Yankee Captains On The Yangtze River
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Yankee Captains On The Yangtze River
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Author : David H. Grover
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Yankee Captains On The Yangtze River written by David H. Grover and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with China categories.
Yankee Tsunami
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Author : Andrew Diconti
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2003-10-01
Yankee Tsunami written by Andrew Diconti and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-10-01 with Fiction categories.
"Yankee Tsunami: An Engulfing Wave" by Andrew R. DiConti is a historical novel that covers a period of a year (1898-99) aboard the USS Boston, an innovative warship for the period. The adventures and exploits of Gamble Crane, a newly billeted crewmember, is a continuation of "Yankee Tsunami: The Ocean Erupts," which began his adventures in exotic ports. Crane's taboo romance with Emily Chan, a girl of Chinese ancestry from Monterey, California, becomes complicated. Both lovers are American citizens, yet the mixing of the races in 1899 is viewed as scandalous. Crane's love for Emily is precipitated by their adventure that frees two young girls forced into the slavery of prostitution. This event begins Crane's metamorphosis of understanding. Learning of Emily's struggle to gain acceptance in the white community of Monterey begins the conversion of Crane into an advocate for human rights of non-white peoples in each port visited by the Boston. Gamble now empathizes with the struggle of people living on the rim of the Pacific, called "heathens" by whites. With Gamble Crane as our guide, we learn what the world was like as told by the Pacific Rim peoples. We are exposed to the unsettling effects brought to bear by Manifest Destiny, America's governing principle seen by many in the region as racist. From that point, Crane views his encounters from a different perspective. Be it Okumura-san, an important Japanese government official in Nagasaki; Lanakila, the Kahuna Nui of Honolulu; Donaldina Cameron, the avenging angel of Chinatown; Agamemnon Asher, a shipmate who's like a brother; or Montague, a retired shipmate and expert in Asian culture - they all have an indelible impact upon the life of Gamble Crane.
American Merchant Ships On The Yangtze 1920 1941
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Author : David H. Grover
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 1992-11-17
American Merchant Ships On The Yangtze 1920 1941 written by David H. Grover and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-11-17 with Business & Economics categories.
This work describes the activities of a handful of American companies and about eighty American captains who were trying to run ships on China's great river during the treacherous days between the two world wars. The considerable physical dangers of the Yangtze itself were compounded by the greater human hazards imposed by constant fighting among warlords, piracy, brigandry, kidnapping, opium and munitions smuggling, corruption, seizures, and other forms of intimidation. The events recall--and surpass--anything of the Wild West in American frontier history. No American steamship company survived longer than twelve years in this environment, but Standard Oil, which was sheltered from the worst of the violence, was able to operate its ships throughout the entire period. More than a naval/military, or even economic, history, this book is also a commentary on a significant but largely unsuccessful American commercial venture overseas--one that was eventually scuttled by the actions of the Chinese and the American companies themselves. Ship buffs, maritime historians, students of the evolution of modern China, and those interested in American commercial history will find this study useful and entertaining.
Yankee Of The Yalu
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Author : Lee McGiffin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
Yankee Of The Yalu written by Lee McGiffin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with China categories.
Because of a Congressional cutback in appropriations in 1894 commissions were not available for several Annapolis graduates. This is the biography of one graduate who offered his services to China and performed several missions for them prior to the Boxer Rebellion.
Shipbuilders Sea Captains And Fishermen
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Author : Joe Follansbee
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2006
Shipbuilders Sea Captains And Fishermen written by Joe Follansbee and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
Discover the history of the three-masted schooner Wawona and the quirky adventures of her captains and crews in the North Pacific. Shipbuilders, Sea Captains, and Fishermen reveals the innovations of Wawona's builder, H.D. Bendixsen. Capt. Ralph E. "Matt" Peasley, "the big overgrown kid," became the most famous ship captain in America. Capt. Charles Foss called on the heavens for a breeze by wearing his wife's hats. And the crew caught hundreds of tons of cod in the stormy Bering Sea while secretly fermenting shipboard wine with canned fruit and sourdough starter. Complete with detailed illustrations, historical photographs, and great stories, Shipbuilders, Sea Captains, and Fishermen recreates a world that ended with the last sailing ships.
Yankee Ships In China Seas
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Author : Daniel Henderson
language : en
Publisher: Meisel Press
Release Date : 2007-03
Yankee Ships In China Seas written by Daniel Henderson and has been published by Meisel Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-03 with History categories.
PREFACE. THE Author of this very practical treatise on Scotch Loch - Fishing desires clearly that it may be of use to all who had it. He does not pretend to have written anything new, but to have attempted to put what he has to say in as readable a form as possible. Everything in the way of the history and habits of fish has been studiously avoided, and technicalities have been used as sparingly as possible. The writing of this book has afforded him pleasure in his leisure moments, and that pleasure would be much increased if he knew that the perusal of it would create any bond of sympathy between himself and the angling community in general. This section is interleaved with blank shects for the readers notes. The Author need hardly say that any suggestions addressed to the case of the publishers, will meet with consideration in a future edition. We do not pretend to write or enlarge upon a new subject. Much has been said and written-and well said and written too on the art of fishing but loch-fishing has been rather looked upon as a second-rate performance, and to dispel this idea is one of the objects for which this present treatise has been written. Far be it from us to say anything against fishing, lawfully practised in any form but many pent up in our large towns will bear us out when me say that, on the whole, a days loch-fishing is the most convenient. One great matter is, that the loch-fisher is depend- ent on nothing but enough wind to curl the water, -and on a large loch it is very seldom that a dead calm prevails all day, -and can make his arrangements for a day, weeks beforehand whereas the stream- fisher is dependent for a good take on the state of the water and however pleasant and easy it may be for one living near the banks of a good trout stream or river, it is quite another matter to arrange for a days river-fishing, if one is looking forward to a holiday at a date some weeks ahead. Providence may favour the expectant angler with a good day, and the water in order but experience has taught most of us that the good days are in the minority, and that, as is the case with our rapid running streams, -such as many of our northern streams are, -the water is either too large or too small, unless, as previously remarked, you live near at hand, and can catch it at its best. A common belief in regard to loch-fishing is, that the tyro and the experienced angler have nearly the same chance in fishing, -the one from the stern and the other from the bow of the same boat. Of all the absurd beliefs as to loch-fishing, this is one of the most absurd. Try it. Give the tyro either end of the boat he likes give him a cast of ally flies he may fancy, or even a cast similar to those which a crack may be using and if he catches one for every three the other has, he may consider himself very lucky. Of course there are lochs where the fish are not abundant, and a beginner may come across as many as an older fisher but we speak of lochs where there are fish to be caught, and where each has a fair chance. Again, it is said that the boatman has as much to do with catching trout in a loch as the angler. Well, we dont deny that. In an untried loch it is necessary to have the guidance of a good boatman but the same argument holds good as to stream-fishing...
A Yankee On The Yangtze
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Author : William Edgar Geil
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1904
A Yankee On The Yangtze written by William Edgar Geil and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1904 with China categories.
Merchant Vessels Of The United States
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
Merchant Vessels Of The United States written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Merchant marine categories.
Childrens Catalog
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Author : H.W. Wilson Company
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961
Childrens Catalog written by H.W. Wilson Company and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with Children's literature categories.
The 1st ed. includes an index to v. 28-36 of St. Nicholas.
Ed Heinemann Combat Aircraft Designer
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Author : Edward H. Heinemann
language : en
Publisher: Naval Inst Press
Release Date : 1980
Ed Heinemann Combat Aircraft Designer written by Edward H. Heinemann and has been published by Naval Inst Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Aeronautical engineers categories.