Cruising in the Last War
Author | : Charles Jacobs Peterson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 1850 |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Charles Jacobs Peterson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 1850 |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : |
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Publisher | : |
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Genre | : United States |
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Author | : Kate Christensen |
Publisher | : Anchor |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2019-06-04 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0307951111 |
The 1950s ocean liner Queen Isabella is making her final voyage—a retro cruise from Long Beach to Hawaii and back—before heading to the scrapyard. For the guests on board, it’s a chance to experience a bygone era of decadent luxury, complete with fine dining, classic highballs, string quartets, and sophisticated jazz. Smoking is allowed but not cell phones—or children, for that matter. But this is the second decade of an uncertain new millennium, not the sunny, heedless mid-twentieth century, and certain disquieting signs of strife and malfunction above and below deck intrude on the festivities, throwing a trio of strangers together in an unexpected and startling test of character.
Author | : Charles J. Peterson |
Publisher | : Literary Licensing, LLC |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 2014-03 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781497952089 |
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1850 Edition.
Author | : Charles Jacobs Peterson |
Publisher | : Hardpress Publishing |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2019-08-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781314995572 |
This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!
Author | : Kemp Tolley |
Publisher | : Naval Institute Press |
Total Pages | : 343 |
Release | : 2014-01-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1612512232 |
In early December 1941 in the Philippines, a young Navy ensign named Kemp Tolley was given his first ship command, an old 76-foot schooner that had once served as a movie prop in John Ford's "The Hurricane." Crewed mostly by Filipinos who did not speak English and armed with a cannon that had last seen service in the Spanish-American War, the Lanikai was under top-secret presidential orders to sail south into waters where the Japanese fleet was thought to be. Ostensibly the crew was to spy on Japanese naval movements, but to Tolley it was clear that their mission was to create an incident that would provoke war. Events overtook the plan, however, when Pearl Harbor was bombed before the Lanikaicould get underway. When Bataan and Corregidor fell, she was ordered to set sail for Australia and became one of the few U.S. naval vessels to escape the Philippines. In this book Tolley tells the saga of her great adventure during these grim, early days of the war and makes history come alive as he regales the reader with details of the operation and an explanation of President Roosevelt's order. Tolley's description of their escape in Japanese warship-infested waters ranks with the best of sea tales, and few will be able to forget the Lanikai's 4,000-mile, three-month odyssey.
Author | : Edwin P. Hoyt |
Publisher | : Lyons Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2001-11 |
Genre | : Cruisers (Warships) |
ISBN | : 9781585743827 |
The true story of the most extraordinary and little-known escapades of a German light cruiser called into the thick of battle during World War I.
Author | : Lynn W. Turner |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 6 |
Release | : 1955 |
Genre | : Old Ironsides |
ISBN | : |
From her chaplain's diary comes this graphic story of the final sea battle of America's famous frigate.
Author | : David Foster Wallace |
Publisher | : Back Bay Books |
Total Pages | : 546 |
Release | : 2009-11-23 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : 0316090522 |
These widely acclaimed essays from the author of Infinite Jest -- on television, tennis, cruise ships, and more -- established David Foster Wallace as one of the preeminent essayists of his generation. In this exuberantly praised book -- a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television to tennis, from the Illinois State Fair to the films of David Lynch, from postmodern literary theory to the supposed fun of traveling aboard a Caribbean luxury cruiseliner -- David Foster Wallace brings to nonfiction the same curiosity, hilarity, and exhilarating verbal facility that has delighted readers of his fiction, including the bestselling Infinite Jest.
Author | : Craig A. Munsart |
Publisher | : Cornell Maritime Press/Tidewater Publishers |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9780870336386 |
Cruise ships, the largest moving man-made objects, can be almost a quarter-mile long, as tall as a 25-story building, and can be largely self-contained cities of perhaps 8,000 people. With 172 photographs and illustrations, the cruise ship is examined; its planning, construction, operation, and ultimate fate. This behind-the-scenes look examines the concept, development, and construction of vessels, what makes them work, and how, as well as ship operations. More than 240 ships are highlighted as the cruise ships history is traced from its origins through to its future projections. This book is a great resource for designers, architects, shipbuilders, and the cruise ship passenger. Read it before you board and take it along when you sail.