[PDF] In Praise Of Sailors eBook

Author : Herbert W. Warden
Publisher : Abradale/Abrams
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 41,80 MB
Release : 1987
Category : American literature
ISBN : 9780810980822

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Provides an ongoing narrative of the sailor's life at sea in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Author : Nathan Perl-Rosenthal
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 23,34 MB
Release : 2015-10-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0674915550

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In the decades after the United States formally declared its independence in 1776, Americans struggled to gain recognition of their new republic and their rights as citizens. None had to fight harder than the nation’s seamen, whose labor took them far from home and deep into the Atlantic world. Citizen Sailors tells the story of how their efforts to become American at sea in the midst of war and revolution created the first national, racially inclusive model of United States citizenship. Nathan Perl-Rosenthal immerses us in sailors’ pursuit of safe passage through the ocean world during the turbulent age of revolution. Challenged by British press-gangs and French privateersmen, who considered them Britons and rejected their citizenship claims, American seamen demanded that the U.S. government take action to protect them. In response, federal leaders created a system of national identification documents for sailors and issued them to tens of thousands of mariners of all races—nearly a century before such credentials came into wider use. Citizenship for American sailors was strikingly ahead of its time: it marked the federal government’s most extensive foray into defining the boundaries of national belonging until the Civil War era, and the government’s most explicit recognition of black Americans’ equal membership as well. This remarkable system succeeded in safeguarding seafarers, but it fell victim to rising racism and nativism after 1815. Not until the twentieth century would the United States again embrace such an inclusive vision of American nationhood.

Author : Torre DeRoche
Publisher : Hachette Books
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 15,14 MB
Release : 2013-05-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1401342914

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New love. Exotic destinations. A once-in-a-lifetime adventure. What could go wrong? City girl Torre DeRoche isn't looking for love, but a chance encounter in a San Francisco bar sparks an instant connection with a soulful Argentinean man who unexpectedly sweeps her off her feet. The problem? He's just about to cast the dock lines and voyage around the world on his small sailboat, and Torre is terrified of deep water. However, lovesick Torre determines that to keep the man of her dreams, she must embark on the voyage of her nightmares, so she waves good-bye to dry land and braces for a life-changing journey that's as exhilarating as it is terrifying. Somewhere mid-Pacific, she finds herself battling to keep the old boat, the new relationship, and her floundering sanity afloat. . . . This sometimes hilarious, often harrowing, and always poignant memoir is set against a backdrop of the world's most beautiful and remote destinations. Equal parts love story and travel memoir, Love with a Chance of Drowning is witty, charming, and proof positive that there are some risks worth taking.

Author : Helen Benedict
Publisher : Zoland Books, Incorporated
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 21,47 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Fiction
ISBN :

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Joyce finds herself living the merciless life of a Greek peasant woman, at the command of people steeped in religion, misogyny, superstition, and their experience of war.".

Author : Gina de Vere
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,49 MB
Release : 2018-11
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781681571485

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This book is for the young and young at heart who yearn for adventure. It is written for those women considering a life-changing direction and those seeking a career at sea. It is not an instruction book, but you will learn from the experience of other blue water women what you need to know to have your own adventures. Interviewed within are other blue water sailing women. Shared advice and experiences show you how to make the most of your adventure This book will see you safely and confidently make that leap of faith to experience the joys of a life lived at sea.

Author : British and Foreign Sailors' Society
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 25,76 MB
Release : 2023-07-18
Category :
ISBN : 9781020415333

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Sailors of all nations, rejoice! This hymn book is specifically tailored to your needs, with a collection of nautical-themed hymns and prayers to accompany you on your seafaring journeys. From songs of thanks and praise to pleas for safety and protection, this book has it all. And with its compact and sturdy design, you can bring it with you on any vessel, no matter how rough the seas may be. This is the ideal gift for any sailor, whether they're a seasoned captain or a fresh recruit. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.