The White Ships

2008 Transportation

Author : Duncan O'Brien
Release : 2008
Genre : Transportation
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Book Rating : 416/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The White Ships written by Duncan O'Brien. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The White Ships is the first comprehensive history of the classic white liners--the Malolo, Mariposa, Monterey, Lurline, and Matsonia--operated by Matson Navigation Company between California, Hawaii, the South Pacific, New Zealand, and Australia from 1927 to 1978. This deluxe volume features hundreds of color and black-and-white photos and reproductions of Matson memorabilia. The accompanying text is a chronology of the ships, their ports of call, and the people who sailed on them.

The Middle Passage

2018-01-02 Young Adult Nonfiction

Author : Tom Feelings
Release : 2018-01-02
Genre : Young Adult Nonfiction
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Book Rating : 448/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Middle Passage written by Tom Feelings. This book was released on 2018-01-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alex Haley's Roots awakened many Americans to the cruelty of slavery. The Middle Passage focuses attention on the torturous journey which brought slaves from Africa to the Americas, allowing readers to bear witness to the sufferings of an entire people.

Great White Fleet

2013-05-04 Transportation

Author : John Henry
Release : 2013-05-04
Genre : Transportation
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Book Rating : 487/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Great White Fleet written by John Henry. This book was released on 2013-05-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A richly illustrated story from the glory days of passenger travel on the Great Lakes. For decades Canada Steamship Lines proclaimed itself as the world’s largest transportation company operating on inland waters. Its passenger and freight vessels could be found on the Great Lakes as far west as Duluth, Minnesota, and as far east as the Lower St. Lawrence River. The passenger steamers were known collectively as the Great White Fleet. These ships – from day-excursion vessels to well-appointed cruise ships – had rich histories. The sheer scope of these passenger services were a wonder to behold. No fewer than 51 steamers comprised the passenger fleet at the company’s inception in 1913, and its network of routes was awesome. This is the story of the beloved steamers of the Great White Fleet from 1913–65, when the passenger vessels stopped running. Nearly half a century after the last passenger boats sailed, this book will provide a window into a wonderful lost way of life.

Trees, and Other Poems

2019-11-21 Poetry

Author : Joyce Kilmer
Release : 2019-11-21
Genre : Poetry
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Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Trees, and Other Poems written by Joyce Kilmer. This book was released on 2019-11-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Trees, and Other Poems" by Joyce Kilmer. 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 White Ships

2020-10-07

Author : Charles Spencer
Release : 2020-10-07
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Book Rating : 810/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The White Ships written by Charles Spencer. This book was released on 2020-10-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sinking of the White Ship is one of the greatest disasters in English history. Here, Sunday Times bestselling author Charles Spencer tells the real story behind the legend to show how one cataclysmic shipwreck changed England's course. In 1120, the White Ship was known as the fastest ship afloat. When it sank sailing from Normandy to England it was carrying aboard the only legitimate heir to King Henry I, William of Atheling. The raucous, arrogant young prince had made a party of the voyage, carousing with his companions and pushing wine into the eager hands of the crew. It was the middle of the night when the drunken helmsman rammed the ship into rocks. The next day only one of the three hundred who had boarded the ship was alive to describe the horrors of the slow shipwreck. William, the face of England's future had drowned along with scores of the social elite. The royal line severed and with no obvious heir to the crown, a civil war of untold violence erupted. Known fittingly as 'The Anarchy', this game of thrones saw families turned in on each other, with English barons, rebellious Welsh leaders and Scottish invaders all playing a part in the bloody, desperate scrum for power. One incredible shipwreck and two decades of violent uncertainty; England's course had changed forever.

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