in tow. Months would pass without sight of land. She gave birth to her youngest son in Tahiti, weathered constant seasickness and survived frightening ocean storms, several hurricanes, and a tsunami. Mary and John finally settled in the Grenadines where they built the world-renowned Palm Island resort. Mary¿s story of endurance and fearlessness is remarkable and inspiring.

Author : Tania Aebi,Bernadette Brennan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : PSU:000032618655

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Maiden Voyage by Tania Aebi,Bernadette Brennan Pdf

Tania Aebe was an eighteen-year-old dropout and barfly. She was going nowhere until her father offered her a challenge. He would offer her either a college education or a twenty-six-foot sloop in which she had to sail around the world alone. She chose the boat and for two years it was her home, as she negotiated weather, illness, fear, and ultimately, a spiritual quest that brought her home to herself.... From the Paperback edition.

Author : Jane Yolen
Publisher : Charlesbridge Publishing
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Pirates
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131281615

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Sea Queens by Jane Yolen Pdf

Brief biographies of women pirates from around the world.

Author : Janette McCutcheon,Campbell McCutcheon
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781445637105

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Titanic and Her Sisters by Janette McCutcheon,Campbell McCutcheon Pdf

Almost a century since the launch of Titanic, the story of the Olympic-class ships is told through the medium of original postcards.

Author : Kathleen McGurl
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Family secrets
ISBN : 100406103X

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The Lost Sister by Kathleen McGurl Pdf

1911. As Emma packs her trunk to join the ocean liner Olympic as a stewardess, she dreams of earning enough to provide a better life for both her sisters. With their photograph tucked away in her luggage, she promises to be back soon - hoping that sickly Lily will keep healthy, and wild Ruby will behave. But neither life at sea nor on land is predictable, and soon the three sisters' lives are all changed irrevocably. Now. When Harriet finds her late grandmother's travelling trunk in the attic, she's shocked to discover a photo of three sisters inside - her grandmother only ever mentioned one sister, who died tragically young. Who is the other sister, and what happened to her? Harriet's questions lead her to the story of three sister ships, Olympic, Titanic and Britannic, and a shattering revelation about three sisters torn apart.

Author : Kb Taylor
Publisher : Boot Top Books
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1733369767

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The Seagirls of the Irene by Kb Taylor Pdf

Twelve-year-old Aggie has never manned a steamboat until she is forced to the wheel. When she reunites with her younger sisters aboard the IRENE, their sixty-foot steamboat, the sisters are trapped with thugs intending to steal their boat. As Aggie pilots port to port, conjuring up schemes to gain the upper hand, the sisters search for Daddy. WILLA LITERARY WINNER and San Diego Book Award Winner.

Author : Lisa Clayton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1997-02-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0752809962

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At the Mercy of the Sea by Lisa Clayton Pdf