The New England Mariner Tradition Old Salts Superstitions Shanties And Shipwrecks
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The New England Mariner Tradition Old Salts Superstitions Shanties And Shipwrecks
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Author : Robert A. Geake
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2013-10-22
The New England Mariner Tradition Old Salts Superstitions Shanties And Shipwrecks written by Robert A. Geake and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-22 with History categories.
For over three centuries, New Englanders have set sail in search of fortune and adventure--yet death lurked on every voyage in the form of storms, privateers, disease and human error. In hope of being spared by the sea, superstitious mariners practiced cautionary rituals. During the winter of 1779, the crew aboard the "Family Trader" offered up gin to appease the squalling storms of Neptune. In the 1800s, after nearly fifty shipwrecks on Georges Bank between Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and Nova Scotia, a wizard paced the coast of Marblehead, shouting orders out to sea to guide passing ships to safety. As early as 1705, courageous settlers erected watch houses and lighted beacons at Beavertail Point outside Jamestown, Rhode Island, to aid mariners caught in the swells of Narragansett Bay. Join Robert A. Geake as he explores the forgotten traditions among New England mariners and their lives on land and sea.
Historic Rhode Island Farms
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Author : Robert A. Geake
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2013-10-29
Historic Rhode Island Farms written by Robert A. Geake and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-29 with History categories.
Dating back to the colonial era, the historic barns and outbuildings of Rhode Island have withstood the test of time. From the state's early barnyard taverns to the modern-day horse and dairy farms that populate rural Rhode Island, each of these buildings has a story to tell. In the mid-eighteenth century, the Narragansett planters bred horses on their farms in southern Rhode Island. Later, dairy farms sprang up across the region. Milking barns were built on the largest farms in the state, including the Theinhert Dairy Farm and Barn in Lincoln. Before the advent of electric trolleys, urban barns sheltered horses for early tramcar transportation. Each barn is a beloved reminder of the state's history. Join author Robert A. Geake as he explores the origins and evolution of Rhode Island's farms.
New England Lighthouses
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Author : Allan Wood
language : en
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Release Date : 2012
New England Lighthouses written by Allan Wood and has been published by Schiffer Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with History categories.
"New England is known to have one of the most rugged coastlines in the world. This book was developed to provide the reader a series of stories that encompass the brave men and women of New England who risked their lives at or near New England's lighthouses. These individuals were not only part of the lighthouse, lifesaving, and revenue cutter government services of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, but also encompass a town's own citizens, local mariners, or a ship's captain and crew, who would also risk their lives alongside their government counterparts in helping those in distress."--Preface.
Hidden History Of Rhode Island And The Civil War
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Author : Frank L Grzyb
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2013-03-05
Hidden History Of Rhode Island And The Civil War written by Frank L Grzyb and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-05 with History categories.
The smallest state to defend the Union and one far from the battlefront, Rhode Island's stories of the Civil War are often overlooked. From Brown University's John M. Hay, later to become Lincoln's assistant secretary, to the city of Newport's role as the temporary headquarters for the U.S. Naval Academy, the Civil War history of the Ocean State is a fascinating if little-known tale. Few know that John Wilkes Booth visited Newport to meet his supposed fiancee just nine days before he assassinated President Lincoln. The state also contributed several high-ranking officers to the Union effort and, more surprisingly, two prominent officers to the Confederacy. Remarkably, Kady Southwell Brownell also openly served as a soldier in a Rhode Island infantry regiment. Join author Frank L. Grzyb as he investigates Rhode Island's rich Civil War history and unearths century-old stories that have since faded into obscurity.
Bloody Jack
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Author : Louis A. Meyer
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 2002
Bloody Jack written by Louis A. Meyer and has been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Historical fiction categories.
"While disguised as a boy, Jacky Faber experiences adventure and romance on the high seas"--
A History Of The Narraganset Tribe Of Rhode Island
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Author : Robert A. Geake
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2020-11-09
A History Of The Narraganset Tribe Of Rhode Island written by Robert A. Geake and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-09 with History categories.
The story of the indigenous people in what would become Rhode Island, their encounters with Europeans, and their return to sovereignty in the twentieth century. Before Roger Williams set foot in the New World, the Narragansett farmed corn and squash, hunted beaver and deer, and harvested clams and oysters throughout what would become Rhode Island. They also obtained wealth in the form of wampum, a carved shell that was used as currency along the eastern coast. As tensions with the English rose, the Narragansett leaders fought to maintain autonomy. While the elder Sachem Canonicus lived long enough to welcome both Verrazzano and Williams, his nephew Miatonomo was executed for his attempts to preserve their way of life and circumvent English control. Historian Robert A. Geake explores the captivating story of these Native Rhode Islanders.
Nooks And Corners Of The New England Coast
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Author : Samuel Adams Drake
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1875
Nooks And Corners Of The New England Coast written by Samuel Adams Drake and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1875 with Cape Cod (Mass.) categories.
The Mystery Of Easter Island
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Author : Katherine Routledge
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2023-07-10
The Mystery Of Easter Island written by Katherine Routledge and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-10 with Travel categories.
"The mystery of Easter island" by Katherine Routledge. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
The Playground Of Europe
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Author : Leslie Stephen
language : en
Publisher: London ; New York : Longmans, Green and Company
Release Date : 1894
The Playground Of Europe written by Leslie Stephen and has been published by London ; New York : Longmans, Green and Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1894 with Alps categories.
The Spectral Arctic
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Author : Shane McCorristine
language : en
Publisher: UCL Press
Release Date : 2018-05-01
The Spectral Arctic written by Shane McCorristine and has been published by UCL Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-01 with History categories.
Visitors to the Arctic enter places that have been traditionally imagined as otherworldly. This strangeness fascinated audiences in nineteenth-century Britain when the idea of the heroic explorer voyaging through unmapped zones reached its zenith. The Spectral Arctic re-thinks our understanding of Arctic exploration by paying attention to the importance of dreams and ghosts in the quest for the Northwest Passage. The narratives of Arctic exploration that we are all familiar with today are just the tip of the iceberg: they disguise a great mass of mysterious and dimly lit stories beneath the surface. In contrast to oft-told tales of heroism and disaster, this book reveals the hidden stories of dreaming and haunted explorers, of frozen mummies, of rescue balloons, visits to Inuit shamans, and of the entranced female clairvoyants who travelled to the Arctic in search of John Franklin’s lost expedition. Through new readings of archival documents, exploration narratives, and fictional texts, these spectral stories reflect the complex ways that men and women actually thought about the far North in the past. This revisionist historical account allows us to make sense of current cultural and political concerns in the Canadian Arctic about the location of Franklin’s ships.