Sailor's Dreams and Pirate Schemes
Author : C. H. Scott
Publisher : Northwest Publishing
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 34,21 MB
Release : 1995-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780761007715
Revolutionary Dreams
Author : Richard Stites
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 28,50 MB
Release : 1991-11-14
Category : History
ISBN : 0199878951
Book Description
The revolutionary ideals of equality, communal living, proletarian morality, and technology worship, rooted in Russian utopianism, generated a range of social experiments which found expression, in the first decade of the Russian revolution, in festival, symbol, science fiction, city planning, and the arts. In this study, historian Richard Stites offers a vivid portrayal of revolutionary life and the cultural factors--myth, ritual, cult, and symbol--that sustained it, and describes the principal forms of utopian thinking and experimental impulse. Analyzing the inevitable clash between the authoritarian elements in the Bolshevik's vision and the libertarian behavior and aspirations of large segments of the population, Stites interprets the pathos of utopian fantasy as the key to the emotional force of the Bolshevik revolution which gave way in the early 1930s to bureaucratic state centralism and a theology of Stalinism.
Dreams of Treasure
Author : Michael J. Allen
Publisher : Delirious Scribbles Ink, Inc.
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 33,16 MB
Release : 2020-04-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 194435753X
Book Description
A bottle swallowing mysterious tresures adrift in the sea. Golden doubloons and a map pointing to a deserted island. A pirate crew seeks out a hidden lair filled with riches while the mapmaker's hand rots away. What will they find? Easy plunder? A marooned sailor desperate for escape? Dreams of treasure lure the pirates closer to the ultimate prize, but will greed turn a mother's wish for her child into a living nightmare?
I Was Captured by Pirates
Author : Oscar Roy
Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 49,75 MB
Release : 2013-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1622127900
Book Description
Unforgettable and bold, I Was Captured by Pirates begins with a boy longing to see the world. In the late seventeenth century, when sailing ships offered adventure and romance, young Gerhard sneaks away from home in Sydney, Australia, to apply for a job as a cabin boy. He has always had a big love for the sea and sailing ships. Gerhard gets the job after applying under a different name and lying about his age. He arrives in England, where he meets two other lads wanting to set sail. Patrick and John sign up on the same ship as Gerhard and they leave port. Shortly afterward, their ship catches fire and the three are marooned on a deserted island. After being rescued by another ship, the crew is attacked by pirates! What will happen to the young men? Will they ever make it back home? Dutch born Oscar Roy moved to Australia when he was twenty. He is a semi-retired naturopath. This is his first book. Publisher's website: http: // sbpra.com/OscarRoy
Small Press Record of Books in Print
Author : Len Fulton
Publisher :
Page : 994 pages
File Size : 46,62 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Books
ISBN :
Book Description
Pirate Queens
Author : Rebecca Alexandra Simon
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 31,70 MB
Release : 2022-06-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1526791315
Book Description
The first full biography of Anne Bonny and Mary Read, 18th-century partners in crime who terrorized the Caribbean: “Excellent . . . informative and interesting.” —Model Shipwrights Between August and October 1720, two female pirates named Anne Bonny and Mary Read terrorized the Caribbean in and around Jamaica. Despite their short career, they became two of the most notorious pirates during the height of the eighteenth-century Golden Age of Piracy. In a world dominated by men, they became infamous for their bravery, cruelty, and unwavering determination to escape the social constraints placed on women during that time. But despite their notoriety, mystery shrouds their lives before they became pirates. Their biographies were recorded in Captain Charles Johnson’s 1724 book, A General History of the Pyrates, depicting the two as illegitimate women raised by men who, against insurmountable odds, crossed paths in Nassau and became pirates together. But how much is fact versus fiction? This first full-length biography about Anne Bonny and Mary Read explores their intriguing backgrounds while examining the social context of women in their lifetime and their legacy in popular culture, which exists to the present day. Using A General History of the Pyrates, early modern legal documents relating to women, their recorded public trial in The Tryal of Jack Rackham and Other Pyrates, newspapers, and new research, this book unravels the mysteries and legends surrounding their lives.
The Buccaneers
Author : Walter Thornbury
Publisher :
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 20,81 MB
Release : 1858
Category : Buccaneers
ISBN :
Book Description
The Pirate Prince of Genoa
Author : Maurizio Marmorstein
Publisher : Barbera Foundation
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 31,87 MB
Release :
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Book Description
His homeland invaded from all sides, 16th century admiral Andrea Doria defies mighty kingdoms and leads his people to defend their hard-won independence and freedom. Ever since Andrea Doria was a boy, the azure waters off Genoa’s coast had beckoned. But times were as turbulent as the sea. The divided and vulnerable city-states of the Italian peninsula had become battlefields where powerful empires warred for control. Conquering Doria’s hometown, a strategically located port, would be a consequential victory for any regime. In leading armies for popes and kings, Doria had proved a shrewd strategist and skilled general—on land. It wasn’t until middle-age that he took to the seas as an admiral, commanding daring victories against Ottoman Turks and Barbary Coast pirates. Devoted to protecting his beloved Genoa, Doria dedicated his life to ensuring her safety and liberty. But new enemies have surfaced. Sinister. Unidentified by uniforms. Faces he knows well. In betrayal, Doria faces the biggest battle of his life.
The Pirates' Chronicles: Greatest Sea Adventure Books & Treasure Hunt Tales (70+ Novels, Short Stories & Legends in One Edition)
Author : Captain Charles Johnson
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 7209 pages
File Size : 43,90 MB
Release : 2017-10-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8027219574
Book Description
Enjoy the best sea adventures, treasure hunt tales and bloody battles, along with learning the truth behind the legends, the real life stories that inspired so many writers and produced so many beloved classics: History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates (Captain Charles Johnson) The Book of Buried Treasure Treasure Island (R. L. Stevenson) Blackbeard: Buccaneer (R. D. Paine) Pieces of Eight (Le Gallienne) Captain Singleton (Defoe) Gold-Bug (Edgar Allan Poe) Hearts of Three (Jack London) The Dark Frigate (C. B. Hawes) Isle of Pirate's Doom (Robert E. Howard) Swords of Red Brotherhood (Howard) Queen of Black Coast (Howard) Barbarossa—King of the Corsairs Black Vulmea (Howard) Afloat and Ashore (James F. Cooper) Homeward Bound (Cooper) Red Rover (Cooper) Facing the Flag (Jules Verne) A Pirate of the Caribbees (H. Collingwood) Pirate Gow (Daniel Defoe) The King of Pirates (Defoe) The Pirate (Walter Scott) Rose of Paradise (Howard Pyle) Captain Sharkey (Arthur Conan Doyle) The Pirate (Frederick Marryat) Three Cutters (Marryat) Madman and the Pirate (R. M. Ballantyne) The Offshore Pirate (F. Scott Fitzgerald) Coral Island (Ballantyne) Under the Waves (Ballantyne) Pirate City (Ballantyne) Captain Boldheart (Dickens) Master Key (L. Frank Baum) A Man to His Mate (J. Allan Dunn) Tales of the Fish Patrol (Jack London) Robinson Crusoe (Defoe) Peter Pan and Wendy (J. M. Barrie) Mysterious Island (Jules Verne) Count of Monte Cristo (Dumas) Ghost Pirates (W. H. Hodgson) The Pirate Island (H. Collingwood) Among Malay Pirates The Capture of Panama, 1671 The Malay Proas (James F. Cooper) The Daughter of the Great Mogul (Defoe) Morgan at Puerto Bello The Ways of the Buccaneers Narrative of the Capture of the Ship Derby, 1735 The Fight Between the Dorrill and the Moca Jaddi the Malay Pirate The Terrible Ladrones The Female Captive The Passing of Mogul Mackenzie Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean Pirates of Panama...
THE GOLDEN DREAM (Adventures in the Far West)
Author : R.M. Ballantyne
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 50,65 MB
Release : 2017-07-30
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 8026879333
Book Description
Ned is a young Englishman who is bitten by the bug of Californian gold rush. He always dreams about going to California and working in the gold fields in spite of stern warnings from his uncle Mr Shirley. But everything is not as easy it seems, especially, the harsh conditions of the gold miners and the difficulties they face in their tasks at hand. But will Ned survive the hardships or will he fail miserably and return to England empty handed? R M Ballantyne was a famous children's author and a renowned artist.
