The Voyage Of The Arrow

The Voyage Of The Arrow

Thornton Jenkins Hains

36,45 €
IVA incluido
Disponible
Editorial:
Kessinger Publishing
Año de edición:
2009
Materia
Antologías (no poéticas)
ISBN:
9781104509118
36,45 €
IVA incluido
Disponible

Selecciona una librería:

  • Librería Samer Atenea
  • Librería Aciertas (Toledo)
  • Kálamo Books
  • Librería Perelló (Valencia)
  • Librería Elías (Asturias)
  • Donde los libros
  • Librería Kolima (Madrid)
  • Librería Proteo (Málaga)

The Voyage of the Arrow is a book written by Thornton Jenkins Hains and published in 1906. It is a thrilling account of the adventures and perils encountered by the Arrow, a ship that set sail to the China Seas. The book describes the journey of the Arrow, its crew, and the challenges they faced on their way to their destination.The book is divided into several chapters, each of which tells a different part of the story. The first chapter introduces the Arrow and its crew, including the captain, the first mate, and the sailors. The subsequent chapters describe the voyage itself, including the storms, the calms, and the encounters with other ships along the way.As the Arrow approaches the China Seas, it encounters a group of sea vultures, who capture the ship and its crew. The book describes the harrowing experiences of the crew as they are held captive by the sea vultures, and their eventual escape.Throughout the book, Hains provides vivid descriptions of the sights, sounds, and smells of life at sea. He also includes details about the ship’s equipment and the daily routines of the crew. The book is a fascinating account of a journey to the China Seas and the dangers that can be encountered on such a voyage.Overall, The Voyage of the Arrow is an exciting and engaging book that will appeal to anyone interested in adventure stories, maritime history, or tales of survival at sea.As Set Down By William Gore, Chief Mate.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Artículos relacionados

  • Last Resort
    Jill Sanders
    Cassey's life is crazy enough. The last thing she needs is some cocky rich boy trying to destroy her business. Normally immune to these vultures, she finds this brazen hottie especially difficult to refuse. Out to close the deal of a lifetime, Luke won't take no for an answer, and the intoxicating beauty standing in his way isn't going to go down easily. He'll n...
    Disponible

    15,86 €

  • Voodoos and Obeahs
    Joseph J Williams
    Sorcery & Witchcraft in the CaribbeanVoodoos and Obeahs: Phases of West India Witchcraft by the Jesuit anthropologist Joseph J. Williams (1875-1940) offers a careful documentation of the history and ethnography of Voodoo and reveals the connection of both Haitian Voodoo and Jamaican Obeah to snake worship (ophioletreia). In Jamaica, Obeah is the general term to denote those Afr...
    Disponible

    21,57 €

  • Camouflaged Sisters
    Lila Holley
    Camouflaged Sisters chronicles the courageous path of fourteen women who overcame various internal and external struggles during their military careers. These veterans give open accounts of how they adapted, achieved work-life balance, relied on their faith, and used mentorship as a vital tool in their success pre- and post-military career.Expect to be inspired by black women w...
    Disponible

    20,65 €

  • The Yellow Wallpaper
    Charlotte Perkins Gilman
    The Yellow Wallpaper (original title: "The Yellow Wall-paper. A Story") is a 6,000-word short story by the American writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman, first published in January 1892 in The New England Magazine. It is regarded as an important early work of American feminist literature, illustrating attitudes in the 19th century toward women's health, both physical and mental....
    Disponible

    5,26 €

  • Tea
    Velina Hasu Houston
    It’s 1968.  Himiko Hamilton struggles in a graceless marriage in a country that is not her own.  Having come from Japan at the end of World War II and landed in a small Kansas town because of her marriage to an American soldier, she is at odds with the culture that she left behind and the one in which she is trying to survive. In the midst of this turmoil is her beautiful mixed...
    Disponible

    31,79 €

  • Great Expectations
    Charles Dickens
    ***Traditional Character Edition***Great Expectations is hailed as Charles Dickens' masterpiece. A gripping tale of love and loss, aspiration and moral redemption, the story follows the young orphan Xiaomao (Pip) from poverty to a life of unexpected opportunity and wealth. In Part 2, Xiaomao leaves his life of poverty behind to seek his fortunes in Shanghai and win the hear...
    Disponible

    16,48 €

Otros libros del autor

  • Mr. Trunnell
    Thornton Jenkins Hains
    Mr. Trunnell: Mate Of The Ship Pirate is a novel written by Thornton Jenkins Hains and published in 1900. The story follows the adventures of Mr. Trunnell, a seasoned sailor who becomes the mate of a ship owned by a notorious pirate named Blackbeard. Despite his reservations about piracy, Mr. Trunnell finds himself drawn into the dangerous world of piracy and must use his wits ...
    Disponible

    36,48 €

  • The Wind-Jammers (1902)
    Thornton Jenkins Hains
    The Wind-Jammers is a novel written by Thornton Jenkins Hains and published in 1902. The story takes place in the late 1800s and follows the adventures of Captain Nat Kemp and his crew of sailors on board the schooner, the Mary K. Dahr. The book is set in the era of commercial sailing, where ships were powered by the wind and crews faced the dangers of the open sea. Captain Kem...
    Disponible

    34,37 €

  • The Wreck Of The Conemaugh
    Thornton Jenkins Hains
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
    Disponible

    19,42 €