A flick of sunshine : the remarkable shipwrecked, marooned, maritime adventures, and tragic fate of an American original Cover Image

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A flick of sunshine : the remarkable shipwrecked, marooned, maritime adventures, and tragic fate of an American original / Frederic B. Hill and Alexander Jackson Hill.

Hill, Frederic B., (author.). Hill, Alexander Jackson, 1977- (author.).

Summary:

"The true and remarkable life of Richard Willis (Will) Jackson, an intrepid seaman from one of the leading shipbuilding families in nineteenth-century Maine, whose exploits and adventures in the oceans of the world include surviving a harrowing shipwreck in the Marshall Islands, being washed overboard rounding Cape Horn, and running down Alaskan glaciers. His faithful letters to his family in Maine and his diary offer a compelling portrait of an extraordinary young man of character and independent spirit, intellect and curiosity, no small ambition, and that most admirable of traits, an abiding sense of humor"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781493060818
Physical Description: pages cm
Publisher: Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2022]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

Ujae -- City of ships -- "I wondered where the captain was?" -- "The large vessel" - Rainier -- Knocked in the head -- A splendid run -- An oasis of the southern Pacific -- "Breakers ahead" -- Among "savages" - fear and reassurance -- Building a schooner -- Jaluit - and back -- Ujae - and back to Jaluit -- "Can't kill Will!" -- Flat on my back -- The bloodiest ship afloat -- Salmon, glaciers, and grand sights -- "I could almost imagine I was out there" -- Prize master -- "The ways and means of the world" -- George Spencer Hinsdale -- "A good sensible girl" -- California and Drumm Streets -- Homecoming -- Epilogue: Will Jackson Day.