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The Canal Bridge

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Author : Tom Phelan
language : en
Publisher: Skyhorse
Release Date : 2014-04-01

The Canal Bridge written by Tom Phelan and has been published by Skyhorse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-01 with Fiction categories.

In 1913, before there is a rumor of war in Europe, Matthias Wrenn and Con Hatchel, lifelong friends from Ballyrannel in the Irish midlands, decide to see the world at the expense of the king of England and join the British army. A year later, while en route to India, their troop ship is recalled and they soon find themselves in the European slaughterhouse that was World War I. As stretcher bearers, the two men witness all too closely the horrors of the battlefield and the trenches, the savagery, and the unconscionable waste of human life on fields made liquid by “the blood and guts of boy soldiers” at the Somme, Ypres, and Passchendaele. Meanwhile, back home in Ireland, Con’s sister and Matthias’s lover, Kitty Hatchel, yearns for their safe return and reminds them of their carefree childhood on the banks of the local canal, as well as their hopes for the future. Brilliantly and movingly narrated by a chorus of voices from the community — Matt, Con, Kitty, and others — The Canal Bridge tells the story of how the young men take Ballyrannel to war with them, and how the war comes back home when hostilities end in Europe. The Ireland the friends left in 1913 no longer exists, for the political landscape has been transformed by the Rising against the British in 1916. It is now a land riven with sectarian tensions and bloodshed from which there is no escape. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction—novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

The Canal Bridge

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Author : Tom Phelan
language : en
Publisher: Arcade
Release Date : 2016-07-12

The Canal Bridge written by Tom Phelan and has been published by Arcade this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-12 with Fiction categories.

“The best novel of love in the time of war since Cold Mountain.” —Howard Frank Mosher, author of Walking to Gatlinburg In 1913, before there is a rumor of war in Europe, two lifelong friends from Ballyrannel in the Irish midlands, Matthias “Matt” Wrenn and Con Hatchel, decide to see the world at the expense of the king of England and join the British army. A year later, while en route to India, their troop ship is recalled and they find themselves in the slaughterhouse that was World War I. As stretcher bearers, the two men witness the horrors of the battlefield and the waste of human life at the Somme, Ypres, and Passchendaele. Meanwhile, back home in Ireland, Con’s sister and Matt’s lover, Kitty Hatchel, yearns for their safe return and reminds them of their carefree childhood on the banks of the local canal, as well as their hopes for the future. Brilliantly and movingly narrated as a chorus of voices from the community—Matt, Con, Kitty, and others—The Canal Bridge tells the story of how the young men take Ballyrannel to war with them, and the many ways they bring the war’s devastation home. At war’s end, the Ireland the friends left in 1913 no longer exists, for the Rising against the British in 1916 has changed everything. In a land now riven with sectarian tensions and mounting bloodshed unfolds the love story of Matt and Kitty. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction—novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Crossing The Canal

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Author : Tony Dierckins
language : en
Publisher: Zenith City Press
Release Date : 2008

Crossing The Canal written by Tony Dierckins and has been published by Zenith City Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Aerial Lift Bridge (Duluth, Minn.) categories.

The aerial bridge over the Duluth Ship Canal has been called "Duluth's Eiffel Tower" and the "gateway to the world," but no matter what lofty labels poets and politicians appluy to it, Duluth built its ffamous bridge for one simple purpose: Crossing the Canal. In 1871 the citizens of Duluth finished cutting a canal through Minnesota Point, turning the isthmus into an island and splitting the fledgling city in two. It would take almost 35 years before a safe, permanent, and truly unique bridge was built to cross the canal and reunite Duluth with the community of Park Point, making the city whiole again. Crossing the Canal tells the complete story of the bridge, from cutting the canal through the bridge's 100th anniversary, separating facts from myths while creating a vivid picture of the life of Duluth's iconic landmark. A finalist for the Minnesota Book Award.

Suez Canal

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Author : Joy Gregory
language : en
Publisher: Weigl Publishers
Release Date : 2019-08-01

Suez Canal written by Joy Gregory and has been published by Weigl Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.

The Suez Canal was created to improve international trade. Approximately 18,000 ships pass through the canal every year. Find out more in Suez Canal, a title in the Structural Wonders of the World series.

The Harlem Ship Canal Bridge

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Author : William Hubert Burr
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1897

The Harlem Ship Canal Bridge written by William Hubert Burr and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1897 with categories.

Low Bridge

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Author : Lionel D. Wyld
language : en
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Release Date : 1962-05-28

Low Bridge written by Lionel D. Wyld and has been published by Syracuse University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962-05-28 with Fiction categories.

Those who built and used the Erie Canal were a bizarre society, proud pioneers on the waterway known in song and story as "the Horse Ocean," "the Roaring Giddap," or "the Raging Erie." Their considerable influence on American life and literature is the basis of this book. Canallers were colorful characters, from the "hoggee" on the towpath to the "shipshape macaroni" with stovepipe hat and badge of service taking command of a packet with the pride of an admiral, even though he was restricted by law to a speed of four miles per hour! Games and diversions were rough-and-tumble, fighting being as natural as breathing to the canallers. Stories about heroes like Sam Patch and Paddy Ryan, or the big fish that could haul a canal boat, or the big pumpkin that drained the canal—these were logical products of this "frontier" atmosphere. So were the songs—carefree, bawdy, or sad, inspired by the canal and sung throughout the land. Photographs and drawings, music and words to folk songs, maps, notes, and index are included in this first paperback edition.

End Of The Line

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Author : Don McIver
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 2013-02-16

End Of The Line written by Don McIver and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-16 with History categories.

In 1857 a Toronto-to-Hamilton train crashed on the Desjardins Canal bridge. Sixty people died, making it one of the worst railway disasters in North America. These are the stories of those associated with the bridge's construction and those who perished in the accident, capturing the ebullient economic confidence of pre-Confederation Canada.

The Canal Pioneers

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Author : Anthony Burton
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2017-04-19

The Canal Pioneers written by Anthony Burton and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-19 with Transportation categories.

This is the story of canals used for transport and the men who built them from the earliest times, up to the end of the ninteenth century. This is a very long history: stones for the pyramids of Egypt were brought to the site by canal and one of the most imposing canal systems ever built, the Grand Canal of China, was begun in the sixth century BC. Development after the end of the Roman Empire was slow, but saw the steady improvement of river navigations through locks Ð the mitre gates were actually first designed by Leonardo da Vinci. The modern age of canals that cross summits began in France, and the most famous of these early waterways was the magnificent Canal du Midi, the brainchild of Pierre-Paul Riquet, completed in 1681. It was a visit to this canal, when he was a teenager on the Grand Tour, that inspired the Duke of Bridgewater to build his famous canal that inspired a rush of canal construction in Britain. BritainÕs canals became the essential transport route that made the countryÕs industrial revolution possible, thanks to engineers such as James Brindley, William Jessop and Thomas Telford. It was a period of intensive construction that lasted for fifty years from 1760. It saw many innovations from the use of cast iron for bridges and aqueducts, to inclined planes and vertical lifts to move boats from one canal level to another. The nineteenth century also saw extensive canal systems developing in North America, such as the famous Erie Canal, and culminated in two great ship canals at Suez and Panama. The book tells an exciting story of canal development and the many men who made it possible.

Field Performance Of Timber Bridges

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997

Field Performance Of Timber Bridges written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Wooden bridges categories.

Duluth S Aerial Bridge

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Author : Tony Dierckins
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022-09-30

Duluth S Aerial Bridge written by Tony Dierckins and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-30 with categories.

In 50 brief tales, award-winning Minnesota author and historian Tony Dierckins chronicles the life of Duluth's famed aerial bridge, from the span's construction as an aerial transfer bridge to its 1930 conversion into a vertical lift bridge, from how it works to how it came to symbolize the Zenith City of the Unsalted Seas. You'll also discover the remarkable history of the canal it crosses, including the myth of its creation, the lighthouses that grace its piers, and Duluth's 35-year struggle to build a bridge over it. Illustrated with over 125 historic & modern photos, sketches, maps & diagrams