Tales From The South China Seas
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Tales From The South China Seas
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Author : Charles Allen
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2015-11-05
Tales From The South China Seas written by Charles Allen and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-05 with Travel categories.
This work chronicles the adventures of the last generation of British men and women who went East to seek their fortunes. Drawn into the colonial territories scattered around the South China Sea, they found themselves in an exotic, intoxicating world. It was a land of rickshaws and shanghai jars, sampans and Straits Steamers, set against a background of palm-fringed beaches and tropical rain-forests. But it was also a world of conflicting beliefs and many races, where the overlapping of widely differing moral standards and viewpoints created a heady and dangerous atmosphere.
Tales From The South China Seas
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Author : Charles Allen
language : en
Publisher: Orion
Release Date : 1991
Tales From The South China Seas written by Charles Allen and has been published by Orion this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Asia, Southeastern categories.
Tales From The South China Seas
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Author : Charles Allen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
Tales From The South China Seas written by Charles Allen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with categories.
Tales From The South China Seas
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Author : Charles Allen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
Tales From The South China Seas written by Charles Allen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Asia, Southeastern categories.
Tales From South China Seas B Pbp
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Author : Charles Allen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001-06
Tales From South China Seas B Pbp written by Charles Allen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-06 with categories.
Voices From The Bottom Of The South China Sea The Untold Story Of America S Largest Chinese Emigrant Disaster
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Author : Robert S. Wells
language : en
Publisher: Fortis Publishing
Release Date : 2014-09-24
Voices From The Bottom Of The South China Sea The Untold Story Of America S Largest Chinese Emigrant Disaster written by Robert S. Wells and has been published by Fortis Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-24 with History categories.
Voices from the Bottom of the South China Sea is the remarkable, untold illustration of the bonds between Americans and Chinese, brought to life in the true story of a deadly 1874 shipwreck off Southern China that killed hundreds and scattered treasure in the South China Sea. When a midnight coal fire burst across the deck of the SS Japan, the Chinese emigrants perished, just hours away from being reunited with their families after years. Voices captures the Chinese passengers' lives in California, where they built America's railroads, mined its silver, and grew its food, only to see public sentiment turn against them with an anti- immigrant, racist fervor. Their lives were entrusted to a veteran China Sea trader-the erstwhile Captain Edward Warsaw-an American captain whose vigilance and courage in command of the world's largest wooden passenger vessel were sorely tested when his ship caught fire and sank on that fateful return voyage to China. Nearly 400 of his Chinese passengers on the Japan, a side-wheel steamship that Mark Twain called a "perfect palace of a ship," would perish. Cut off from their lifeboats by the raging fire, many would drown when they were forced to jump into the sea, only to be dragged down with their money belts of gold, their earning from their years spent laboring in America. This amazing history involves a shipwreck, pirates, and lost treasure. But most of all, Voices captures the shared passions, ambitions, and animosities of Chinese and Americans seeking fortune in nineteenth century California. With the lost records of the event recently discovered and pieced together by the author, a former navy captain who commanded a warship in the waters where Captain Warsaw's ship went down, this book allows the lost voices to tell their story to the world from the bottom of the South China Sea.
Hong Kong
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Author : James O'Reilly
language : en
Publisher: Travelers' Tales
Release Date : 1996
Hong Kong written by James O'Reilly and has been published by Travelers' Tales this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Travel categories.
"We've collected useful and memorable stories to produce the kind of sampler we've always wanted to read before setting out. These stories will show you a spectrum of experiences to be had or avoided in Hong Kong"--Back cover
China Sea
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Author : David Poyer
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date : 2013-07-02
China Sea written by David Poyer and has been published by St. Martin's Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-02 with Fiction categories.
David Poyer's cycle of modern Navy tales ranks among the finest nautical fiction of our time. With China Sea, his self-doubting protagonist Daniel V. Lenson faces for the first time the unforgiving challenge of command at sea. Ordered to relieve an alcoholic skipper, Dan finds he has inherited a damaged ship, an untrustworthy crew, and an ambiguous mission. He is to take the USS Oliver C. Gaddis, soon to become the PNS Tughril, on her final voyage to be donated to Pakistan. But in Kirachi, Dan gets new orders: take Gaddis still further east, and operate against modern pirates preying on commercial shipping in the remote, dangerous South China Sea. Pursuing an elusive and shadowy foe into an exotic, isolated world of hazardous reefs and tropical islands, Dan gradually discerns a larger purpose behind his supposed objective. Who are these "pirates?" What expansionist cunning supports them? Abandoned by the Navy, threatened by a mutinous crew, a murderous shipmate, and an approaching typhoon, Gaddis struggles to survive without crossing the shadow-line herself. Filled with suspense, battle, and unforgettable descriptions of the sea's beauty and violence, China Sea continues Dan Lenson's star-crossed career in what Booklist calls, "One of the outstanding bodies of nautical fiction during the last half-century."
Sr 71 Blackbird Stories Tales And Legends
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Author : Richard H. Graham
language : en
Publisher:
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Sr 71 Blackbird Stories Tales And Legends written by Richard H. Graham and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with History categories.
Feel the Mach 3 power generated by Lockheed's incredibly fast SR-71 Blackbird! Former SR-71 pilot, instructor and wing commander, Richard Graham, presents the most intriguing SR-71 stories ever told. This once highly classified program is fully revealed through the words of pilots, commanders, mechanics, and instructors involved in the Blackbird's creation and flight-testing. From grueling reconnaissance missions to the Persian Gulf conflict, this insightful book tells stories of bravery and daring determination.
History Of The Pirates Who Infested The China Sea
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Author : Karl Friedrich Neumann
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1829
History Of The Pirates Who Infested The China Sea written by Karl Friedrich Neumann and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1829 with History categories.
This book gives the true story of Chinese pirates, translated from the Chinese original.