The Oregon Shanghaiers Columbia River Crimping From Astoria To Portland
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The Oregon Shanghaiers Columbia River Crimping From Astoria To Portland
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Author : Barney Blalock
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2014-04-08
The Oregon Shanghaiers Columbia River Crimping From Astoria To Portland written by Barney Blalock and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-08 with History categories.
In the hardscrabble early days of Portland's seaport, "shanghaiing" or "crimping" ran rampant. The proprietors of crooked saloons and sailors' boardinghouses coerced unwitting patrons to work on commercial ships. Shanghaiers like James Turk, Bunko Kelley and Billy Smith unashamedly forced men into service and stole the wages of their victims. By the 1890s, these shanghaiers had become powerful enough to influence the politics of Astoria and Portland, charging sea captains outrageous fees for unskilled laborers and shaping maritime trade around a merciless black market. For nearly a century, the exploits of these notorious crimpers have existed mainly in lore. Now historian Barney Blalock offers a lively and meticulously researched account of these colorful and corrupt men, revealing an authentic account of Oregon's malicious maritime legends.
American Myths Legends And Tall Tales 3 Volumes
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Author : Christopher R. Fee
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2016-08-29
American Myths Legends And Tall Tales 3 Volumes written by Christopher R. Fee and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-29 with Social Science categories.
A fascinating survey of the entire history of tall tales, folklore, and mythology in the United States from earliest times to the present, including stories and myths from the modern era that have become an essential part of contemporary popular culture. Folklore has been a part of American culture for as long as humans have inhabited North America, and increasingly formed an intrinsic part of American culture as diverse peoples from Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania arrived. In modern times, folklore and tall tales experienced a rejuvenation with the emergence of urban legends and the growing popularity of science fiction and conspiracy theories, with mass media such as comic books, television, and films contributing to the retelling of old myths. This multi-volume encyclopedia will teach readers the central myths and legends that have formed American culture since its earliest years of settlement. Its entries provide a fascinating glimpse into the collective American imagination over the past 400 years through the stories that have shaped it. Organized alphabetically, the coverage includes Native American creation myths, "tall tales" like George Washington chopping down his father's cherry tree and the adventures of "King of the Wild Frontier" Davy Crockett, through to today's "urban myths." Each entry explains the myth or legend and its importance and provides detailed information about the people and events involved. Each entry also includes a short bibliography that will direct students or interested general readers toward other sources for further investigation. Special attention is paid to African American folklore, Asian American folklore, and the folklore of other traditions that are often overlooked or marginalized in other studies of the topic.
Monsterv Gen En Studie Av Sanningshalten I Matros J W Granstr Ms Ventyr P De Sju Haven 1914 1915
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Author : Lars Berge
language : sv
Publisher: Albert Bonniers Förlag
Release Date : 2020-08-21
Monsterv Gen En Studie Av Sanningshalten I Matros J W Granstr Ms Ventyr P De Sju Haven 1914 1915 written by Lars Berge and has been published by Albert Bonniers Förlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-21 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Alcides seglade runt jorden under brinnande världskrig. Under en häftig storm spolades en svensk matros överbord. Istället för att ytterligare ett namn lades till de listor av förlorade sjömän som publicerades i tidningarna på den tiden skedde ett mirakel: En stor våg spolade honom upp på däck igen. Det är åtminstone så det har sagts i en västerbottnisk släkt i över hundra år. Tills den dag Lars Berge bestämmer sig undersöka vad som egentligen hände med hans morfars far, sjömannen J.W. Granström. ”Monstervågen” är en bok om Skandinaviens en gång så besjungna hjältar – de pojkar och män som levde och dog på haven. Vissa hittade sin Carmencita. Andra drunknade i spriten. Många fann Gud, men fler var förlorade till havs. Det är en berättelse om att ge sig av och återvända hem. Ett slags resereportage om hamnar, vågor och nya horisonter. En bok för alla de som försökt att förstå sig på havets obeskrivliga djup och gått under. Och en bok för dem som klarat sig genom stormen.
Oregon Historical Quarterly
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Author : Oregon Historical Society
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Oregon Historical Quarterly written by Oregon Historical Society and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Northwest, Pacific categories.
Portland S Lost Waterfront
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Author : Barney Blalock
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2012-11-06
Portland S Lost Waterfront written by Barney Blalock and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-06 with History categories.
Today, Portland, Oregon, is a city of majestic bridges crisscrossing the deep swath of the Willamette River. A century ago, riverboat pilots would have witnessed a flurry of stevedores and longshoremen hurrying along the wharves. Situated as the terminus of sea lanes and railroads, with easy access to the wheat fields, sawmills and dairies of the Willamette Valley, Portland quickly became a rich and powerful seaport. As the city changed, so too did the role of the sailor--once bartered by shanghai masters, later elevated to well-paid and respected mariner. Drawing on primary source material, previously unpublished photographs and thirty-three years of waterfront work, local author Barney Blalock recalls the city's vanished waterfront in these tales of sea dogs, salty days and the river's tides.
Improvement Of Columbia River At Bonneville Oregon
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Author : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Portland District
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1939
Improvement Of Columbia River At Bonneville Oregon written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Portland District and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1939 with Bonneville Dam (Or. and Wash.) categories.
Echo Of Distant Water
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Author : J B Fisher
language : en
Publisher: TrineDay
Release Date : 2019-08-05
Echo Of Distant Water written by J B Fisher and has been published by TrineDay this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-05 with True Crime categories.
In December 1958, Ken Martin, his wife Barbara, and their three young daughters left their home in Northeast Portland to search for Christmas greens in the Columbia River Gorge—and never returned. The Martins' disappearance spurred the largest missing persons search in Oregon history and the mystery has remained perplexingly unsolved to this day. For the past six years, JB Fisher (Portland on the Take) has pored over the case after finding in his garage a stack of old Oregon Journal newspaper articles about the story. Through a series of serendipitous encounters, Fisher obtained a wealth of first-hand and never-before publicized information about the case including police reports from several agencies, materials and photos belonging to the Martin family, and the personal notebooks and papers of Multnomah County Sheriff's Detective Walter E. Graven, who was always convinced the case was a homicide and worked tirelessly to prove it. Graven, however, faced real resistance from his superiors to bring his findings to light. Used as a trail left behind after his 1988 death to guide future researchers, Graven's personal documents provide fascinating insight into the question of what happened to the Martins—a path leading to abduction and murder, an intimate family secret, and civic corruption going all the way to the Kennedys in Washington, DC.
A General History Of The Pyrates
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Author : Daniel Defoe
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 2012-05-11
A General History Of The Pyrates written by Daniel Defoe and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-11 with History categories.
Considered the major source of information about piracy in the early 18th century, this fascinating history by the author of Robinson Crusoe profiles the deeds of Edward (Blackbeard) Teach, Captain Kidd, Anne Bonny, others.
Shanghaiing Days
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Author : Richard H. Dillon
language : en
Publisher: Silverstowe Book
Release Date : 2012-08
Shanghaiing Days written by Richard H. Dillon and has been published by Silverstowe Book this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In the last quarter of the nineteenth century, the American Merchant Marine went into a terrible and tragic decline, and sailors were forced to serve under conditions that were little better than serfdom. Seamen were exploited in wholesale fashion, disfranchised of almost all their civil and human rights, and brutally punished for even minor offenses. Successful skippers had turned into slave drivers, cracking down on the sailors, sometimes even murdering their "hands." Though captains were legally prohibited from flogging their crews, they did not hesitate to wield belaying pins, marlin spikes, or their bare fists. The seamen's lot became so horrible in this period that entire crews frequently jumped ship when a vessel came into port. One result of this was that new crews had to be kidnaped, crimped, or shanghaied from the unsuspecting populace of the ports. These "impressed" or "hobo" crews were still further conspired against. They often had their wages stolen from them; they were poorly fed and clothed. Their lives became "hell afloat and purgatory ashore." In this way what had been our "first and finest employ" in colonial days was turned into a disreputable profession-one that was classed with criminals and prostitutes. Richard H. Dillon, author of Embarcadero, gives us a frightful picture of the seamen's lot in this tragic era. He describes in detail daily life aboard those hell-ships which set records in the passage from Frisco to China, but on whose decks fresh blood of the crew was found every day of the voyage. One of the most infamous of all these vessels was the Challenge whose skipper, Captain Robert H. ("Murderin' Bob" or "Bully") Waterman, was eventually put on trial in San Francisco for murder, theft, unjust assault, brutality, and thirteen other crimes against his crew. Dillon offers a complete picture of Waterman and reveals all the details of his famous trial and punishment. He also provides a series of portraits of other captains who rivaled "Bully" in their brutality and sadism, and describes how they in their turn were brought to justice. Dillon writes of those who attempted to defend seamen when they were most forgotten by the public conscience. Such men as the Reverend Lyman Beecher of Boston; Samuel C. Damon, the seamen's beloved chaplain at Honolulu; the Frisco street preacher, "Father" William Taylor, and-most outstanding of them all- Andrew Furuseth, the seamen's "Emancipator." In this book Richard Dillon brilliantly recreates the action-packed drama of the American seaman's escape from serfdom. Readers who enjoyed the author's earlier chronicle of true seafaring adventures, Embarcadero, will like Dillon's second book even more.
Two Years Before The Mast
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Author : Richard Henry Dana
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1895
Two Years Before The Mast written by Richard Henry Dana and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1895 with Sailors categories.