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Author : Edward E. Leslie
Release : 1988
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 501/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Desperate Journeys, Abandoned Souls by : Edward E. Leslie
Download or read book Desperate Journeys, Abandoned Souls written by Edward E. Leslie. This book was released on 1988. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the lives of survivors who were shipwrecked, banished, or abandoned during the past several centuries.
Author : Alex Ritsema
Release : 2010-09-13
Genre : Travel
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 864/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Dutch Castaway on Ascension Island in 1725 by : Alex Ritsema
Download or read book A Dutch Castaway on Ascension Island in 1725 written by Alex Ritsema. This book was released on 2010-09-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 5 May 1725 a Dutch ship's officer, Leendert Hasenbosch, was set ashore on the desert island of Ascension in the South Atlantic Ocean, as a punishment for sodomy. He tried to survive on turtles and birds but found very little water on the barren island. He wrote a diary. He probably died after about half a year. In January 1726 British mariners found his tent, diary and other things and brought the diary to England. In 1726 a first English version of the diary of the Dutch castaway was published. Other versions followed in 1728, 1730 and 1976. Who was the castaway? The truth was disclosed by the Dutch historian Michiel Koolbergen (1953-2002), in a posthumously published book in Dutch. With the support of Michiel Koolbergen's family and publisher, this new book discloses the truth in English. This book is the second edition, with some improvements compared to the original edition of 2006. This book is illustrated with line drawings, both historic ones and by the Dutch artist Anneke de Vries.
Author : Sean Brawley
Release : 2015-04-21
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 368/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The South Seas by : Sean Brawley
Download or read book The South Seas written by Sean Brawley. This book was released on 2015-04-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The South Seas charts the idea of the South Seas in popular cultural productions of the English-speaking world, from the beginnings of the Western enterprise in the Pacific until the eve of the Pacific War. Building on the notion that the influences on the creation of a text, and the ways in which its audience receives the text, are essential for understanding the historical significance of particular productions, Sean Brawley and Chris Dixon explore the ways in which authors’ and producers’ ideas about the South Seas were “haunted” by others who had written on the subject, and how they in turn influenced future generations of knowledge producers. The South Seas is unique in its examination of an array of cultural texts. Along with the foundational literary texts that established and perpetuated the South Seas tradition in written form, the authorsexplore diverse cultural forms such as art, music, theater, film, fairs, platform speakers, surfing culture, and tourism.
Author : Peb Jackson
Release : 2010-09-01
Genre : Young Adult Nonfiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 139/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Danger Calling by : Peb Jackson
Download or read book Danger Calling written by Peb Jackson. This book was released on 2010-09-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Available in both an adult and a youth edition, Danger Calling features 16 true stories that take readers on a high-adrenaline ride--from the depths of the sea to the top of Mount Everest and everywhere in between--and pose provocative questions that move men and teen boys forward in their lives and faith. Danger Calling challenges readers to discover if they are truly living out God's game plan for their lives: Would you stop to help a climber in the "death zone" on Everest? What is your source of strength in a crisis? Could you lead others into battle knowing some are likely to die? To what challenge is God summoning you right now? Each story thrills and engages. Each set of questions challenges readers to discover who they are, where they stand in their faith, and whether God is calling them to a life of greater risks and deeper meaning. The youth edition contains a combination of eight stories of youth adventures, as well as eight from the adult version. Both books are perfect for small group use and include study questions with each chapter.
Author : Lisa Voigt
Release : 2009
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 999/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Writing Captivity in the Early Modern Atlantic by : Lisa Voigt
Download or read book Writing Captivity in the Early Modern Atlantic written by Lisa Voigt. This book was released on 2009. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on texts written by and about European and Euro-American captives in a variety of languages and genres, Lisa Voigt explores the role of captivity in the production of knowledge, identity, and authority in the early modern imperial world. The pr
