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Under the Meteor Flag
Author : Harry Collingwood
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 41,40 MB
Release : 2015-06-28
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ISBN : 9781514736661
Under the Meteor Flag
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Page : 404 pages
File Size : 48,40 MB
Release : 1908
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Author : Harry Collingwood
Publisher : Fireship Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 30,65 MB
Release : 2008-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1934757586
William Joseph Cosens Lancaster was the son of a Royal Navy captain and educated at the Naval College, Greenwhich. Even though he had been at sea since the age of 15, he had to abandon a career in the Royal Navy because of severe myopia which kept him from clearly seeing anything more than a few hundred yards away. Undaunted, he became a marine engineer specializing in harbor design. He also became one of the most prolific writers of nautical fiction of his day. Between 1886 and 1913 he wrote 23 nautically-related novels under the pseudonym of "Harry Collingwood"-a name he derived from his hero Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, Nelson's second in command at Trafalgar. His most commercially successful book was The Pirate Island written in 1884; but Under the Meteor Flag, written the previous year, might be his most action-packed. It is the story of a young midshipman who, like many of Marryat's characters, is trying to make his way in the new and often incomprehensible world of the 18th Century Royal Navy. It is the story of the midshipman that Lancaster never was, but it is written by a man who literally spent his whole life dealing with the sea.
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Page : 720 pages
File Size : 15,43 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Soldiers
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Author : Henry Preble
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 21,98 MB
Release : 2023-02-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3368154931
Reprint of the original.
Author : Frederick Cocks Hicks
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Page : 56 pages
File Size : 46,97 MB
Release : 1918
Category : Flags
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Author : Harry Collingwood
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Page : 380 pages
File Size : 50,54 MB
Release : 2018-07-09
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ISBN : 9781722695125
Under the Meteor Flag Volume 2By Harry Collingwood I could, from my position in the cot, look out through the stern windows; and I saw that there was a heavy sea running, and the roar of the wind through the rigging, which was distinctly audible above the sound of creaking timbers, rattling doors, trampling feet, and the swish of heavy showers of spray upon the deck, told me it was blowing hard. I felt so greatly recovered, however, that I resolved to get up, and, springing out of the cot, I proceeded to dress myself with as much alacrity as the rolling and pitching of the ship would permit. While engaged in this occupation, the doctor entered the cabin.We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
Author : Byron McCandless
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Page : 160 pages
File Size : 10,28 MB
Release : 1917
Category : Flags
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Author : Charles Dickens
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Page : 628 pages
File Size : 47,86 MB
Release : 1852
Category : English literature
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Page : 640 pages
File Size : 24,66 MB
Release : 1918
Category : China
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Vol. 34 includes "Special tariff conference issue" Nov. 6, 1925.