Download or read book Great Shipwrecks and Castaways written by Charles Neider and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unforgettable collection of eyewitness accounts of sea-faring catastrophes describes the adventures of Alexander Selkirk, the original Robinson Crusoe; Miss Ann Saunders, a prim young lady shipwrecked in 1826 and forced to drink the blood of her own fiance; and eighteen other survivors' stories.
Download or read book Great Shipwrecks and Castaways written by Charles Neider and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Teenage Castaways written by Elly Blue and published by Microcosm Publishing. This book was released on 2020-11-16 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These five true stories are about teens who survived shipwrecks and lived to tell their incredible stories. Stories follow the adventures of 19th-Century teens from Japan whose paths back home were complicated by global politics, two different white teens who are found belonging with Indigenous communities in northeast Australia in a time when their respective societies had little positive interaction, and six Tongan teens in the 1960s who survived on a deserted island for over a year. These stories of adventure, trauma, colonialism, and community all highlight the resilience of their youthful heroes in difficult and dangerous circumstances.
Download or read book Castaways and Crusoes written by Horace Kephart and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Shipwreck That Saved Jamestown written by Lorri Glover and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-08-05 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this2gripping account of shipwreck, mutiny, perseverance, and deliverance, the epic story of the wreck of the "Sea Venture" and its consequences for the survival of Jamestown . . . is told for the first time.--James Horn, author of "A Land As God Made It."
Download or read book Crusoe Castaways and Shipwrecks in the Perilous Age of Sail written by Mike Rendell and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2019-01-31 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Fascinating” stories of real-life people and events that inspired the author of the classic adventure novel Robinson Crusoe (Historical Novel Society). This book looks at some of the stories that inspired Daniel Defoe, author of Robinson Crusoe—stories of bravery, determination, and good fortune, as well as human negligence, sheer stupidity, and bad luck. In addition to an overview of Defoe’s life and his monumentally successful novel, it also considers some of the reasons why people found themselves cast away—as a result of being wrecked, abandoned as a punishment, or marooned by pirates, or even out of deliberate choice. Major hurricanes in the eighteenth century causing huge damage to shipping and loss of life are also covered, along with catastrophes when ships were lost, and astonishing tales of survival in the face of adversity—down in the Falklands, in the Caribbean, and off the coast of Australia. It looks at how being cast away brings out the best in some—and in others the very worst. And it examines perhaps the most astonishing story of them all—sixty slaves abandoned on a desolate treeless island in the Indian Ocean and left there for fifteen years, some of whom survived against all odds.
Download or read book A Brave Vessel written by Hobson Woodward and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-07-09 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "At once a penetrating work of literary analysis and a riveting historical narrative." -Nathaniel Philbrick Merging maritime adventure and early colonial history, A Brave Vessel charts a little-known chapter of the past that offers a window on the inspiration for one of Shakespeare's greatest works. In 1609, aspiring writer William Strachey set sail for the New World aboard the Sea Venture, only to wreck on the shores of Bermuda. Strachey's meticulous account of the tragedy, the castaways' time in Bermuda, and their arrival in a devastated Jamestown, remains among the most vivid writings of the early colonial period. Though Strachey had literary aspirations, only in the hands of another William would his tale make history as The Tempest-a fascinating connection across time and literature that Hobson Woodward brings vividly to life.
Download or read book Castaways written by Gerald Hausman and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2003-06 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six stories about shipwrecked people struggling to survive in difficult circumstances.
Download or read book Castaway on the Auckland Isles written by Thomas Musgrave (captain.) and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Account of shipwreck and life on the Aucklands for 20 months; journey in a Phoenix boat built from the wreckage, to Port Adventure, Stewart Island, N.Z." ... almost a classic."--Maggs.
Download or read book Castaway in Paradise written by James C. Simmons and published by Sheridan House, Inc.. This book was released on 1998 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Castaway in Paradise explores the reality in the myth through the exciting stories of castaways who, because of shipwrecks, perfidious sea captains, or their own choice, found themselves true-life Robinson Crusoes.
Download or read book The Castaways written by Mayne Reid and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bob the Castaway Or The Wreck of the Eagle written by Frank V. Webster and published by IndyPublish.com. This book was released on 1909 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Desperate Journeys Abandoned Souls written by Edward E. Leslie and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1988 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the lives of survivors who were shipwrecked, banished, or abandoned during the past several centuries.
Download or read book Great Shipwrecks written by William Henry Davenport Adams and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Castaway Boats written by Victor Slocum and published by Sheridan House, Inc.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The son and companion of the famous Captain Joshus Slocum presents the harrowing stories of castaway boats and the adventures of the survivors.
Download or read book Shipwrecked written by James Morrison and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2020-03-06 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shipwrecked: Disaster and Transformation in Homer, Shakespeare, Defoe, and the Modern World presents the first comparative study of notable literary shipwrecks from the past four thousand years, focusing on Homer’s Odyssey, Shakespeare’s The Tempest, and Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe. James V. Morrison considers the historical context as well as the “triggers” (such as the 1609 Bermuda shipwreck) that inspired some of these works, and modern responses such as novels (Golding’s Lord of the Flies, Coetzee’s Foe, and Gordon’s First on Mars, a science fiction version of the Crusoe story), movies, television (Forbidden Planet, Cast Away, and Lost), and the poetry and plays of Caribbean poets Derek Walcott and Aimé Césaire. The recurrent treatment of shipwrecks in the creative arts demonstrates an enduring fascination with this archetypal scene: a shipwreck survivor confronting the elements. It is remarkable, for example, that the characters in the 2004 television show Lost share so many features with those from Homer’s Odyssey and Shakespeare’s The Tempest. For survivors who are stranded on an island for some period of time, shipwrecks often present the possibility of a change in political and social status—as well as romance and even paradise. In each of the major shipwreck narratives examined, the poet or novelist links the castaways’ arrival on a new shore with the possibility of a new sort of life. Readers will come to appreciate the shift in attitude toward the opportunities offered by shipwreck: older texts such as the Odyssey reveals a trajectory of returning to the previous order. In spite of enticing new temptations, Odysseus—and some of the survivors in The Tempest—revert to their previous lives, rejecting what many might consider paradise. Odysseus is reestablished as king; Prospero travels back to Milan. In such situations, we may more properly speak of potential transformations. In contrast, many recent shipwreck narratives instead embrace the possibility of a new sort of existence. That even now the shipwreck theme continues to be treated, in multiple media, testifies to its long-lasting appeal to a very wide audience.
Download or read book Castaway written by Douglas Sellick and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this decade of artificially created ""critical"" situations on television shows such as Survivor and Fear Factor, it is important to recall true stories of real peril. Castaway is a compilation of first-hand accounts of 19th century shipwreck survivors. Some are being published for the first time in over a hundred years, and some for the first time ever. All of these stories of eking out an existence on remote, desolate islands in the Indian Ocean are true and have not been embellished. The stories are more fantastic than fiction and they reveal the terror and courage of raw survival and showcase human nature at its worst and at its best."
