Download or read book The VNR Dictionary of Ships the Sea written by John Vavasour Noel and published by New York ; Toronto : Van Nostrand Reinhold. This book was released on 1981 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Provides easily accessible definitions for most aspects of the ocean world as it exists today. This one-of-a-kind volume will benefit those whose work involves the sea as well as general nautical enthusiasts. Concise entries are included on oceanography, ocean engineering, familiar sea mammals, fish and plants, weather, ships and handling, commercial maritime usage, marine insurance, and ships and gear used in ocean fishing. Recreational terms cover areas such as power boating, sailing and surfing."--Front inside jacket.
Download or read book Yachting written by and published by . This book was released on 1981-07 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Boating Dictionary Sail and Power written by John Vavasour Noel and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gunsmoke Over the Atlantic written by Jack Coombe and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2008-12-18 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On April 12, 1861, the Civil War began when shots were fired on an unfinished fort in Charleston Harbor. From that thunderous opening salvo, the naval battles to control the Atlantic coast that followed–daring, savage, and often deadly–were not only crucial in determining the outcome of the war and the fate of a nation, but would change the face of naval warfare forever. GUNSMOKE OVER THE ATLANTIC Historian Jack D Coombe, author of the critically acclaimed Thunder Along the Mississippi and Gunfire Around the Gulf, combines brilliant research with a novelist’s flair for re-creation to put us directly into the action of the Civil War on river, on shore, and at sea. In this vivid account, we experience the soul-gnawing terror of a bombardment, the claustrophobic confines of a still-unproven submarine, and the smoke-choked chaos of a harbor in the grips of a full-bore naval engagement between two desperate enemies. Coombe focuses on the Civil War as it was fought along the Atlantic coast, a fierce contest of blockaders and blockade-runners, ironclads, wood-hulled battleships, land cannon, submarines, and the first underwater antiship weapons. For the North, the challenge was to implement a blockade over 3,500 miles of Confederate coastline, from Virginia to Texas. To do so, they would have to modernize an ineffective and outdated U.S. Navy fallen into incompetence and disrepair. For the South, the challenge was to create a fledgling navy from whatever meager resources were at hand. The Confederacy patched together a navy of river runners and converted battleships, turned cornfields into shipyards, and put the first ironclad battleship into action. And it was the South that introduced the new concept of underwater weaponry, sending spar torpedoes, mines, submarines–and a few incredibly brave men willing to deploy them–into battle against the North. Gunsmoke over the Atlantic chronicles the key engagements, from the Monitor and the Virginia dueling at Hampton Roads to the ill-fated campaign against Fort Fisher. Along the way, we meet a remarkable cast of naval strategists and warriors on both sides of the battle, witness the crucial, often deadly role played by the weather and the sea itself, and get a vivid view of such important events as the first amphibious landing in history, at Cape Hatteras in 1861. An important work for students of the Civil War and of naval history, this book fills in missing pieces of America’s most tragic war and shows why, when the guns finally fell silent, a new era had begun. Four years after the fall of Fort Sumter, a once divided country had the beginnings of the most powerful navy in the world.
Download or read book The Mariner s Mirror written by Leonard George Carr Laughton and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bulletin U S Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association written by United States Coast Guard Academy. Alumni Association and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reference Sources 1982 written by Terry Silver and published by . This book was released on 1984-12 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Walford s Concise Guide to Reference Material written by Albert John Walford and published by Library Association Publishing (UK). This book was released on 1992 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a shortened version of the three volume Walford's Guide to Reference Material, 5th edition: Volume 1, Science and Technology (1989), Volume 2, Social and historical sciences, philosophy and religion (1990), and Volume 3, Generalia, language and literature, the arts (1991). There are more than 3,000 entries, forming an updated compilation of what are considered to be the basic items in the main volumes, plus some more recent material up to April 1992.
Download or read book Accessions List written by Environmental Science Information Center. Library and Information Services Division and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book ARBA Guide to Subject Encyclopedias and Dictionaries written by Bohdan S. Wynar and published by Littleton, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited. This book was released on 1986 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Knight s Modern Seamanship written by Austin Melvin Knight and published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Company. This book was released on 1984 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of the 33d Iowa Infantry Volunteer Regiment 1863 6 written by Andrew F. Sperry and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As the regiment's fife and drum major responsible for sounding the duty calls that regulated a soldier's day, Sperry was well situated to observe the inner workings of his unit. His perceptive narrative of army life on the march and in camp captures the courage, humor, and sufferings of the rank and file. Although he took pride in his regiment's accomplishments, he unflinchingly reveals the hard side of war with vivid depictions of looting, resistance to orders, and "extermination" of Confederate guerrillas." "Sperry's memoir is made more valuable by the new introduction and detailed notes from the editors. Their meticulous annotations include quotes from the diaries, letters, and reminiscences of other soldiers, adding depth and detail to the account."--Jacket.
Download or read book Walford s Guide to Reference Material Science and technology written by Marilyn Mullay and published by Library Association Publishing (UK). This book was released on 1989 with total page 818 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **** The Brit counterpart to Sheehy (in which it is recommended). The new edition places the author, title, subject indices in each volume. Many entries cite reviews from other sources. Rather tiresome recitation of selected chapter contents. 6,000 entries with references in the annotations to one or two thousand further books. Covers sci- tech and paleontology, anthro, patents, medicine, trades and crafts. Arranged by UDC classification. Provides no prices. Available in the US from American Library Assn. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Reference Books Bulletin 1983 1984 written by American Library Association. Reference Books Bulletin Editorial Board and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Walford s Guide to Reference Material Science and technology written by Albert John Walford and published by Library Association Publishing (UK). This book was released on 1993 with total page 970 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cette bibliographie commentee touche tous les domaines du savoir humain, soit de l'Art a la Zoologie;elle signale les ouvrages les plus importants soit des bibliographies, des index, des encyclopedies, des dictionnaires, des guides, des revues etc dont le support ed'information est soit du papier, soit un cd-rom, soit une base de donnees en ligne directe, soit un microforme ect. L'objectif du guide Walford est de devenir La source d'information sur tout type de reference, nonobstant le support technique.
Download or read book World Dictionaries in Print 1983 written by and published by R. R. Bowker. This book was released on 1983 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Selected and Annotated Bibliography of American Naval History written by and published by Upa. This book was released on 1988 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work seeks to update the original edition published by the Naval Institute Press in 1981, by providing new titles in military literature that have appeared since the end of 1979. It differs most from the original edition by providing twenty-three special topics, ranging from Amphibious Operations to women in the Navy, as well as titles in chapters that proceed in chronological order. This edition will greatly reduce titles on Marine Corps History but includes what are considered classic accounts about the U.S. Army, Air Force, and Coast Guard. As in the first edition, titles are listed under books, documents, dissertations or theses, articles in periodicals or essays in books, transcripts of oral interviews, fiction, and still or moving film. Provides a listing of the secretaries of the Navy and Chiefs of Naval Operations to date, and both an author and subject index.
