Samuel Crawford Kennedy : A Prosperous Maritime Career

Captain Edward Smith stayed on the boat while it was sinking. He was an English naval reserve officer. He

A. Scotti’s book, “Sudden Sea,” it is important to look at the novel in the context of its intended audience. If the novel was intended for an action hungry audience looking for an easy read with just enough historical context to make it seem real, Scotti has succeeded. If the novel was meant for the few looking to acquire new and meaningful knowledge about the 1938 hurricane, I believe it has not delivered in that regard. My goal in reading the book aligned more with the latter of those two options and so I do not believe the novel to have been worthwhile, but others with different tastes might argue otherwise. One thing that is clear is that this book has not made a lasting contribution to its field. That designation should be reserved for pieces with bigger claims and more evidence to support

This passage is an extract from Joseph O’ Connor’s Star of the sea which was penned in the year 2002. The passage makes use of a third person narrative view point as a result of which the readers are provided with a vivid image of passengers aboard a stormy sea ship. The passage talks about a ship afloat a stormy sea and how the passengers on the deck are caught unaware due to this storm. The author uses a descriptive style of writing with short crisp sentences that heighten the pace of the story. In the last two paragraphs however, the author uses longer sentences that signal a slower pace and show the readers that the storm has died down for the time being. The author has interspersed the action with 2 dialogues. It is interesting to

command. Although lives were lost in both tragedies, the incidents that occurred on the USS

Our engines start up, and send a slight jolt throughout the ship. Off in the distance, I spot three enemy battleships, two cruisers, and a carrier in the center. We are now in a fight for survival as we leave the decimated island behind us. I continue to fire the gun at the enemy fleet. Another shell hits us right in the stern, damaging the rudders. I look back at our once beautiful island; she is filled with craters and dead sailors. She is lost to the Japanese Imperial

The barge he owned was called The Maudelayne.” From this, we can infer how smart the Skipper was. Although he knew his way around for when we was on his boat, he had a back-up plan just in case his boat were to be destroyed-he would find the nearest shelter. To tie-in to the Skipper being smart, he displayed great dispatch. He dealt with his opponents quickly and efficiently.

As Hawkins grew up making profits from slave trading, he became a wealthy man. He ended up marrying twice, first Catherine Gonson then Margaret Vaughn. Having Cathrine as a wife was big perk for him because she was the daughter of the treasurer for Queen Elizabeth the I’s navy. On the

The son of a merchant sailing master, William Lloyd Garrison was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, in 1805. Mainly due to the Embargo Act, the Garrison family fell on hard times while William was still young. In 1808 William's father left his family, forcing them to beg for food from more prosperous families. Eventually William was forced to work, selling homemade molasses candy and delivering

Arriving upon a deserted island after a shipwreck with Mr. Grey, Mr. Wright, Robert, Alexander, and Lewis has been an intriguing experience for all parties involved. Before this day is over, however, I shall write down my recollections of this bizarre adventure starting from our arrival. Disembarking from the ruined ship, I searched for and gathered up the men on the beach who had voyaged with me. In a hastily assembled group, Robert quickly denounced us and our situation with his typical stinging remarks. Mr. Grey remained silent with a characteristic look of indifference upon his face through a barrage of criticism by the man who lacked all self-control: Lewis. I quickly deduced that Lewis, with his unrestrained nature, would be deadweight among the group. Ignoring the laughingstock, I

William Kidd ran away from home when he was 7. After fending for himself 20 years later he became a high ranking privateer. How did he become so successful with such a rough childhood? Some say he had to steal food from vendors. All we know is he was a miracle both when sailing and when fending for himself at a very young age. My biography is about the Beginning, Ending, Achievements, and Goals of Captain William Kidd.

On the morning of July 20 the sensation was increased by the loss of the vessel and its strange treasure. In the storm of the preceding night it had broken from its moorings and vanished forever from the sight of man, carrying with it the guard who had slept aboard despite the threatening weather. Capt. Orne, backed by extensive scientific interests and aided by large numbers of fishing boats from Gloucester, made a thorough and exhaustive searching cruise, but with no result other than the prompting of interest and conversation. By August 7 hope

At the outset Hull was the third most important whaling port in Britain, later becoming number one.”( L & R Leisure Consultants, 1986)

“The Andrea Gail, in the language, was a raked-stem, hard chined, western-rig boat”[outsideonline.com]. The six fishermen were David Sullivan, Robert Shatford, Dale Murphy, Michael Moran, Alfred Pierre, and the captain, William Tyne. The Andrea Gail left Gloucester with the six men to a swordfishing trip to the Grand Banks off Newfoundland on September twentieth 1991. “The men watched TV, cooked and ate, slept, prepared the fishing year, talked, talked

All was calm till there boat got hit. People didn't know what to do. Someone shot down their boat. One family knew what to do, the others didn't. The lusitania ship has got hit. The lusitania was the biggest ship ride of the year. The author emphasizes a lot in this story he was once in an attack like that too, He was scared, and didn't know what to do. The Author will empathize a lot in this story.

Joseph Patrick Kennedy was a very successful banker and film executive, born in Boston, Massachusetts, on September 6, 1888. Considered by many to be America’s version of the “royal family,” the Kennedy’s of Boston, Massachusetts have enjoyed triumphs and seen tragedy during the 20th century. As the family patriarch, Joseph Patrick Kennedy instilled values of commitment to public service, determination to succeed, and loyalty to family.