Slocum S Fortune
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Slocum S Fortune
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Author : Jake Logan
language : en
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
Release Date : 1991
Slocum S Fortune written by Jake Logan and has been published by Berkley Publishing Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Fiction categories.
Hostages To Fortune
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Author : Peter C Newman
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2016-11-01
Hostages To Fortune written by Peter C Newman and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-01 with History categories.
Esteemed Canadian author Peter C. Newman recounts the dramatic journey of the United Empire Loyalists—their exodus from America, their resettlement in the wilds of British North America, and their defense of what would prove to be the social and moral foundation of Canada. In 1776, tensions in the British colonies were reaching a fever pitch. The citizenry was divided between those who wished to establish a new republic and those who remained steadfast in their dedication to the British Empire. As the tensions inevitably boiled over into violence, fault lines were exposed as every person was forced to choose a side. Neighbours turned against each other. Families divided. Borders were redrawn. The conflict was long and bloody, and no side emerged unscathed. But there is one story that is often overlooked in the American Revolutionary canon. When the smoke from the battles had settled, tens of thousands of individuals who had remained loyal to the crown in the conflict found themselves without a home to return to. Destitute, distraught, and ostracized—or downright terrorized—by their former citizens, these Loyalists turned to the only place they had left to go: north. The open land of British North America presented the Loyalists with an opportunity to establish a new community distinct from the new American republic. But the journey to their new homes was far from easy. Beset by dangers at every turn—from starvation to natural disaster to armed conflict—the Loyalists migrated towards the promise of a new future. Their sacrifices set the groundwork for a country that would be completely unlike any other. Neither fully American nor truly British, the Loyalists established a worldview entirely of their own making, one that valued steady, peaceful, and pragmatic change over radical revolution. The Loyalists toiled tirelessly to make their dream a reality. And as the War of 1812 dawned, they proved they were willing to defend it with their very lives. In Hostages to Fortune, Peter C. Newman recounts the expulsion and migration of these brave Loyalists. In his inimitable style, Newman shines a light on the people, places, and events that set the stage for modern Canada.
A Short History Of The Slocums Slocumbs And Slocombs Of America
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Author : Charles Elihu Slocum
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1882
A Short History Of The Slocums Slocumbs And Slocombs Of America written by Charles Elihu Slocum and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1882 with categories.
A Man For All Oceans Captain Joshua Slocum And The First Solo Voyage Around The World
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Author : Stan Grayson
language : en
Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers and Cadent Publishing
Release Date : 2017-05-16
A Man For All Oceans Captain Joshua Slocum And The First Solo Voyage Around The World written by Stan Grayson and has been published by Tilbury House Publishers and Cadent Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-16 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The product of years of research, A Man for All Oceans is the most comprehensive biography of Slocum ever published, and the first written by a small-boat sailor. Author/historian Grayson uncovered previously unknown original source materials to shed new light on one of history’s greatest sailors while answering questions that have been asked ever since the publication of Sailing Alone. In June 1898, three years and two months after departing Boston in his aged oyster sloop Spray, Captain Joshua Slocum made land fall in New England and became the first person ever to sail alone around the world. The voyage capped a lifetime of adventure for the indomitable Slocum, who had advanced from seaman to captain during the challenging final years of commercial sail, surviving hurricanes, mutinies, shipwreck, and the death at sea of his beloved first wife, Virginia. Sailing Alone Around the World, Slocum’s book about his circumnavigation, is a seafaring classic, unmatched for adventure and literary verve, and has never been out of print since its publication in 1900. Yet despite several biographies over the decades, Slocum the man has remained unknowable to his legions of admirers, the facts of his life and career as elusive as a ship on a fogbound sea. Here is the real story of Slocum’s Nova Scotia childhood, his seafaring career, and how he became an American citizen. Grayson gives ample evidence of Slocum’s uncanny genius as a navigator while also noting the occasional role that good luck played in his voyages, including his odyssey from Brazil to the United States in the self-designed and built 35-foot Liberdade. And Grayson brings a sailor’s perspective to Slocum’s solo circumnavigation and mysterious disappearance at sea. A fascinating appendix compares Sailing Alone Around the World with Thoreau’s Walden and shows that Slocum’s simple lifestyle and self-sufficiency prefigured today’s emphases on the environment and living responsibly. Previously unpublished photographs bring Slocum’s world to life, and detailed maps trace the adventures of a sailor who knew the world like the back of his hand. This biography reads like an adventure narrative and will serve as the standard work on Joshua Slocum for years to come.
Slocum 359
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Author : Jake Logan
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2008-12-30
Slocum 359 written by Jake Logan and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-12-30 with Fiction categories.
Don’t fence Slocum in… After rescuing Jackson Wimmer from a gang of rustlers, John Slocum accepts the rancher’s offer of a job as foreman on the Bar-S Ranch. Between the drunken incompetence of the cowboys and his boss’s intemperate disposition, Slocum wonders if he made the right decision. Then when Wimmer is found murdered, Slocum learns the old coot thought highly enough of him to leave him the Bar-S in his will. But even as Slocum embraces his change in fortune, he knows he has also inherited Wimmer’s enemies…
Slocum Giant 2004
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Author : Jake Logan
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2004-08-31
Slocum Giant 2004 written by Jake Logan and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-08-31 with Fiction categories.
Slocum tracks a trio of merciless marauders! While John Slocum has taken his share of less-than-legitimate jobs in the past, he’s never signed on for a stone-cold killing. Until now. Slocum’s been recruited by an old friend to work for the Secret Service on a mission that is as personal as it is dangerous. The brutal Carthage brothers have escaped from prison—and the U.S. government wants them shot on sight. Slocum almost died the last time he squared off against them. But this time, he’s not going to hold back in the name of the law. And justice isn’t going to be handed down by any judge—it’s going to come in a hail of hot lead from the righteous guns of John Slocum…
Slocums Gold Mountain Lib
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Author : Jake Logan
language : en
Publisher: Topeka Bindery
Release Date : 2005-04-01
Slocums Gold Mountain Lib written by Jake Logan and has been published by Topeka Bindery this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-04-01 with Fiction categories.
When a dying man begs him to deliver half of a mysterious map to his brother in Virginia City, John Slocum finds himself in a motherlode of trouble facing a gang of cutthroats, a pair of devious women, and a hunt for a stolen fortune. Original.
The General And The Jaguar
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Author : Eileen Welsome
language : en
Publisher: Little, Brown
Release Date : 2009-02-28
The General And The Jaguar written by Eileen Welsome and has been published by Little, Brown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02-28 with History categories.
Pulitzer Prize winner Welsome's gripping, panoramic story reveals a vicious surprise attack on the United States and America's hunt for the perpetrator, Pancho Villa.
Cruising World
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995-01
Cruising World written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-01 with categories.
History Of The Slocums Slocumbs And Slocombs Of America
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Author : Charles Elihu Slocum
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1908
History Of The Slocums Slocumbs And Slocombs Of America written by Charles Elihu Slocum and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1908 with categories.