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Bullen S Voyages
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Author : Alston Kennerley
language : en
Publisher: Seaforth Publishing
Release Date : 2022-09-30
Bullen S Voyages written by Alston Kennerley and has been published by Seaforth Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-30 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Frank Bullen burst on the national and international popular literary scene at the end of the nineteenth century like a supernova which shone for the first decade or so of the next century and then was gone. But the memory of that brilliance lasts, like his fictional whaling epic, The Cruise of the Cachalot, into the present; this is a book still in print in any number of editions. Bullen’s Voyages is a long overdue tribute to that memory, focusing on the sea career which is so prominent in his writing. Of the era of his youth he wrote that ‘those were the days when boys in Geordie colliers or East Coast fishing smacks were often beaten to insanity and jumped overboard, or were done to death in truly savage fashion, and all that was necessary to account for their non-returning was a line in the log to the effect that they had been washed or had fallen overboard’. It was a brutal world, and a close examination of maritime records shows that the bullying, two shipwrecks and the tropical illnesses he describes so vividly, really occurred before he was even fifteen; and those were just the start. Hardly a voyage passes without similar dramatic episodes. But disentangling truth from fiction is not always easy. At one level The Cruise of the Cachalot is undoubtedly fiction, and there are unanswered questions about his young life as a ‘street arab’, as he once described himself. Yet Rudyard Kipling could write in 1898 of Cachalot ‘it is immense… I’ve never read anything that equals it… such real and new sea pictures’. Though Bullen conceals the names of several of his ships, this new biography reveals their real identities, while the author carefully distinguishes the fact and the fiction through his sea-going career. Bullen, who wrote more than thirty books, is second to none in his remarkable writing about the days of sail and the lives of merchant seafarers. A literary commentator writing in 1917, two years after his death, asserted: ‘Perhaps no writer has ever written so graphically or so sympathetically of the trials and dangers incurred by our merchant sailors than Frank Bullen, and his books today are a living witness to the courage and loyalty of our mercantile marine’. This elegant and highly readable biography is the first to describe his extraordinary life, and Bullen’s own vivid writing colors every page.
Bullen S Voyages
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Author : Alston Kennerley
language : en
Publisher: Seaforth Publishing
Release Date : 2022-09-22
Bullen S Voyages written by Alston Kennerley and has been published by Seaforth Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-22 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Frank Bullen burst on the national and international popular literary scene at the end of the nineteenth century like a supernova which shone for the first decade or so of the next century and then was gone. But the memory of that brilliance lasts, like his fictional whaling epic, The Cruise of the Cachalot, into the present; this is a book still in print in any number of editions. Bullen’s Voyages is a long overdue tribute to that memory, focusing on the sea career which is so prominent in his writing. Of the era of his youth he wrote that ‘those were the days when boys in Geordie colliers or East Coast fishing smacks were often beaten to insanity and jumped overboard, or were done to death in truly savage fashion, and all that was necessary to account for their non-returning was a line in the log to the effect that they had been washed or had fallen overboard’. It was a brutal world, and a close examination of maritime records shows that the bullying, two shipwrecks and the tropical illnesses he describes so vividly, really occurred before he was even fifteen; and those were just the start. Hardly a voyage passes without similar dramatic episodes. But disentangling truth from fiction is not always easy. At one level The Cruise of the Cachalot is undoubtedly fiction, and there are unanswered questions about his young life as a ‘street arab’, as he once described himself. Yet Rudyard Kipling could write in 1898 of Cachalot ‘it is immense... I’ve never read anything that equals it... such real and new sea pictures’. Though Bullen conceals the names of several of his ships, this new biography reveals their real identities, while the author carefully distinguishes the fact and the fiction through his sea-going career. Bullen, who wrote more than thirty books, is second to none in his remarkable writing about the days of sail and the lives of merchant seafarers. A literary commentator writing in 1917, two years after his death, asserted: ‘Perhaps no writer has ever written so graphically or so sympathetically of the trials and dangers incurred by our merchant sailors than Frank Bullen, and his books today are a living witness to the courage and loyalty of our mercantile marine’. This elegant and highly readable biography is the first to describe his extraordinary life, and Bullen’s own vivid writing colors every page.
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language : en
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Release Date : 1898
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The Log Of A Sea Waif
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Author : Frank Bullen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-04-09
The Log Of A Sea Waif written by Frank Bullen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-09 with categories.
The brilliant author of "The Cruise of the Cachalot" and "Idylls of the Sea" presents in this new work the continuous story of the actual experiences of his first four years at sea. In graphic and picturesque phrases he has sketched the events of voyages to the West Indies, to Bombay and the Coromandel coast, to Melbourne and Rangoon. Nothing could be of more absorbing interest than this wonderfully vivid account of humanity and the adventures and strange sights and experiences attendant upon deep-sea voyages. "This book is truly fascinating reading.... To everything Mr. Bullen brings enthusiasm, a passion for accuracy, and the good writing that comes of knowledge and sincerity."--London Academy "A fresh sea-breeze blows through the whole book, and entertainment and instruction are delightfully blended."--The Daily Mail CONTENTS. I. My first ship II. Outward-bound III. Arrival at Demerara IV. The mutiny and after V. The land of liberty VI. To Havana and after VII. Off to sea again VIII. Struggles in Liverpool and London IX. Bound for Jamaica X. Adventures of a shipwrecked crew XI. An eventful passage home XII. Adrift in Liverpool once more XIII. The dawn of better days XIV. Due south XV. Eight weeks' calm XVI. Up the Indian Ocean to Bombay XVII. On the Coromandel coast XVIII. Homeward to London XIX. A change of nationality XX. The passage to Melbourne XXI. I become a colonial coaster XXII. Prosperity palls upon me XXIII. Another queer ship XXIV. Deep-water amenities XXV. Proceedings at Rangoon XXVI. Homeward-bound in difficulties XXVII. Deep-water coasting XXVIII. Which brings us to port at last XXIX. Conclusion
A Collection Of Voyages And Travels Some Now First Printed From Original Manuscripts Others Now First Published In English An Historical Relation Of The Kingdom Of Chile
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language : en
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Release Date : 1745
A Collection Of Voyages And Travels Some Now First Printed From Original Manuscripts Others Now First Published In English An Historical Relation Of The Kingdom Of Chile written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1745 with Africa categories.
A Collection Of Voyages And Travels Some Now First Printed From Original Manuscripts Others Translated Out Of Foreign Languages And Now First Publish D In English In Four Volumes With A General Preface The Whole Illustrated With A Great Number Of Useful Maps And Cuts All Engraved On Copper
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language : en
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Release Date : 1704
A Collection Of Voyages And Travels Some Now First Printed From Original Manuscripts Others Translated Out Of Foreign Languages And Now First Publish D In English In Four Volumes With A General Preface The Whole Illustrated With A Great Number Of Useful Maps And Cuts All Engraved On Copper written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1704 with categories.
A Collection Of Voyages And Travels An Historical Relation Of The Kingdom Of Chile By Alfonso De Ovalle Sir William Monson S Naval Tracts A True And Exact Description Of The Most Celebrated East India Coast Of Malabar And Coromandel And Of The Island Of Ceylon With All The Adjacent Countries
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Release Date : 1704
A Collection Of Voyages And Travels An Historical Relation Of The Kingdom Of Chile By Alfonso De Ovalle Sir William Monson S Naval Tracts A True And Exact Description Of The Most Celebrated East India Coast Of Malabar And Coromandel And Of The Island Of Ceylon With All The Adjacent Countries written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1704 with Voyages and travels categories.
A Bounty Boy
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Author : Frank Thomas Bullen
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-07-21
A Bounty Boy written by Frank Thomas Bullen and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-21 with Fiction categories.
In Bullen's adventure tale, follower of Christ Philip Adams goes on an unpremeditated trip around the world to sing the praises of the one true God. Excerpt: Now, as the three men strolled along they were continually invited ... to come in and join in the general rejoicings that were afoot... for all this people's joys were intimately associated with their simple faith...
A Collection Of Voyages And Travels Some Now First Printed From Original Manuscripts Others Now First Published In English In Eight Volumes
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language : en
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Release Date : 1752
A Collection Of Voyages And Travels Some Now First Printed From Original Manuscripts Others Now First Published In English In Eight Volumes written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1752 with Voyages and travels categories.
Australia Visited And Revisited
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Author : Samuel Mossman
language : en
Publisher: London : Addey
Release Date : 1853
Australia Visited And Revisited written by Samuel Mossman and has been published by London : Addey this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1853 with Australia categories.