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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... the hot andbrackish air; andas hedid so, the captain and the second mate followed his example, so that they seemed like puppets moved in unison by a single hand. The captain's puckeredlips became less sour. “I knew it,” he said. “She's ...
... the hot andbrackish air; andas hedid so, the captain and the second mate followed his example, so that they seemed like puppets moved in unison by a single hand. The captain's puckeredlips became less sour. “I knew it,” he said. “She's ...
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Kenneth Roberts. II. B. Y MIDAFTERNOON the breeze still held, and the Olive Branch, with a driver on her fore-and-aft mizzen, and studding sails set on her main and foremast, held steadily on her course to the northeastward. At the break of ...
Kenneth Roberts. II. B. Y MIDAFTERNOON the breeze still held, and the Olive Branch, with a driver on her fore-and-aft mizzen, and studding sails set on her main and foremast, held steadily on her course to the northeastward. At the break of ...
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... and there bythe small rufflings of vagrant airs.Ahead ofand high above him, the staysails and the squaresails onthe mainmast hung limpand draggled; while from among ... the stifling heat that had again enveloped the barque. He made two turns.
... and there bythe small rufflings of vagrant airs.Ahead ofand high above him, the staysails and the squaresails onthe mainmast hung limpand draggled; while from among ... the stifling heat that had again enveloped the barque. He made two turns.
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Kenneth Roberts. that had again enveloped the barque. He made two turns the length of the quarter-deck, and in that time seemed to arrive at a decision. “Yes,” he said, “they look high to me—high and heavy. Get out thesweeps! We'llsweep ...
Kenneth Roberts. that had again enveloped the barque. He made two turns the length of the quarter-deck, and in that time seemed to arrive at a decision. “Yes,” he said, “they look high to me—high and heavy. Get out thesweeps! We'llsweep ...
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... and broke and drifted offin pale streamers, allina moment's time. Down the wind there came a heavy thud, as if somevast horse, enraged, had drivena steel-shod hoof againsta fragile wall. III F ROM the main hatch, Marvin, superintending the ...
... and broke and drifted offin pale streamers, allina moment's time. Down the wind there came a heavy thud, as if somevast horse, enraged, had drivena steel-shod hoof againsta fragile wall. III F ROM the main hatch, Marvin, superintending the ...
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