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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... ve got five minutes to collect your dunnage. Don't taketoo much or we'll pitch it overboard.” He turned backtoCorunna. “Sorry—sorry tocauseyou the inconvenience.” IV F ORTY seamen and twenty scarecrow marines crowded close.
... ve got five minutes to collect your dunnage. Don't taketoo much or we'll pitch it overboard.” He turned backtoCorunna. “Sorry—sorry tocauseyou the inconvenience.” IV F ORTY seamen and twenty scarecrow marines crowded close.
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Kenneth Roberts. IV. F. ORTY seamen and twenty scarecrow marines crowded close around the crew of the Olive Branch as they scrambled over the bulwarks and into the waist of the Beetle war brig, spurred on by the fractious voice and ...
Kenneth Roberts. IV. F. ORTY seamen and twenty scarecrow marines crowded close around the crew of the Olive Branch as they scrambled over the bulwarks and into the waist of the Beetle war brig, spurred on by the fractious voice and ...
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... seamen and jerked athumb toward the hatchway. Marvin raised a protestinghand. “Leave usour dunnage,”he said.“It'snot right toclap these men under hatches half naked, astheyare. They'll need clothes.” Oddsly's reply was contemptuous. “No ...
... seamen and jerked athumb toward the hatchway. Marvin raised a protestinghand. “Leave usour dunnage,”he said.“It'snot right toclap these men under hatches half naked, astheyare. They'll need clothes.” Oddsly's reply was contemptuous. “No ...
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