Captain CautionKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2012. 8. 15. - 320페이지 It is 1812 and America has declared war on Britain. The American ship Olive Branch is waylaid by a British cruiser. Captain Dorman is killed, and his crew is taken prisoner, including the captain's pretty and strong-willed daughter, Corunna. Widely recognized for his careful attention to historical details, Kenneth Roberts portrays the bravery of American seamen, their sufferings in the mist-shrouded walls of Dartmoor Prison, the invention of the Gangway Pendulum, and the sailors' dangerous and dramatic escape. |
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... Corunna,” he said,“you tend to thebook andlet Dan'ltend to the sights.” She tossedherhead impatiently. “I can take a sight quicker than Dan.Idon'tsee he's any handier to do things simpler and quicker than anybody else; andyour telling ...
... Corunna,” he said,“you tend to thebook andlet Dan'ltend to the sights.” She tossedherhead impatiently. “I can take a sight quicker than Dan.Idon'tsee he's any handier to do things simpler and quicker than anybody else; andyour telling ...
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... Corunna; but it don't seem to us we need any helpin navigating.” He thrust outhis underlip and noddedseverely at Daniel Marvin, as if toimply that thiswasthe proper wayin which to handle a select female—brusquely, that is, and with ...
... Corunna; but it don't seem to us we need any helpin navigating.” He thrust outhis underlip and noddedseverely at Daniel Marvin, as if toimply that thiswasthe proper wayin which to handle a select female—brusquely, that is, and with ...
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... Corunna Dorman. The captain turnedhis eyesfrom Corunna to Marvin. “You see, Dan'l,”he said,“there'syears when there'sasoutherly breeze over toward the African coast, contrary toNature. Things beingcontrary to Natureup to now,we ...
... Corunna Dorman. The captain turnedhis eyesfrom Corunna to Marvin. “You see, Dan'l,”he said,“there'syears when there'sasoutherly breeze over toward the African coast, contrary toNature. Things beingcontrary to Natureup to now,we ...
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... Corunna. Eli Marvin wouldn't 'a' been so eager to have Dan'l come along with us as mate if he'd thought we'dtry tohammer his opinionsout of him;andif Dan'l goes as master ofhis father'sbrignext voyage,maybe he will show us.... Speak up ...
... Corunna. Eli Marvin wouldn't 'a' been so eager to have Dan'l come along with us as mate if he'd thought we'dtry tohammer his opinionsout of him;andif Dan'l goes as master ofhis father'sbrignext voyage,maybe he will show us.... Speak up ...
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... Corunna Dorman, her head bentover an intricate piece of needlework which pictured, in brilliant wools, the Holy Family seated beneath a fig treeandcontemplating with what may have been suspicion the distant spiresof Jerusalem. Up and ...
... Corunna Dorman, her head bentover an intricate piece of needlework which pictured, in brilliant wools, the Holy Family seated beneath a fig treeandcontemplating with what may have been suspicion the distant spiresof Jerusalem. Up and ...
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