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Collected Stories Of The Sea
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Author : Neil Martin
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2013-04-18
Collected Stories Of The Sea written by Neil Martin and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-18 with Fiction categories.
UNDER topsails and courses, the Diana cruised slowly south by east, working the whaling grounds that reach across the Atlantic between Bermuda and the Cape Verde Islands. For a month she cruised hither and yon, following a zig-zag course that took her halfway across the Western Ocean, with her lookouts scanning the barren sea day after day, but with never a sight of spout or fluke. In the meantime, the crew had not been allowed to bask in idleness. When the watches had been chosen, Brett had picked Steve in his. Later, after a week of boat drills, the mate had chosen him to be his boat steerer. Gormley couldn’t account for this – unless the mate wished to have him handy when the time came to even matters for the beating he had suffered at Steve’s hands. Sooner or later the showdown would come. Gormley was sure of that. Because he had demonstrated his seamanship, he was spared the “breaking in” suffered by the green hands. At least half the crew were making their first voyage to sea. These had to be taken in hand by the mate and “shown the ropes,” from the jib downhauls aft to the spanker sheets. And woe to the unlucky wretch who failed to learn promptly! Left with the seasoned hands, Gormley was kept busy doing odd jobs about the ship. Shrouds had to be set up and tarred down, ratlines renewed, halyards spliced. Harpoon irons were fastened to their poles, scraped of their coatings of red lead, and polished. The grindstone was kept busy, as knives, cutting spades and lance points were ground to a razor-like edge. In the early seventies, kerosene and coal gas were fast displacing whale oil as a means of illumination. But other uses had been found for the oil, which was still selling for one dollar a gallon. Yet in spite of the high price of oil, the decline of the whaling trade was setting in. In the old days, before the Civil War, crews had been easy to get. But now, in the 1870’s, with plenty of work ashore at high wages, it was increasingly difficult to get sufficient men to work the ships. Few men cared to go whaling. The reason was not hard to find. In the first place, whale men did not receive wages. The whale ship was a cooperative enterprise, with the men before the mast on a one-hundred-and-sixty-fourth lay, the boat steerers on a seventy-fifth, while the mates ranged from the sixtieth received by the third mate, to the fortieth that was the mate’s share. The master stood to receive a thirty-second share of whatever oil was taken in the course of the four-year voyage. Out of this, the food they ate was charged to the men’s accounts. Damage to the ship or any part of her gear was also deducted. Likewise, the owners were insured against the desertion of the crew, and the premiums were charged to the men – with interest. The ship, too, was insured, exacting a further toll against the final lay. They were scandalously overcharged for the shoddy clothing they drew from the slop chest, and for the moldy, dank tobacco they smoked. Reasons enough for the decline of the whaling trade! Aside from all that, the Diana wasn’t a hard ship. Captain Larrabee wouldn’t stand for the hazing of the crew. Only when the Old Man was below did Brett ever dare to strike a man. Twice every Sunday, from nine to ten in the morning, and during the second dog watch, all hands gathered aft for religious services – wherein Captain Larrabee thundered his denunciations of the devil and all his works with great earnestness and fury. “Saves our souls on Sundays, and damns ‘em on week days,” old Sankey remarked one Sunday to Steve, as they headed aft to morning worship. But there were no services that day. Hardly had the crew gathered below the break of the poop when the lookout on the foremast bawled: “Blows – ah, blows!” Instantly the meeting broke up. Without waiting for orders, the men rushed to the boats and made ready to lower away. And then the lookouts on the main and mizzen yelled simultaneously: “Wreck h
The Lonely Sea
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Author : Alistair MacLean
language : en
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Release Date : 1986
The Lonely Sea written by Alistair MacLean and has been published by Doubleday Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Fiction categories.
A collection of short stories about the sea.
Short Stories Of The Sea
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Author : George C. Solley
language : en
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Release Date : 1984-08
Short Stories Of The Sea written by George C. Solley and has been published by US Naval Institute Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984-08 with Sea stories, American categories.
Short Stories Of The Sea
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Author : George C. Solley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
Short Stories Of The Sea written by George C. Solley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Fiction categories.
A collection of short stories that involve the sea.
Rooms By The Sea
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Author : Melanie Kay Sweeney
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Rooms By The Sea written by Melanie Kay Sweeney and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Divorce categories.
Leaving The Sea
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Author : Ben Marcus
language : en
Publisher: Granta Books
Release Date : 2014-01-09
Leaving The Sea written by Ben Marcus and has been published by Granta Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-09 with Fiction categories.
A bold new short story collection from one of the most exhilarating and innovative writers of our time. The stories in Leaving the Sea take place in a world which is a distortion of our own, where strange illnesses strike at random and where people disappear without a trace. Ben Marcus has created a labyrinth populated by disturbed, weary men; from the frustrated creative writing teacher to the advocate of self-inhumation; from Paul, whose return home leads him further into his isolation, or Mather, whose child is sick, to an unnamed narrator who spends his lonely evenings calculating the probabilities of his mother's imminent demise. Dark, funny and utterly unique, Leaving the Sea showcases a writer at the height of his powers.
7 Best Short Stories Sea Stories
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Author : Stephen Crane
language : en
Publisher: Tacet Books
Release Date : 2020-05-12
7 Best Short Stories Sea Stories written by Stephen Crane and has been published by Tacet Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-12 with Fiction categories.
Sea fiction a genre of literature with a setting on or near the sea, that focuses on the human relationship to the sea and sea voyages and highlights nautical culture in these environments. Nautical fiction usually includes distinctive themes, such as a focus on masculinity and heroism, investigations of social hierarchies, and the psychological struggles of the individual in the hostile environment of the sea. For this book, the critic August Nemo selected seven great examples of these stories of salt water and adventure. Enjoy! - The Open Boat by Stephen Crane. - The Voice in the Night by William Hope Hodgson. - The Sea Raiders by H. G. Wells. - Soaked in Seaweed: or Upset in the Ocean by Stephen Leacock. - A Descent into the Maelström by Edgar Allan Poe. - An Adventure in the Upper Sea by Jack London. - The Old Man of the Sea by W. W. Jacobs. For more books with interesting themes, be sure to check the other books in this collection!
Sea Stories
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Author : Desmond Barry
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Sea Stories written by Desmond Barry and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Fiction categories.
To mark the 70th anniversary of the opening of the National Maritime Museum, this collection features short stories that were inspired by a great literary muse—the sea. Written by an impressive line-up of British and Irish authors, it is intended as a celebration not only of the sea but also of the wealth and diversity of contemporary writing talent. From the remote and wild coastal landscapes of Orkney and the west of Ireland, to mysteries set in the Mediterranean and stories inspired by John Franklin’s ill-fated expedition to find the North-West Passage in the 19th century, this collection promises refreshingly new, diverse, and entertaining insights into perceptions of the sea.
Stories Of The Sea
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Author : Diana Secker Tesdell
language : en
Publisher: Everyman Paperback Classics
Release Date : 2010
Stories Of The Sea written by Diana Secker Tesdell and has been published by Everyman Paperback Classics this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Sea stories, American categories.
Classic adventure stories by Joseph Conrad, Rudyard Kipling, Stephen Crane, Robert Louis Stevenson and Jack London mix with marvellously imaginative tales by Isak Dinesen, Patricia Highsmith and J. G. Ballard. Robert Olen Butler explores the memories of a Titanic victim who has become part of the sea that swallowed him; Ray Bradbury's 'The Fog Horn' summons something primeval and lonely from the ocean depths; John Updike's lovers retrace the route of Homer's Odyssey on a cruise ship. From Edgar Allan Poe's dramatic 'A Descent into the Maelstrom' to Ernest Hemingway's chilling 'After the Storm', the stories here are as wide-ranging and entrancing as the sea itself.
The King And The Sea
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Author : Heinz Janisch
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
The King And The Sea written by Heinz Janisch and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Children's stories, German categories.
A collection of very short stories about a little king and his various interactions with the world.