Download or read book The Rime of the Ancient Mariner written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Master Mariner s Tale written by Fred Cooper and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Master Mariner written by Nicholas Monsarrat and published by London : Cassell. This book was released on 1978 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the bitter days that followed Trafalgar, Matthew Lawe watched as England mourned her greatest sailor son and then turned sadly away, a man damned to live forever. If damned he was then he'd take the trade of the damned, as master of a slaver bound out of Liverpool for the hellhole ports of Africa and the Caribbean paradise of rum and tobacco and trader's gold ...
Download or read book Master Mariner s Tale written by David Stevenson and published by . This book was released on 2002-03-01 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Real Ancient Mariner written by Robert Fowke and published by . This book was released on 2010-02-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the original of Coleridge's Ancient Mariner, a sailor by the name of Simon Hatley. In 1719 Simon Hatley, a sailor on the Speedwell rounding Cape Horn, shot an albatross in a 'melancholy fit' and his scheming captain, George Shelvocke, wrote about the incident. Samuel Taylor Coleridge read Shelvocke's book seventy-eight years later and was inspired to write his famous poem The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere. Robert Fowke, working from contemporary documents, uncovers for the first time in over two hundred years the true identity of Simon Hatley/the Ancient Mariner and gives an enthralling account of his adventures. Simon Hatley sailed to the Pacific on two of the most dangerous privateering voyages of the early eighteenth century, was implicated in an act of piracy, twice imprisoned by the Inquisition and, in 1709, sailed on the same ship with Alexander Selkirk, the model for Robinson Crusoe, and William Dampier, mentioned in Gulliver's Travels as 'my cousin Dampier'. The models for the Ancient Mariner, Robinson Crusoe and, to some extent, Gulliver were once all shipmates together. The tale of Hatley's adventures illuminates events behind this strange literary coincidence. Contents: Preface Hatley: the discovery of Simon Hatley/the Ancient Mariner's identity, his childhood and family background. The Language of the Sea: about the extraordinary voyages and books of buccaneer authors and shipmates of Simon Hatley, such as William Dampier, how they exploited their credentials as seamen for literary and commercial gain. The Hand of the most High: how religious tension was reflected on the high sea, and the broader politcal/religious context behind early-eighteenth-century pirate, buccaneering and privateering voyages into the Pacific. The Voyage of the Cinque Ports: William Dampier's privateering expedition into the Pacific at the start of the War of the Spanish Succession, when Alexander Selkirk (Robinson Crusoe) was marooned on the Juan Fernandez Islands. The Voyage of the Duke and Duchess: Hatley sails as Third Mate, the rescue of Selkirk, capture of Guaykil, Hatley lost at sea. Good Dogs were Tories: return of the Duke and Duchess, formation of the South Sea Company, litigation and dissension. Hatley lost at sea. Lima and the Ancient Mariner: tortured by the Inquisition. Gentlelam Venturers: the voyage of the Speedwell. The Albatross: the shooting of the albatross and other adventures Crusoe and Gulliver: the South Sea Bubble bursts, Robinson Crusoe, Gulliver and Shelvocke's book are written. Last information on Simon Hatley. Coleridge: the genesis of the poem. Bibliography Endnotes Index
Download or read book The Rime of the Ancient Mariner written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Meanderings of a Master Mariner written by S. Baxter and published by . This book was released on 2017-12-08 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of stories of various lengths written by Captain S Baxter who spent his career at sea. With subjects ranging from tales of mysterious footwear to true accounts of nautical life during the second world war, there's a story for everyone.
Download or read book Garton Rowley Or Leaves from the Log of a Master Mariner A Tale written by James Jackson Wray and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Master Mariners Classic Reprint written by John R. Spears and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-03 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Master Mariners This volume is to tell what the men of the sea, the Master Mariners, have done for humanity what part they have had in the development of civilization. In the preparation of the work it was necessary to search from the earliest records which scholars have agreed to call history to the latest newspaper report of a disheartening disaster at sea; for even in the picture writings upon the monuments of Egypt there are stories of the Master Mariners. The fact that those stories were thus preserved shows not only that they were interesting but that the recorders thought them valuable. In this view modern students concur. The stories of the mariners who rowed and sailed the seas in those days yet stir the blood. Fancy the courage of the men who first. Rounded the continent of Africa and of those who sailed forth to people the islands of the Pacific! At sea, as the facts demonstrate, every phase of courage has been cultivated; and of all the attri butes of the mind none is more necessary in the work of civilization than courage. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Master Mariner written by and published by L. Ron Hubbard. This book was released on 2012 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sail with L. Ron Hubbard and navigate his immense nautical legacy. View the ships' logs chronicling his voyages, his photographic records and previously unpublished essays telling of a life at sea and a “Master of Any Vessel on Any Ocean.”
Download or read book Master Mariner written by David Jones and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the remarkable Captain Harold Chesterman and his professional association with the sea ¿ from when he was one of the few Australian lads enrolled in a British maritime training college, through his career as a young naval officer commanding ships that fought in the Battle of the Atlantic in the Second World War, to when he captained a supply ship that serviced lighthouses and beacons along the Queensland coast. An inspiring tale of a true master mariner.
Download or read book Any Budding Sailors written by Alan Arthur Rawlinson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-12-02 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a true story about a boy's good spirited journey through life, and the slow transition from being a naive, innocent, and wild eyed kid in the London blitz, to a somewhat reflective and philosophical old man residing happily deep in Cornwall. It is a path that all men tread more or less, but having the good fortune to follow a seafaring career, topped up later with a world wide shipping career, makes this a varied and somewhat gifted life. The time spent at sea, and in the Bank Line in particular, had a deep and lasting effect, and why wouldn't it? It was far more than a set of job descriptions. Meeting so many nationalities at all levels, from the Pacific islanders to the urchins of Asia and Africa , and grappling with ever changing demands at sea and in port made for a rich education. The only thing that never waned throughout all the years was a love of the world and its people, and a breathless admiration for the sheer beauty of our surroundings, coupled with boundless enthusiasm and optimism.
Download or read book At All Costs written by Sam Moses and published by Random House. This book was released on 2006-11-07 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this gripping, page-turning account, Sam Moses has told a story in the tradition of Sebastian Junger’s A Perfect Storm, Robert Kurson’s Shadow Divers, and Hampton Sides’s Ghost Soldiers. It’s a story about the heroism of two men in battle at sea during World War II, and one woman fleeing Nazi Norway with her child. It’s about how courage can change the course of history. AT ALL COSTS: How a Crippled Ship and Two American Merchant Marines Turned the Tide of World War II is the astonishing untold account, with original historical reporting, of how two men faced unfathomable danger to help save the island of Malta, Churchill’s crux of the war. In 1942, the tiny island of Malta was the most heavily bombed place on earth. Hitler needed Malta as a stepping-stone to get to the oil in Iraq and Iran (Persia at the time). Blockaded by sea, Malta was running on empty, in food, fuel and ammunition. Axis U-boats and dive-bombers made supply convoys to Malta more like suicide missions. In this last-hope convoy, 50 warships escorted 13 freighters carrying aviation fuel, and a single critical tanker, the SS Ohio, with 107,000 barrels of oil from Texas. Winston Churchill had traveled to Washington and asked FDR for the tanker–his prime ministership was at stake over this mission to Malta. Relentlessly dive-bombed and repeatedly torpedoed, the Ohio suffered huge hits and was abandoned. Two young American merchant mariners– pulled from the sea after their own ship went down in flames–boarded the ravaged tanker, repaired her guns and fought off German and Italian dive-bombers, as the sinking Ohio was towed at 4 knots toward Malta with a tiny crew of volunteers. Sam Moses’ AT ALL COSTS is a triumphant story of human bravery: fearless, selfless acts by men determined to save a ship and win a war; profound communal courage from an island under brutal siege; and leaders who understood the cause of freedom.
Download or read book Joseph Conrad written by Peter Villiers and published by Sheridan House, Inc.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before he published his first novel in 1895, Joseph Conrad spent twenty years in the merchant navy, eventually obtaining his master's ticket and commanding the barque Otago. This book traces his sea-career, and shows how Captain Jozef Konrad Korzeniowski, master mariner, became Joseph Conrad, master novelist. In addition to a new analysis of Conrad as mariner, the book contains a wealth of detail about the merchant service in the late nineteenth century-the economics of sail, the cargoes, the competition with steam, the skill and teamwork required to maneuver a windjammer, the harsh realities and dangers of everyday life at sea.
Download or read book The Rime of the Ancient Mariner written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-08 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridg Part 1 Intent on relating his tale, an old sailor stops a young man on his way to a wedding. The Mariner tells of an ocean voyage with a sailing crew. Once the ship gets blown off course, it ends up at the South Pole, trapped in ice. When an Albatross passes, its presence seems to break the ice surrounding the ship. The crew sails away with the Albatross following. The Mariner then shoots the Albatross for no reason. Part 2 Believing the bird had brought favorable winds, the crew becomes angry. Then crew members are glad that the Mariner shot the Albatross because they believe the bird brought a thick fog. The ships sails into strange waters and then the wind ceases. Suffering from terrible thirst that drives them mad, the men hang the dead Albatross around the Mariner's neck. Part 3 The Mariner spies a strange ghostly ship, piloted by Death and Life-in-Death. The two figures roll dice to see who will take the Mariner's soul, and Life-in-Death wins the game. Death takes the lives of the crew, leaving the Mariner the only live person on the ship. Part 4 The Mariner has no food or water, but still he lives. He watches sea serpents swim in the water, blessing their presence. When the Albatross breaks free from the Mariner's neck, he is suddenly able to pray again. Part 5 The Mariner sleeps and wakes to find rain that he can drink. As a storm approaches, the ship sails on, seemingly without any wind to propel it. Their bodies taken over by angels, the dead crew members help sail the ship. Suddenly the ship is tossed about and the Mariner falls into a swoon where he hears two voices talking about him and the penance he must do. Part 6 When the Mariner wakes, night has fallen. The crew members continue to sail the ship until it appears in the Mariner's home harbor. Then the spirits inhabiting the bodies leave, and the crew members collapse, truly dead. A Pilot, his son, and a Hermit approach the ship. Part 7 The ship sinks, but the Mariner is hauled aboard the Pilot's boat. They are all shocked when he speaks, thinking him dead. When they return to land, the Mariner tells the Hermit his tale. When he is finished, he feels better. The Mariner tells the Wedding Guest that the need to tell his tale grows inside of him and then he must find someone to tell it to or the pain becomes unbearable. His tale told, the Mariner leaves the Wedding Guest, who goes home and ponders what the Mariner told him.
Download or read book Youth and Age written by Claude Colleer and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Practice Wisdom written by Joy Higgs and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-07-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practice Wisdom: Values and Interpretations brings diverse views and interpretations to an exploration of what wisdom in professional practice means and can become: academically, practically and inspirationally.
