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Gordon Grant
Penrod : his complete story
by Booth Tarkington
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16 editions published between 1931 and 1956 in English and Undetermined and held by 925 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Pt. 1. Penrod - - pt. 2. Penrod and Sam. - - pt.3. Penrod Jashber
The book of old ships and something of their evolution and romance : wherein will be found drawings and descriptions of many varieties of vessels, both long and round, showing their development from most remote times; the portraiture of their progress, their garnishment, etc., etc., together with divers dissertations upon the origins of shipping; also an appendix wherein will be discovered to the inquisitive much information appertaining to the ancient uses and customs of the sea and mariners
by Henry B Culver
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33 editions published between 1924 and 1992 in English and held by 913 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Penrod
by Booth Tarkington
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24 editions published between 1914 and 2007 in English and Dutch and held by 725 WorldCat member libraries worldwide The story of a boy growing up in Indianapolis at the turn of the century
The eternal sea : an anthology of sea poetry
by W. M Williamson
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6 editions published between 1946 and 1969 in English and held by 669 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Unrolling the map; the story of exploration
by Leonard Outhwaite
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14 editions published between 1935 and 1972 in English and held by 484 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Presents a chronology of the exploration and mapping of the globe by tracing the contributions of explorers through the centuries
Ramsey Milholland
by Booth Tarkington
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2 editions published in 1919 in English and held by 439 WorldCat member libraries worldwide The old man and the little boy, his grandson, sat together in the shade of the big walnut tree in the front yard, watching the "Decoration Day Parade," as it passed up the long street; and when the last of the veterans was out of sight the grandfather murmured the words of the tune that came drifting back from the now distant band at the head of the procession. "Yes, we'll all feel gay when Johnnie comes marching home again," he finished, with a musing chuckle. "Did you, Grandpa?" the boy asked. "Did I what?
Penrod Jashber
by Booth Tarkington
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6 editions published between 1929 and 2008 in English and held by 341 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A sequel to the original Penrod novel, continuing the adventures of Penrod Schofield and his dog in a small Midwestern city
The keeper of the bees
by Gene Stratton-Porter
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3 editions published in 1925 in English and held by 324 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Veteran escapes from hospital to avoid being sent to tubercular isolation camp, and finds health in aiding a beekeeper
The story of American sailing ships
by Charles S Strong
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1 edition published in 1957 in English and held by 268 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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by O Henry
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2 editions published in 1909 in English and held by 260 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The life and adventures of John Nicol, mariner
by John Nicol
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9 editions published between 1936 and 1937 in English and held by 224 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Presents the edited memoirs of eighteenth-century sailor John Nicol in which he tells of his many seafaring adventures
Watch below; a reconstruction in narrative form of the golden age of steam when coal took the place of wind and the tramp steamer's smoke covered the seven seas
by William McFee
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3 editions published in 1940 in English and held by 207 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The scarlet plague
by Jack London
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6 editions published between 1915 and 2008 in English and held by 154 WorldCat member libraries worldwide It was the summer of 2013 that the Plague came? The heart began to beat faster and the heat of the body to increase. Then came the scarlet rash, spreading like wildfire? An old man walks along deserted railway tracks, long since unused and overgrown; beside him a young, feral boy helps him along. It has been sixty years since the great Red Death wiped out mankind, and the handful of survivors, from all walks of life, have established their own civilisation, their own hierarchy in a savage world. Art, science, all learning's been lost, and the young descendants of the healthy few know no
The book of old ships : from Egyptian galleys to clipper ships
by Henry B Culver
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4 editions published in 1992 in English and held by 140 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Noted maritime artist Gordon Grant has created 80 line illustrations of some of history's most important sailing ships, beginning with an Egyptian galley (c. 1600 B.C.) and ending with a five-masted clipper ship of 1921. In between the reader will find a Roman trireme, a Viking longship, a 16th-century caravel, an East Indiaman of 1750, a New Bedford whaling bark, and dozens of lesser-known vessels
Forty famous ships; their beginning, their life histories, their ultimate fate; being a collection of short, pleasant and diverting dissertations anent the several vessels therein comprehended, all of which have played their parts, some large, some small, in the great world drama of the sea, in acts of strife & in peaceful scenes, from the early Christian era to the present day. How and why they gained their great reputations; and sundry facts relative to their dimensions, rigging, furniture, etc., etc., etc.; based upon the accounts of reputable and reliable authorities, both ancient and modern, and devoid of technical or tiresome refinements
by Henry B Culver
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2 editions published in 1936 in English and held by 124 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Forty famous ships; their beginnings, their life histories, their ultimate fate; being a collection of short, pleasant and diverting dissertations anent the several vessels therein comprehended, all of which have played their parts, some large, some small, in the great world drama of the sea, in acts of strife & in peaceful scenes, from the early Christian era to the present day. How and why they gained their great reputations; and sundry facts relative to their dimensions, rigging furniture, etc., etc., etc.; based upon the accounts of reputable and reliable authorities, both ancient and modern, and devoid of technical or tiresome refinements
by Henry B Culver
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6 editions published between 1936 and 1938 in English and held by 114 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Being a collection of short, pleasant and diverting dissertations anent the several vessels therein comprehended, all of which have played their parts, some large, some small, in the great world drama of the sea, in acts of strife & in peaceful scenes, from the early Christian era to the present day. How and why they gained their great reputations; and sundry facts relative to their dimensions, rigging furniture, etc., etc., etc.; based upon the accounts of reputable and reliable authorities, both ancient and modern, and devoid of technical or tiresome refinements
The book of old ships : and something of their evolution and romance: wherein will be found drawings and descriptions of many varieties of vessels, both long and round, showing their development from most remote times ; the portraiture of their progress, their garnishment, etc., etc., etc. together with divers dissertations upon the origins of shipping ; also an appendix wherein will be discovered to the inquisitive much information appertaining to the ancient uses and customs of the sea and mariners. Illustrated in line and color with a variety of original designs of shipping compiled from authentic sources.
by Henry B Culver
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1 edition published in 1977 in English and held by 95 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Greasy luck; a whaling sketch book
by Gordon Grant
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5 editions published between 1932 and 2013 in English and held by 93 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The rime of the ancient mariner
by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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2 editions published in 1938 in English and held by 91 WorldCat member libraries worldwide In this illustrated edition of the English poem, a sailor recounts the terrible fate that befell his ship when he shot down an albatross
The Story of the ship
by Gordon Grant
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4 editions published between 1919 and 1931 in English and held by 80 WorldCat member libraries worldwide more
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Albatrosses Allegory American Revolution (1775-1783) Animal welfare Antarctica Bee culture Beekeepers Boxing stories Boys California Christianity Death Despair Discoveries in geography DoreĢ, Gustave, Drawing, American English poetry Explorers Fortune Gambling Grant, Gordon Guilt Indiana Landscape drawing, American Nicol, John, Penance Plague Poetry Poetry, Modern Prayer Rime of the ancient mariner (Coleridge, Samuel Taylor) Sailing Sailing ships Sailors Science fiction Scotland Seafaring life Sea poetry Sea poetry, English Sea stories Shipbuilding Ships Short stories Short stories, American Spencer, Anne, Storytelling Travel United States Voyages and travels Voyages around the world
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Gordon Grant
Gordon, Grant H.
Gordon Hope Grant.
Grant, Gordon H., 1875-1962
Grant, Gordon H. (Gordon Hope), 1875-1962
Grant, Gordon Hope.
Grant, Gordon Hope 1875-1962
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