Search Results: Returned 19 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 19
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-- Two ninetyc2008., Pre-adolescent, Sourcebooks Jabberwocky Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A shipyard apprentice finds high adventure aboard the S.S. Alabama, originally called simply the 290, a Confederate ship which sails the Atlantic destroying Union vessels. Includes facts about the ship's history and Captain Raphael Semmes.
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c2008., Primary, Candlewick Press Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st U.S. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Catching a baby in his hat sets off a series of adventures for a young nineteenth-century English boy as he becomes a sea captain and finds a surprising mate.
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By Preus, Margi2015., Pre-adolescent, Amulet Books Call No: JUV001000 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In Japan in 1853, at the time of U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry's visit to Japan, Yoshi, a young Japanese boy who dreams of becoming a samurai one day, learns about America from Majiro and has adventures with Jack, a young cabin boy aboard one of the U.S. ships. Includes historical notes and glossary.
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Call No: 641.5 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Cook's Cook follows the 1768 journey of James Cook's H.M.S. Endeavour with his ship's cook, the one-handed John Thompson, as story teller. Through real recipes from the ship's galley, events on board and the places the ship traveled on its way to the Pacific, the book tells multiple stories. Here are stories of social class, hierarchy and race; stories of explorers and the people of the land; the story of one of the world's most famous explorers told through a fresh new lens. This beautiful book is full of information drawn from extensive research alongside evocative illustrations, released to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the Endeavour's journey.
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-- Age of sail2002, Greenwood Press Call No: 910.4 5 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: The Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series,Summary Note: Examines what life was like for people who sailed the high seas during the age of sail, from 1480 to 1880, discussing the men who chose to live and work at sea, as well as individuals who were on board for other reasons, including slaves, sailor's wives, and criminals.
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By Branse, J. Lc2002., Juvenile, PowerKids Press Call No: 973.3 BRA Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: The library of living and working in colonial timesSummary Note: Describes the life of a Nantucket sea captain, how he came to be in command of a whaling ship, and how he and his crew hunted whales.
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2010., Adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: Historical Fiction Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1855, seventeen-year-old Camille sets out from San Francisco, California, on her last sea voyage before entering a loveless marriage, but when her father's ship is destroyed, she and a friend embark on a cross-Australian quest to find her long-lost mother who holds a map to a magical stone.
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-- Sir Francis Drake2006., Chelsea House Publishers Call No: 921 DRAKE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Series Title: Explorers of new landsSummary Note: A look at the life of the English explorer and seaman who traveled around the world and to the New World and fought against the Spanish Armada.
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c2007., Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Fifteen-year-old Melkorka, an Irish princess, is kidnapped by Russian slave traders and not only learns how to survive but to challenge some of the brutality of her captors, who are fascinated by her apparent muteness and the possibility that she is enchanted.
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2014., Juvenile, Simon & Schuster BFYR Call No: Historical fiction FIC NAPOLI Edition: First Simon & Schus Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Input this URL in a browser to get HTML More Info data. Summary Note: Fifteen-year-old Melkorka, an Irish princess, is kidnapped by Russian slave traders and not only learns how to survive but to challenge some of the brutality of her captors, who are fascinated by her apparent muteness and the possibility that she is enchanted.
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c2007., Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Fifteen-year-old Melkorka, an Irish princess, is kidnapped by Russian slave traders and not only learns how to survive but to challenge some of the brutality of her captors, who are fascinated by her apparent muteness and the possibility that she is enchanted.
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c2011., Adolescent, Harcourt Call No: ADVENTURE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Bloody Jack Adventure. Volume: bk 9Summary Note: In 1807, having survived a typhoon in the East Indies, Jacky Faber makes her way to London to seek a pardon for herself and her betrothed, Jaimy Fletcher, who, posing as a highwayman, is trying to avenge her supposed death.
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c2008., Pre-adolescent, Margaret K. McElderry Books Call No: Historical Fiction Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Publisher description Sample text Summary Note: Relates events of explorer Henry Hudson's final voyage in 1602 from four points of view, those of his seventeen-year-old son aboard ship, a younger son left in London, a crewmember, and a young English woman acting as a spy in Holland in hopes of restoring honor to her family's name.
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2009., Adolescent, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: ADVENTURE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Bloody Jack Adventure. Volume: bk 7Summary Note: In 1806, star-crossed lovers Jacky Faber and Jaimy Fletcher are kidnapped by British Naval Intelligence and forced to embark on yet another daring mission--this time to search for sunken Spanish gold off the Florida coast.
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By Lane, Andy[2014]., Farrar Straus Giroux Call No: [Fic] Edition: First American edit Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Sherlock Holmes. The legend begins Volume: 5Summary Note: Kidnapped and taken to China, young Sherlock Holmes enjoys adventure on the high seas before encountering a puzzling case of three men bitten by the same poisonous snake in different parts of Shanghai. Includes historical notes.
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By Lane, AndyÃ2012., Farrar Straus Giroux Call No: MYSTERY Edition: 1st American ed., 2 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Sherlock Holmes: The Legend Begins Volume: bk 5Summary Note: "Kidnapped and taken to China, young Sherlock Holmes enjoys adventure on the high seas before encountering a puzzling case of three men bitten by the same poisonous snake in different parts of Shanghai. Includes historical notes"--Provided by publisher.
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[2013]., Alfred A. Knopf Call No: ADVENTURE F MCK Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Hardened survivor Aiden Lynch's luck continues to serve him when he wins a ship in a high-stakes poker game. The ship is well-fitted and ready for trade, and so Aiden becomes a trader between California and Peru. However, nothing in his past prepared Aiden for the cruelty and savagery he sees in Peru, particularly in the mines--and when Aiden meets a Chinese miner who claims to be a captured nobleman, his loyalties come into question.
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2010., Adolescent, Harcourt Call No: ADVENTURE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Bloody Jack Adventure. Volume: bk 8Summary Note: Now rich, Jacky Faber has purchased the Lorelei Lee to carry passengers across the Atlantic, and believing she has been absolved of past sins against the Crown, she docks in London, where she is arrested and sentenced to life in the newly formed penal colony in Australia.
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2005., Pre-adolescent, Franklin Watts Call No: 942.05 5 092 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Details what life was like for those who sailed with the infamous pirate, Sir Francis Drake.