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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... eyes flicked upward at him, only to fallagainto her work as he wheeledat the taffrail. He watched the sky; he watched the sea; he watched the helmsman.He watched the crew, forward, washing their garments bydragging them overside ...
... eyes flicked upward at him, only to fallagainto her work as he wheeledat the taffrail. He watched the sky; he watched the sea; he watched the helmsman.He watched the crew, forward, washing their garments bydragging them overside ...
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... eye traveled from the water to the peak ofthe mizzen sail and back again, passing lightly over the face of the helmsman—a Maine Indian as tall, almost, asMarvin himself,and clad in knee-length trousers so voluminous that they hadthelook ...
... eye traveled from the water to the peak ofthe mizzen sail and back again, passing lightly over the face of the helmsman—a Maine Indian as tall, almost, asMarvin himself,and clad in knee-length trousers so voluminous that they hadthelook ...
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Kenneth Roberts. He turned quickly toward the helmsman. “Keep your eye on that foretopgallant sail, Steven,” he said. “Keep her drawing.” “You did itagain!” Corunna whispered, when heturned back to her. “A body'dthink you'dbe poisoned if ...
Kenneth Roberts. He turned quickly toward the helmsman. “Keep your eye on that foretopgallant sail, Steven,” he said. “Keep her drawing.” “You did itagain!” Corunna whispered, when heturned back to her. “A body'dthink you'dbe poisoned if ...
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... eyes as black as coals in her dead-white face. “The lanyard!” she whispered, in a voice that trembled and broke. “This gun hasn't been fired!” “It's no good, Corunna! It's like breaking rockwith your fists.” She struck him inthe face ...
... eyes as black as coals in her dead-white face. “The lanyard!” she whispered, in a voice that trembled and broke. “This gun hasn't been fired!” “It's no good, Corunna! It's like breaking rockwith your fists.” She struck him inthe face ...
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... eyes like black flints. Marvin, watching her apprehensively, saw that one of her hands, deep in apocket of hergown, clutched something, heknew not what. Filled with asudden fear, he graspedher wrist.“Easy,Corunna!” he said. “We've ...
... eyes like black flints. Marvin, watching her apprehensively, saw that one of her hands, deep in apocket of hergown, clutched something, heknew not what. Filled with asudden fear, he graspedher wrist.“Easy,Corunna!” he said. “We've ...
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