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Author : Irving Johnson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1932
Category : Seafaring life
ISBN : STANFORD:36105041663878
Author : Charles W Domvillefife
Publisher : Seaforth Publishing
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2007-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781844156955
There are few books that describe accurately life on board sailing ships in the last days of sail, from the 1860s to the First World War; the romantic image conjured up by many who wrote from a safe distance belies the harsh realities which were a sailorman's lot. Domville-Fife, in collecting together the personal stories of seamen while they were still alive, was able to present a truer picture of the tough last days of sail. Long voyages on board nineteenth-century sailing ships were marked by isolation, boredom, and miserable living conditions that taxed the endurance of men already hard pressed by the gruelling and dangerous nature of shipboard work. While some were attracted to a life of adventure most simply went to sea for a living, and a meagre one at that. They experienced neither the excitement of life on the crack clippers of the earlier decades nor the safety of the steamships; they were caught in the limbo of a dying profession where poor pay, discontinuous employment, prolonged isolation from family and physical hardship were the norm. No wonder that murder, mutiny, starvation and shipwreck appear in the memoirs gathered here. Domville-Fife surely did future generations a great service by piecing together this reality. First published in 1938, these memoirs are now available again in this superbly presented new edition with a new selection of stunning photographs and a fascinating introduction on life at sea in the dying world of sail. A wonderful read for all enthusiasts and historians of the merchant service in the days of sail.
Author : C. Ray Wilmore
Publisher : International Marine Publishing
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1972-01-01
Category : Barks (Sailing ships)
ISBN : 0877420165
Author : Roland Huntford
Publisher : Abacus
Page : 913 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781405527163
Ernest Shackleton was the quintessential Edwardian hero. A contemporary - and adversary - of Scott, he sailed on the 'Discovery' expedition of 1900, and went on to mount three expeditions of his own. Like Scott, he was a social adventurer; snow and ice held no particular attraction, but the pursuit of wealth, fame and power did. Yet Shackleton, and Anglo-Irishman who left school at 16, needed status to raise money for his own expeditions. At various times he was involved in journalism, politics, manufacturing and City fortune-hunting - none of them very effectively. A frustrated poet, he was never to be successful with money, but he did succeed in marrying it. At his height he was feted as a national hero, knighted by Edward VII, and granted £20,000 by the government for achievements which were, and remain, the very stuff of legend. But the world to which he returned in 1917 after the sensational 'Endurance' expedition did not seem to welcome surviving heroes. Poverty-stricken by the end of the war, he had to pay off his debts through writing and endless lecturing. He finally obtained funds for another expedition, but dies of a heart attack, aged only 47, at it reached South Georgia.
Author : Charles H. Lagerbom
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439673201
Cape Horn conjures up images of wind-whipped waters and desperate mariners in frozen rigging. Long recognized as a maritime touchstone for sailors, it marks the spot where the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans meet in one writhing mass. "Doubling" Cape Horn became the ultimate test, earning a prominent place in Maine maritime history. At the end of South America, it shares longitude 67° west exactly with Cutler, Maine, a direct north-south line of seven thousand miles. Maine Cape Horners were recognized by a golden earring. If they did not survive this most difficult journey in the world, the earring covered the costs of their funeral, should the body ever be found. Maritime historian Charles H. Lagerbom traveled to the end of the world to help research this exciting story of bold Mainers and their exhilarating and oftentimes deadly dance with danger.
Author : Derek Lundy
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-05
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780307369895
In the tradition of Into Thin Air and The Perfect Storm, an intensely gripping account of the round-the-world single-handed yacht race that claimed the life of Canadian sailor Gerry Roufs in a make-or-break dash through 12,000 miles of terror in the Southern Ocean.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004487895
Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1324 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Copyright
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119498389
Author : Derek Lundy
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307369888
From the author of Godforsaken Sea -- a #1 bestseller in Canada and “one of the best books ever written about sailing” (Time magazine) -- comes a magnificent re-creation of a square-rigger voyage round Cape Horn at the end of the 19th century. In The Way of a Ship, Derek Lundy places his seafaring great-great uncle, Benjamin Lundy, on board the Beara Head and brings to life the ship’s community as it performs the exhausting and dangerous work of sailing a square-rigger across the sea. The “beautiful, widow-making, deep-sea” sailing ships could sail fast in almost all weather and carry substantial cargo. Handling square-riggers demanded detailed and specialized skills, and life at sea, although romanticized by sea-voyage chroniclers, was often brutal. Seamen were sleep deprived and malnourished, at times half-starved, and scurvy was still a possibility. Derek Lundy reminds readers what Melville and Conrad expressed so well: that the sea voyage is an overarching metaphor for life itself. As Benjamin Lundy nears the Horn and its attendant terrors, the traditional qualities of the sailor -- fatalism, stoicism, courage, obedience to a strict hierarchy, even sentimentality -- are revealed in their dying days, as sail gave way to steam. Derek Lundy tells his gripping tale with the kind of storytelling skill and writerly breadth that is usually the ken of our finest novelists, and in so doing, imagines a harrowing and wholly credible history for his seafaring Irish-Canadian ancestor.
Author : Gail Faber,Michele Lasagna
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0936480122
Author : William F. Stark
Publisher : Carroll & Graf Publishers
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0786714611
The author lovingly reconstructs the last journey by a sailing ship to round Cape Horn, revealing every detail of the historic 1949 adventure in the largest sailing ship ever constructed and sailed. Reprint.
Author : Herb McCormick
Publisher : Paradise Cay Publications
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781929214990
In As Long as It’s Fun, the biography of Lin and Larry Pardey, Herb McCormick recounts their remarkable sailing career—from their early days in Southern California to their two circumnavigations to their current life in a quiet cove in New Zealand. Through interviews with their families, friends, and critics, McCormick delves deeply into the couple’s often-controversial opinions, sometimes-tenuous marriage, and amazing list of accomplishments. As Long as It’s Fun is as much a love story as it is a sea yarn, and, like all such stories, it’s not without complications . . . which makes it not only a sailing tale but also a human one.
Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Copyright Office, Library of Congress
Page : 1076 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Copyright
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119497704
Author : Garry Gitzen
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781105239830
Description of Nehalem Oregon Indians that Francis Drake met at Nehalem Bay in 1579 during his 5-week summer landing to repair his ship the Golden Hinde. RECOMMENDED READING FOR TEACHERS
Author : Garry Gitzen
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Nehalem Bay (Or.)
ISBN : 9781105227042
RECOMMENDED READING FOR TEACHERSDocuments Franics Drake's Oregon landing site for five weeks in the summer of 1579 through flora & fauna, topography, Indian culture and a 16th century survey performed to claim Novae Albionis for England. Revised 1st Editon 2011
