Against Wind And Tide
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Author |
: Anne Morrow Lindbergh |
Publisher |
: Pantheon |
Total Pages |
: 385 |
Release |
: 2015-02-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780375714924 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0375714928 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis Against Wind and Tide by : Anne Morrow Lindbergh
In this final collection of Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s letters and journals, we mark Mrs. Lindbergh’s progress as she navigated a remarkable life and a remarkable century with enthusiasm and delight, humor and wit, sorrow and bewilderment, but above all devoted to finding the essential truth in life’s experiences through a hard-won spirituality and a passion for literature. Between the inevitable squalls of life with her beloved but elusive husband, the aviator Charles A. Lindbergh, she shepherded their five children through whooping cough, horned toads, fiancés, the Vietnam War, and their own personal tragedies. She researched and wrote books and articles on issues ranging from the condition of Europe after World War II to the meaning of marriage to the launch of Apollo 8. She published one of the most beloved books of inspiration of all time, Gift from the Sea. She left penetrating accounts of meetings with such luminaries as John and Jacqueline Kennedy, Thornton Wilder, Enrico Fermi, Leland and Slim Hayward, and the Frank Lloyd Wrights. And she found time to compose extraordinarily insightful and moving letters of consolation to friends and to others whose losses touched her deeply. Against Wind and Tide makes us privy to the demons that plagued this fairy-tale bride, and introduces us to some of the people—men as well as women—who provided solace as she braved the tides of time and aging, war and politics, birth and death. Here is an eloquent and often startling collection of writings from one of the most admired women of our time. (With 8 pages of black-and-white photographs.)
Author |
: Ousmane K. Power-Greene |
Publisher |
: NYU Press |
Total Pages |
: 272 |
Release |
: 2014-09-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781479823178 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1479823171 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (78 Downloads) |
Synopsis Against Wind and Tide by : Ousmane K. Power-Greene
Against Wind and Tide tells the story of African American’s battle against the American Colonization Society (ACS), founded in 1816 with the intention to return free blacks to its colony Liberia. Although ACS members considered free black colonization in Africa a benevolent enterprise, most black leaders rejected the ACS, fearing that the organization sought forced removal. As Ousmane K. Power-Greene’s story shows, these African American anticolonizationists did not believe Liberia would ever be a true “black American homeland.” In this study of anticolonization agitation, Power-Greene draws on newspapers, meeting minutes, and letters to explore the concerted effort on the part of nineteenth century black activists, community leaders, and spokespersons to challenge the American Colonization Society’s attempt to make colonization of free blacks federal policy. The ACS insisted the plan embodied empowerment. The United States, they argued, would never accept free blacks as citizens, and the only solution to the status of free blacks was to create an autonomous nation that would fundamentally reject racism at its core. But the activists and reformers on the opposite side believed that the colonization movement was itself deeply racist and in fact one of the greatest obstacles for African Americans to gain citizenship in the United States. Power-Greene synthesizes debates about colonization and emigration, situating this complex and enduring issue into an ever broader conversation about nation building and identity formation in the Atlantic world.
Author |
: Cornelia Dean |
Publisher |
: Columbia University Press |
Total Pages |
: 304 |
Release |
: 1999-05-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0231500114 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780231500111 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Synopsis Against the Tide by : Cornelia Dean
Americans love to colonize their beaches. But when storms threaten, high-ticket beachfront construction invariably takes precedence over coastal environmental concerns—we rescue the buildings, not the beaches. As Cornelia Dean explains in Against the Tide, this pattern is leading to the rapid destruction of our coast. But her eloquent account also offers sound advice for salvaging the stretches of pristine American shore that remain. The story begins with the tale of the devastating hurricane that struck Galveston, Texas, in 1900—the deadliest natural disaster in American history, which killed some six thousand people. Misguided residents constructed a wall to prevent another tragedy, but the barrier ruined the beach and ultimately destroyed the town's booming resort business. From harrowing accounts of natural disasters to lucid ecological explanations of natural coastal processes, from reports of human interference and construction on the shore to clear-eyed elucidation of public policy and conservation interests, this book illustrates in rich detail the conflicting interests, short-term responses, and long-range imperatives that have been the hallmarks of America's love affair with her coast. Intriguing observations about America's beaches, past and present, include discussions of Hurricane Andrew's assault on the Gulf Coast, the 1962 northeaster that ravaged one thousand miles of the Atlantic shore, the beleaguered beaches of New Jersey and North Carolina's rapidly vanishing Outer Banks, and the sand-starved coast of southern California. Dean provides dozens of examples of human attempts to tame the ocean—as well as a wealth of lucid descriptions of the ocean's counterattack. Readers will appreciate Against the Tide's painless course in coastal processes and new perspective on the beach.
Author |
: Jerome Fitzgerald |
Publisher |
: iUniverse |
Total Pages |
: 168 |
Release |
: 2002-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780595217335 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0595217338 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Synopsis Wind and Tide by : Jerome Fitzgerald
Wind and Tide is a book about sailing. It is perhaps the only book published in recent years that has dealt with sailing—and pure, engineless sailing craft—in such a effective manner. Not an acedemic exercise or a mere exhibition of traditionalism—Wind and Tide describes in practical, useful detail the techniques and attitude involved in sailing without engine assist.
Author |
: Stu Apte |
Publisher |
: Stonefly Press |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2008-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0982122713 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780982122716 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Synopsis Of Wind and Tides by : Stu Apte
Of Wind and Tides is a delightful autobiography of one of the world's true fishing legends. Starting from the 1930s to the 1940s, childhood to the next decade, this books depicts Naval service and Pan Am duties that took Stu Apte to the exotic places where he honed his fishing skills. The book continues through the years of Apte's life with a variety of chapters on fishing with some of the sporting world's greatest celebrities, hosting star-studded fishing trips, and other lively adventures. This book is sure to entice the fishing world - from beginners to veterans.
Author |
: Holme Lee |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 490 |
Release |
: 1860 |
ISBN-10 |
: HARVARD:32044086835790 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (90 Downloads) |
Synopsis Against Wind and Tide by : Holme Lee
Author |
: Holme LEE (pseud. [i.e. Miss Harriet Parr.]) |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 316 |
Release |
: 1859 |
ISBN-10 |
: BL:A0026849088 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (88 Downloads) |
Synopsis Against Wind and Tide by : Holme LEE (pseud. [i.e. Miss Harriet Parr.])
Author |
: Holme Lee |
Publisher |
: BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages |
: 314 |
Release |
: 2022-09-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783375121235 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3375121237 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Synopsis Against Wind and Tide by : Holme Lee
Reprint of the original, first published in 1859.
Author |
: Jack Friend |
Publisher |
: US Naval Institute Press |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2014-06-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1612514871 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781612514871 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (71 Downloads) |
Synopsis West Wind, Flood Tide by : Jack Friend
Immortalized by David Farragut's apothegm, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead," the Battle of Mobile Bay remains one of history's great naval engagements, a contest between two admirals trained in the same naval tradition who once fought under the same flag. This new study takes a fresh look at the battle--the bloodiest naval battle of the Civil War--examining its genesis, tactics, and political ramifications. If the Confederacy had been able to deny the Union a victory before the presidential election, the South was certain to have won its independence. The North's win, however, not only stopped the blockade-runners in Mobile but insured Lincoln's re-election. Although the Union had an advantage in vessels of eighteen to four and an overwhelming superiority in firepower, it paid dearly for its victory, suffering almost ten times as many casualties as Franklin Buchanan's Confederate fleet. The author traces the evolution of the battle from the time Farragut took command of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron in February 1862 until the battle was fought on 5 August 1864. He then continues the narrative through the end of the war and explains how the battle influenced ship design and naval tactics for years to come.
Author |
: Kat Martin |
Publisher |
: Zebra Books |
Total Pages |
: 368 |
Release |
: 2015 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781420133868 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1420133861 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Synopsis Against the Tide by : Kat Martin
While running from a dangerous secret in her past, diner owner Liv Chandler gets drawn into investigating a murder in remote Valdez, Alaska with charter boat captain Rafe Brodie.