Book Description
This authentic plan book advertises 101 "modern homes," selected by the publisher from thousands of submitted designs. Chosen for aesthetic appeal, convenience, and economy of construction, the homes range in scale from lavish to modest, and each appears with detailed floor plans and an actual photograph of the completed dwelling. 118 photos.
Customer Reviews:
1920s Houses and photographs.......2006-01-14
As another reviewer pointed out, this book is really a straight reprint of the 1925 Harris, McHenry and Baker Lumber company. It's a book of house plans (not whole kits) offered for sale.
Unlike some of the kit home catalogs, this book showed actual photographs of the finished properties.
For those restoring a 1920s home to its original grandeur, this is a wonderful book. If you're just a nut about old houses and enjoy studying the early 20th Century architecture, you'll love the vintage photos.
One of the things I loved about the book was finding that my home town (Portsmouth, VA) was loaded with houses pictured in this book. I grew up in a section called "Waterview" and found six houses from this book in that one area.
So, apparently these homes were quite popular in certain locales.
All that aside, as someone with a deep, abiding love of historic architecture, I would highly recommend this book. It's interesting, informative and a wonderful window into our past.
Rose
author, The Houses That Sears Built
co-author, California's Kit Homes
A good starting place.......2002-08-15
This book is a good starting point for anyone interested in the homes built in the 1920-1930's. The plans are small, but do give you an idea of the basic setup.
Great addition to a collection of plan books.......2002-07-11
This is a reprint of a house plan catalog from 1925; originally, it was the catalog of the Harris, McHenry & Baker Co., a lumber company. These books from Dover are exact reprints of original plan books from the turn of the century (1880-1925, roughly - this book is one of the latest years in the series). Dover adds little or no modern explanations, just presenting the catalog as it was. So when one looks to review these books, one isn't really judging the modern-day publisher, or editing, or writing. To judge the books, one has to compare each one to others of its kind, and then to decide whether the material in it is thorough and complete according to the standards of its time. Since there are several dozen of these catalogs published by Dover, we have the basis for such a comparison.
This particular homes catalog has several unusual elements to it which make it worth adding to a collection. For starters, almost all of the houses are illustrated with photographs, rather than drawings, so we are seeing actual, finished models of the houses. The photographs include some things we'd be unlikely to see in a drawing or artist's rendering, for example, the photo of the Webster model shows the driveway, and the garage with carriage-house type doors behind the house. And the Kingston shows a car in the driveway - just the rear of the car, I couldn't identify the make or model, but it is neat to see a nice middle-class house with a car, something we couldn't take for granted in earlier years.
Some plan books have no text except the price listings and how to order; others have entire sections of articles, or extensive suggestions as to furnishings, colors to finish the house in, etc. This book falls in between those extremes as to amount of text, but what's actually written for each house, although short, is quite unusual. The company is apparently trying to push social engineering along with new homes. For example, here's the text accompanying the photo of the Van Buren model: "Clean men, both of hand and heart, are invariably the product of happy home unions. It is around the harmonious hearthstone where the glow of mutual interest and understanding temper the finer senses that men mould character of sterling worth. It would be a violation of a natural law if homes in The Van Buren class should produce other than men of clean purpose." And here's the text for the Dumont Duplex: "The Dumont cannot be surpassed as a double house, and will make homes of exceptional advantages and refinements for those whose experience and education have taught them the value of good fellowship and neighborly kindness. Learning to co-operate with our fellow creatures is the secret of overcoming selfishness and all of its poisoning effects upon our better selves." Well! Is that the best reason for living in multi-family housing you've ever heard?
This book is late enough into the century that we can take interior bathrooms for granted; the 1920's are quite modern compared to 15 years earlier. A plan book from 1912, for example, still has half the houses without indoor baths, and many not wired for electricity. On the other hand, there are not yet garages featured automatically with the houses, and the kitchen stoves still need a chimney vented to the outside. I greatly enjoy comparing books from a few years apart, to see the progress being made. Many of the houses have the "built-in" features that became popular in the teens: built-in fold-down ironing boards, breakfast nooks with built-in bench seating, laundry chutes from upstairs to downstairs, built-in bookcases next to the fireplace or between the living room and dining room.
There are quite a few houses that seem ahead of their time as to modern features. The Van Buren has two bathrooms upstairs, one for the master bedroom and the other for all the other bedrooms. Both bathrooms have both a bathtub and a shower stall. In fact, looking at the floor plan for the Van Buren, one could imagine living in it today fairly easily, with just the addition of a bit more kitchen counter space. The Chesterfield, likewise, is a house I'd love to live in, with not only two full bathrooms, but built-in bookcases downstairs, and built0in window seats upstairs in the bedrooms, a walk-through pantry with more built-in cabinets than most, and beautiful balconies. The Webster has a "radio room" off the dining room - presumably for the hobbyist! It also has a downstairs powder room as well as the usual upstairs bathroom. The Westhaven offers a dumbwaiter to the basement (presumably where there is storage), a separate laundry room, a downstairs washroom with both toilet and a double sink and an upstairs bathroom, as well as a sewing room, a clothes chute, an indoor refrigerator instead of an ice box that has to be near the back door, and a waste-burner disposal. (Remember, this is before we were worried about air pollution! A waste burner was very modern then!) Most of the houses still have the refrigerators situated right by the back door, still assuming the need for ice delivery, and many with slots for milk delivery as well, but there were the first few real refrigerators, as well as real washing machines, at this time, and this company appears to be forward thinking enough to have designed houses for these brand-new conveniences.
In summary: a must for continuity from "old" houses to "modern" and also for the unusual text which will keep you amused.
Interesting Reproduction of an Original House Plan Catalogue.......2000-06-23
This faithful reproduction of a 1920's home plans catalogue offers a wide range of plans covering many different styles and house sizes.
Each page provides a photograph or rendering of the house exterior, a floor plan including dimensions, and a "unique" promotional blurb which shows how times have changed!
On the downside, all homes are shown in black and white and there are no interior views to indicate finishings, accessories or furniture for those who are looking for a restoration resource book. The last few pages, however, do include sections on possible additions, garage styles and renderings of interior and exterior doors.
Book Description
From a perfectly posed butterfly to a delicately tinted leaf to tiny eggs in a bird's nest, realistic natural details enhance a painting's appeal. Now internationally-acclaimed artist and teacher Peggy Harris shares with painters:
-Smart techniques, such as using isolation windows, to single out and really see tiny, fascinating elements of nature -Tips on how to accurately portray an array of subjects, including ladybugs, dragonflies, frogs, wildflowers, vines and more -Short painting demos featuring common flora and fauna found in woods and forests, ponds and streams, and meadows and hills, so painters can create their own scenes -6 vignettes, showing readers how to put the details together
Painting Nature with Peggy Harris inspires readers' imaginations while giving them the techniques they need to paint attractive and convincing nature scenes.
Customer Reviews:
Great Book For All Types of Painting.......2005-09-15
Peggy Harris's style of painting works well with tole, oil and even watercolor. Her step by step instructions I found to be easy to follow. Great book ! ... this one is a keeper.
Book Description
WINGSPAN is an intimate scrapbook charting how Paul McCartney's band, Wings, became one of the biggest selling acts of the 1970's with memorable hits like "Band on the Run," "My Love," "With a Little Luck," "Live and Let Die," "Junior's Farm," "Jet," and many others. At the same time, Paul and his wife, Linda, a fellow band member, were raising a family at home and on the road. This book is a personal record of Wings' beginnings after the break up of the world's most celebrated rock group, the Beatles, through to the 1980's. Apart from a unique insight into the dynamics of a hugely popular band and an extraordinary marriage, WINGSPAN brings back memories of some of the wonderful songs and how they were written, recorded and performed.
Customer Reviews:
Pictures In The Life Of Wings.......2005-08-26
Wingspan is an oversized pictorial history of Paul McCartney & Wings. The book starts off with some photos of the Paul & Linda's early days together in the late 60's all the way through 1980 and the end of Wings. Mr. McCartney provides the commentary that is sprinkled in between the photos. It is not the most enlightening stuff, but it comes across like Mr. McCartney himself, light, breezy and affable. The pictures are another matter. They provide a deep look into the McCartney's personal life, the band's rehearsals, tours and recording sessions. The book is presented beautifully and the end includes a discography and photos of all the group's album covers.
Wingspan.......2003-01-24
As a second generation Beatles fan, I truly loved Wings. It's a shame so little has been written about Paul and his band....until now. While I do wish more details would emerge about Paul's relationship with Denny Laine and Jimmy McCullough, I am grateful for Wingspan (DVD and book). If Linda had lived to help with this project, I believe she would have felt free to recollect both good and not so good times on the road. Because the Beatles legacy is so huge, I feel not enough respect and appreciation is given to Wings' legacy, not even by Paul himself! Perhaps in time, we'll learn more. For now, Wingspan is the best tribute yet.
Glimpses.......2002-12-31
"Wingspan" is a glossy book of photos for fans, combined with some scraps of comment by McCartney (interviewed, it should be noted, by his own daughter Mary.) It's good to finally get some information about Paul's Wings years. This is obviously Paul making his own case, though he is certainly honest about matters such as his frustration with the band's ever-changing lineup, as well as his 1980 arrest for pot in Japan. Overall, one cannot help but admire the bravely carefree attitude with which Paul formed this new band and made some spotty but often good music. Above all this book is meant to be a tribute to Linda McCartney, a defense of her role in the band, and an inspirational look at how a family man can combine work and play. Personally I would have liked to see more in-depth interviewing by someone more impartial, as well as interviews with other band members, most especially Denny Laine who stayed with Wings through the entire decade but is given rather short text shrift here. But then, I'm grateful for what we get. As Paul comments, Wings wasn't rocket science, it was just making music, and this is a fun, breezy book about a fun band.
Lewisohn-McCartney.......2002-10-21
Has Paul McCartney finally found the writing partner to fill the void created by the breakup of his liaison with John Lennon? If "Wingspan" is anything to go by, then he may well have done so. Mark Lewisohn, the much-celebrated Professor Emeritus of Beatledom, proves himself to be the ideal sidekick to Macca, collaborating with the Great Man on a wonderfully informative book that leaves no stone unturned in its effort to detail every facet of a fascinating period in the life of a multitalented artist. So vivid are the recollections that it's almost as if you're right there with Paul, Linda and their troupe of kids and collaborators. Lennon & McCartney were a legendary team, but Lewisohn & McCartney are a pretty formidable pair in their own "write". They should try working together on some songs...
The 1970's on Planet Earth with Paul & Linda McCartney.......2002-09-30
This book is literally like looking through Paul & Linda McCartney's personal photo album of their lives throughout the 1970's! The photographs, many of which have never been seen by the public before are breathtaking for any McCartney or Wings fan! I already have some favorite photos, such as the one of young Heather at a recording session for Wings Wild Life playing a Fender Jazz Bass. There is also a rare shot of Ringo Starr holding Paul's Rickenbacker bass on stage with Wings in Los Angeles in 1976. Another great photo shows Paul in the foreground while Linda sits in the background holding Paul's bass for him (bass sitting?). And one of the most amazing shots to me is one of Paul at the Grand Ole Opry in downtown Nashville. He is posing for the camera, complete with sunglasses and straw cowboy hat, looking like any other curious tourist to the few passers-by on the street that day! Little did they know that he's really one of the most famous people on the planet!
I have described just four photos in a book that is completely packed with photographs from the front fold-out cover to the back fold-out over with captions, commentary and reminising by Paul McCartney! This book is, quite simply, an amazing collection and a definite must have for all who love the music and legacy of Paul, Linda and Wings. If you haven't already bought it or ordered it here, Christmas is coming soon so make sure you put it on your wish list!
Book Description
Dogs and comic strips enjoy a long history together. But leave it to the highly creative mind of cartoonist Steve Watkins to come up with a "dawg" like no other. Watkins's pooch is none other than DJ Dog, a down-on-his-luck, ex-rap star canine forced by circumstances beyond his control to become a permanent houseguest in a suburban family household. Talk about culture shock!Watkins pulls off this unlikely scenario in his hot new comic strip, Housebroken, which captures fans everywhere it appears. Now Housebroken: There's a New Dawg in Town provides the perfect way for fans to find out what happens when hip-hop and suburban cultures clash under one roof. DJ continues to be a star-at least in his own mind-but he must share the stage with the Watson family, including neurotic attorney and father Thurgood, outspoken mother Leslie, nine-year-old businesswoman and daughter Mya, and seven-year-old son Malik, who likes cars and sports second only to his once-famous pit bull.Housebroken boasts all the elements of a hilarious comedy: city dog in the 'burbs, personal agendas galore, attitude and ineptitude, egos to match the extremes. Like the strip, this book holds multiracial appeal, reaching a broad audience with its universal themes of family, cooperation, and overcoming differences.
Customer Reviews:
Hilarious.......2004-12-03
Steve Watkins has a wry sense of humor and a fantastic voice to share his observations. Through alter egos as varied as an anthropomorphic dog and a conflicted lawyer, he introduces a world of characters who will soon join the pantheon inhabited by Opus, Huey and Calvin. Great job!
Loved it! .......2004-10-27
Until recently, I resisted comic strips because I felt that I was past the appropiate age to read them. A friend of mine, who is a fan of Housebroken, suggested that I give this book a try. You know what? I really enjoyed it. After reading the book, I make an effort to read this comic strip daily. I would like to thank the author for getting me back into comic strips.
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- Sour Grapes
- Personal Journeys of Love
- "Hell Hath No Fury..."
- Don't Miss the Boat
- Brava,Brava,Brava,Brava.
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Boat Bastard: A Love/Hate Memoir
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Book Description
Embark on a thirteen-year journey through the stormy, madcap, on-again, off-again relationship between a Boston advertising art director (van Rooyen) and a Boston advertising film-director-turned-sailor ("The Captain").
Boat Bastard examines the torturous, slightly out of step mating dance that ensues between these two oversize personalities, complete with the requisite break-ups, reconciliations, and bloody bumps and bruises along the way. From Boston and Cape Cod to France, Israel, Jordan, and, finally, the Chesapeake, the Captain navigates this affair on his own terms, until one day, van Rooyen jumps ship.
With enormous wit and deadpan delivery, van Rooyen lays bare the very real experience of being the not-so-perfect woman trying to get it right with the almost-perfect man. In the end, she discovers that much as the Captain cannot seem to eke out much space for her within the confines of his boat, so too fares her claim on the affection within his heart. Van Rooyen finally emerges from the relationship with more than her share of sadness and regret, but also with the dignity that comes from having the strength to walk away.
Customer Reviews:
Sour Grapes.......2002-12-24
Two horribly mismatched people stumbling through a relationship that didn't have a chance in heck of working. I kept hoping that the protagonist would wake up and dump him if their relationship was as bad as the author describes. I also felt that there are two sides to every story and wondered what the "captain" would say if he could write a book. Was he treated fairly by "The Boat Bastard"? I doubt it. It must be terribly comforting to write a book about a break-up where you can airbrush your own flaws while highlighting those of your ex. Then all you have to do is admit to some not-too-objectionable personal foibles yourself to give the impression that you are being brutally honest.
I didn't enjoy this book and would not recommend it. A more apt title would have been "Sour Grapes".
Personal Journeys of Love.......2002-08-16
Two passionate lovers, moving at a different pace, their egos colliding at high sea and on shore. This is a 13 year trip across borders with their personal history and expectations of each other .
The Boat Bastard is a wonderful book and a must read for all on the ocean of love, or heartache.
"Hell Hath No Fury...".......2002-07-04
"Hell hath no fury..." but does not have such a talented one as she who has expressed it with the candor, love, humor, artistry and sophistication of this intimate memoir. Deborah takes you by the hand and invites you to visit the ports of call of this stormy relationship that are the tapestry against which she portrays vividly, and with remarkablke economy of brushstrokes, the human foibles of the characters, including her own, that bring to life this memorable and deeply moving human saga.It is around The Captain and his thoroughbred yacht, who at center stage display exquisite style and presence topside but considerably less elegant and accomodating selves below deck, that the protagonists are unmasked.This is the work of a compassionate artist whose sensitivity and generosity give life to a cast that is above all imminently human. It is, in no way, a "bitch and moan" statementbut rather an expression of courageously processed and resolved experience of abandonment and loss which keeps author and reader intact as they navigate the stormy passage.Deborah offers a compelling and delightfully readable book that belongs in everybody's beach bagfor a first read, with anticipatuion of many subsequent revisits.
Don't Miss the Boat.......2002-06-19
I don't usually read much in this genre but this one is juicy in form and content. Using consistently inventive writing and open-heart surgery with only local aesthetics for protection, the author travels over male-female oceans familiar in their choppy rhythms and treacherous currents. Yet she adds fascination through taking her own distinct bearings, standing on her integrity, getting blown off course, and finally finding safe haven - albeit not in the destination she desired. Despite the pain and love van Rooyen comes over as more than fair to her fellow seatraveller but I can't help but feel she jumped ship just in time. Otherwise he'd have sailed her into a sea of alcoholic despond infested with vapid wasps in what must be one of the inner rings of Hell. In the end, the feisty Jewishness that blocks her acceptance to the class and salt encrusted establishment proves to be a blessing - you need to read to the conclusion to understand what I mean - as Israeli directness rips the thin topsail of upper East Coast America's illusionary inclusiveness into shreds.
Each time my interest began to die down, van Rooyen found a fresh inspiration to keep me reading right through to the finale and even after that she had a unexpectedly entertaining coda of friend's comments. I hope she writes a mystery next time around as this is a talent to enjoy already and to watch in the future.
Brava,Brava,Brava,Brava........2002-06-13
Congratulations! You have created a masterpeice! You are lovable and forgivable. You are not the victim, nor the victimizer, you are honest, poignant, and funny. I knew you were funny, and sensitive, but I saw a whole different dimension to that in your book. Your intelligence and charm shine like a beacon. You are any woman, and every woman. Including me. I had a very similar relationship, feeling that the object of your affections was always slightly out of reach even though they were seemingly right there to be had. I rushed home from where ever I was to read this book, I was hungry for it. I wished there was more,as I dreadfully feared the arrival of the last page. Your recalling of details was so impressive, but then again, when you give so much of yourself to a relationship, you tend to absorb it all like a sponge, the person becomes your drug. I'm still thinking about the book, it had an effect on me, and I'm speaking objectively! That's what makes a story good, when you are still working it over in your mind. This world is filled with forgettable books, but this is not one of them. God Deb, I loved it, and I love you, and I
could go on forever, but you get the point. Well done...
Customer Reviews:
Helpful...Especially for "Newbie" SAHMs.......2006-01-12
First, I want to address the review of one star and a "warning" (about the God refs). I also tend to glaze over at too many references to God, as I am not overly religious. Having said that, I still buy plenty of homemaking books that have that element, and I simply skim/skip over the parts that do not interest me.
No need to slam a book without reading it first. You know, "don't judge a book by its cover" and all, LOL. Unless of course, you are an easily offended kind of person (which I am not). ; )
This book was immensely helpful to me when I was just starting out as a SAHM. Gave me tons of ideas and really inspired me to love my new "job".
I still flip it open now and then to get some new ideas or to hit the "refresh" button on my week/month. ; )
Good book altogether, really made me feel like what I was doing was important (now I have the confidence to know that without a book, but it was really helpful in those first months at home).
Excellent and realistic........2004-03-03
I have read parts of this book, and that which I have read has been really fun. There are handy, practical suggestions for making life at home interesting for both you and your children. It is definitely written from a Christian perspective, however one that many denominations would be more or less compatible with. If you are curious/positive about Christianity but don't consider yourself a formal believer, it will also probably work OK for you.
If you're not religious - watch out!.......2002-10-16
Had I bothered to read the editorial review before I bought this book I would have found out that it is "bible-based". I never read this book so I can't say if it's good or not. I never got past the back cover that used the word "God" and "Bible" at least 10 times. A warning to moms like me who aren't looking for the religious spin on parenting.
God Bless Angie Peters and "Celebrate Home!".......2000-07-25
I met Angie at a "Stay-at-Home Mom's" Conference, and she was wonderful! She understand all the "stuff" that we at-home moms face. I believe that one of the best sections in the book deals with cutting back to one income. She gives some very practical advice on how to do this. I have just had my second child, and I just finished reading the book again! I would recommend this book to anyone who is even considering staying home with their kids!
Wonderful book for SAHM's.......1999-12-14
If you need some ideas for those rainy days, or even the sunny ones, this book will help moms and dads with their kids.
Book Description
Admiral Nelson's most frequent cry was for more frigates. Though not ships of the line these fast and powerful warships were the 'eyes of the fleet'. They enabled admirals to find where the enemy lay and his likely intentions, as well as patrolling vital trade routes and providing information from far-flung colonies. Together with their smaller cousins, the sloops and brigs of the Royal Navy, they performed a vital function.
Generally commanded by ambitious young men, these were the ships that could capture enemy prizes and earn their officers and men enough prize-money to set them up for life. The fictional characters Horatio Hornblower and Jack Aubrey hardly surpassed some of the extraordinary deeds of derring-do and tragedy described in these pages.
Originally published in two volumes, this book is a bargain for all who want the factual low-down on the Brylcreem Boys of Nelson's navy.
Customer Reviews:
An excellent explanation of the subject........2006-03-25
There was a time when I thought I knew the difference between a Frigate, a Sloop and a Brig, but then I began to get quite confused. Now that I have had time to study this particular work on the subject, I realise just how much I was confused to start with. Thankfully, all is now becoming quite clear and I can see myself returning to this book time and again to check this or clarify that.
Always, the smaller ships of the Royal Navy, Frigates, Sloops and Brigs have historically been assigned the some of the Royals Navy's most important tasks without ever receiving the glory - something that was always reserved for much bigger warships. Nevertheless, in the days of Nelson an adventurous and ambitious young commander could easily make his name by providing the Admiral with the most important news regarding enemy fleet movements and, at other times, quite often take enough prizes to set themselves up for life.
A well-written book in which the author recounts many of the battles fought by these vessels, what I found particularly interesting was the historical facts about each specific ship. I do believe this aspect of the work will prove to be a great boon for those involved with research.
Altogether, a good read and something of a bargain as well.
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Showing its age.......2002-06-24
Judging by the enthusiasm of most of the previous reviewers, my somewhat qualified endorsement of this book may strike a sour note. So, to pre-empt some of the possible adverse reaction, this is where I'm coming from: British, and fond of the place with all its faults, son of a long-service Royal Navy officer, and with a life-long interest in naval history. I do not, in short, criticise out of national or personal bias.
Henderson's book is fundamentally a collection of anecdotes, rather uneven in quality, about frigate actions during the Revolutionary, Napoleonic and American (1812) Wars. Some of these, especially Cochrane's wasted effort at the Basque Roads, and Hoste's victory at Lissa (a miniature fleet action) are analysed in considerable detail and provide real insight into what went on. Henderson writes well, and as other reviewers have noted, he was a practical sailing man and does not make mistakes about ship-handling.
On the plus side, he is far more balanced than many writers of his generation (the book was first published in 1970) about the relative merits of the Royal Navy vis-a-vis its opponents. He gives credit to brave and skilled opposition where it is due, and includes a fair selection of British defeats as well as victories. And if he reports more victories than defeats - that's the way it was. Even the rude awakening given by the big American spar-deck frigates in 1812 hardly put a blip in the graph of British naval success in the period he covers.
On the minus side, he idolises his heroes amongst the frigate captains, especially Pellew and Cochrane, and is strongly partisan about everything to do with them. He rails against the ill-favour in which the Admiralty held Cochrane, but fails to note that Cochrane was damned not only by his own headstrong (to put it mildly) conduct, but also by the fact that his political patron Dundas was the most outstandingly corrupt politician of his generation (a hard title to carry off), who was doing all he could to thwart the Admiralty's efforts to put its own house in order.
The action chapters are preceded by and interspersed with with some fairly summary (and in a few instances inaccurate) information on how frigates were crewed, armed and supplied. The problem here is that Henderson doesn't really take proper note of the changes over his period. He notes the phasing out of the small 12-pounder frigates in favour of the 18-pounder classes, but otherwise tends to gloss over the quite considerable changes, including the shaking off of French design influence, to which he attaches far too much weight. Perhaps the book suffered in my mind from being read at the same time as Robert Gardiner's masterful volume on the Napoleonic frigates, which addresses these issues in great detail (and had the benefit of an additional 20 years' accrued research by the naval history community).
What Henderson wrote was a well worthwhile book at the time of its publication. That was more than 30 years ago, and internal evidence (e.g. comparisons with classes of 20th century British warships long-defunct even in 1970) suggests that some sections had been drafted (or at least had gone firm in the author's mind) decades before that. As a collection of blood-stirring tales it is still first class, but naval scholarship has moved on a long way since then. If you want the real story behind the actions Henderson describes, you should invest in Gardiner's book, or Tom Wareham's new book on the frigate captains.
The frigates review.......2002-04-09
The book The Frigates is a historic account of battles between warships from 1793-1815. The term 'frigate' originated in the Mediterranean, in French frégate, in Spanish fregatta, and was first applied to a galleass type warship, about 250 tons, fitted with oars as well as sails. The word was also used loosely for describing small swift ships of force until the eighteenth century when the Royal Navy made a strict rating system.
The book tells how frigates came into regular use as warships in navies worldwide. The illustrations throughout the book show many diverse battle tactics that were used during this time. Tables in the back of the book compare relative strengths of different sizes of frigates in 1794 and 1814. The French originally developed frigates, which were superior in size and speed to British ships. However, the British frigates were generally built from the bases of French ships that had been seized in battle.
During the years from 1794 to 1814, privateers, which were pirates that had been royally pardoned, were generally enlisted in navies to raid merchant transport ships. The privateers, however, were required to pillage enemy ships at their own expense and contribute a small percentage of their loot to the government. Despite the royal contribution, being a privateer was especially profitable as an estimated four billion Pounds was transported in pure gold between the Spanish colonies in Central America and Spain.
The Frigates is a spectacular book describing early naval warfare. Many battles between ships of many nations are accounted in this book. In addition, the author gives explanations to parts that may be hard to understand. I would enthusiastically encourage anyone who has an interest in naval warfare, or mass pillaging and plundering to read this book. It was a thoroughly enjoyable read.
Vivid Accounts of Inspiring Bravery Under Sail.......2000-08-30
First of all, Mr. Henderson is an experienced "canvas" sailor. He shows this in every word, and even provides some examples of seamanship from his own background to bolster his tales. Each chapter illustrates some aspect of the character of these independent world cruising hunter-killers. The frigate captains were the functional equivalent of the submarine or surface commerce-raiding helions of the First and Second World Wars. Frigates were not quite powerful enough...in weight of shot per broadside...to join in with the "line of battle ships" in the great fleet-to-fleet contests. Nonetheless their firepower and speed made them superior to most of the vessels they might encounter along the far-flung mercantile trade routes. Because of the poor communications with the commodore to whom they were nominally responsible, let alone the Admiralty, the British frigate captains were pretty much on their own, sailing under general orders they might interpret as circumstances permitted. Just like Francis Drake and the raiders of Elizabeth I's time, these men took their vessels into the midst of formidabbly escorted convoys, fortified and heavily gunned harbors, and even chanced encounters with lone warships carrying almost double their cannon. There are a few negative examples of frigates commanded by spoiled heirs promoted solely due to social connections and those commanded by men who despised their crews, often comprised of desperate gamblers and paroled debtors. However these examples stand out as lonely exceptions. It is hard to realize that many of the shrewd adventurers populating these lively pages are barely into their twenties. One clearly sees the apprenticeship and development of future Nelsons and Cochranes. The chapters are short and to the point. The actions are supported by maps, some at tactical level, as well as contemporary woodcuts and paintings illustrating a number of the actions. To give you an idea of the desperate tactics of these swashbucklers, there are three or four episodes in which the attacking frigate crew finishes their journey as the crew of the conquered vessel, their own ship having been sunk or disabled. The sail and rigging plan of a typical frigate at the front of the book is quite helpful, as is the glossary. There is no bibliography or footnotes, but so authoritatively does the author write, it is as if he had taken part in these sea chases himself.
This is the real-life story of Hornblower, Aubrey and Maturin.
A Book of Heroes.......2000-07-31
The real heroes of this collection of tales from the Napoleonic wars are the captains and crews of these remarkable vessels. James Henderson manages to place the Horatio Hornblower stories of CS Forester into their real historical context with verve, passion and a terrific eye for historical detail. Any modern captain of industry would be well advised to read this remarkable book to see how an elite group of seaman came into being. A book full of genuine heroes, gallant captains and true escapades told with elegant english understatement and poise.
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Language, Rhythm, & Sound: Black Popular Cultures into the Twenty-first Century
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Focusing on expressions of popular culture among blacks in Africa, the United States, and the Carribean this collection of multidisciplinary essays takes on subjects long overdue for study. Fifteen essays cover a world of topics, from American girls’ Double Dutch games to protest discourse in Ghana; from Terry McMillan’s Waiting to Exhale to the work of Zora Neale Hurston; from South African workers to Just Another Girl on the IRT; from the history of Rasta to the evolving significance of kente clothl from rap video music to hip-hop to zouk.
The contributors work through the prisms of many disciplines, including anthropology, communications, English, ethnomusicology, history, linguistics, literature, philosophy, political economy, psychology, and social work. Their interpretive approaches place the many voices of popular black cultures into a global context. It affirms that black culture everywhere functions to give meaning to people’s lives by constructing identities that resist cultural, capitolist, colonial, and postcolonial domination.
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The musical side of black english.......1998-05-26
While this book gives plenty of examples of musical black english uses, it does not tackle the ideas of the differences of black english from standard english. As it is subtitled, "Black popular cultures into the twenty-first century," culture radically pervades the book. The chapters on rap and young girls games were fascinating!
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Epitope Mapping Protocols offers more than thirty protocols for antibody production and mapping-all described in detail by leading experts and illustrated by proven examples from their own work. The methods range from those that use (or can use) whole, native antigens to those that use peptides and peptide libraries and those that require antigen expressed from recombinant DNA. A method for T-cell epitopes, instructions on using "natural" variants or mutants, and techniques for producing panels of antibodies for epitope mapping are also included.
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