Read The Able Seaman's Mate

The Able Seaman's Mate

William Cheevers

4.9/5 (18200 ratings)

Description:"The Able Seaman's Mate" follows the odyssey of a young Irish immigrant through the landscape of America at the turn of the twentieth century. Jimmy Delaney is thrust into the hectic drive and conflict of American life, absorbing a cast of characters, places, exultation and tragedy. Here are Big Tommy Delaney, patriarch and legend in his own time; Big Jimmy Delaney and Mary Delaney, victims of ritual locked in memory; Murphy, flamboyant able seaman with a spare coat; Roach, a sea captain worthy of the name; Chisel Bill Bannister, refugee of Five Points gang wars; Solomon Weiss, kindly proprietor of a grocery; Tommy Monaghan, dispensing wisdom from a loading dock; Willy Gantz, the son of slaves who says little and that little cautiously; Inspector Hessler, obsessed with a murder he cannot resolve; Harry Archer, who builds railroad bridges and feels guilty riding in a drawing room on the train; John Sluman, who plays a dangerous game; Blalock, spokesman for the casualties of Manifest Destiny; Paddy O'Brien, everyone's contender for the heavyweight boxing title; Carlyle, an architect who understands things and worries about his sons; Weaver, a newspaper editor who tries to print as much of the truth as he can. And here is Jimmy Delaney - willful, reflective, enigmatic - whose journey of discovery finally collides with a momentous event which tests him as nothing else could.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Able Seaman's Mate. To get started finding The Able Seaman's Mate, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: 306

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Release: 2013

ISBN: 1492339385

Description: "The Able Seaman's Mate" follows the odyssey of a young Irish immigrant through the landscape of America at the turn of the twentieth century. Jimmy Delaney is thrust into the hectic drive and conflict of American life, absorbing a cast of characters, places, exultation and tragedy. Here are Big Tommy Delaney, patriarch and legend in his own time; Big Jimmy Delaney and Mary Delaney, victims of ritual locked in memory; Murphy, flamboyant able seaman with a spare coat; Roach, a sea captain worthy of the name; Chisel Bill Bannister, refugee of Five Points gang wars; Solomon Weiss, kindly proprietor of a grocery; Tommy Monaghan, dispensing wisdom from a loading dock; Willy Gantz, the son of slaves who says little and that little cautiously; Inspector Hessler, obsessed with a murder he cannot resolve; Harry Archer, who builds railroad bridges and feels guilty riding in a drawing room on the train; John Sluman, who plays a dangerous game; Blalock, spokesman for the casualties of Manifest Destiny; Paddy O'Brien, everyone's contender for the heavyweight boxing title; Carlyle, an architect who understands things and worries about his sons; Weaver, a newspaper editor who tries to print as much of the truth as he can. And here is Jimmy Delaney - willful, reflective, enigmatic - whose journey of discovery finally collides with a momentous event which tests him as nothing else could.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Able Seaman's Mate. To get started finding The Able Seaman's Mate, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

The Able Seaman's Mate

The Able Seaman's Mate

More Books

Nine Days in November

Nine Days in November

A Long Time Passing

A Long Time Passing

Passage on a Bridge

Passage on a Bridge

Labyrinth (The Lydecker Mysteries, #3)

Labyrinth (The Lydecker Mysteries, #3)

The Lydecker Mysteries: Vol. 2 (The Lydecker Mysteries, #2)

The Lydecker Mysteries: Vol. 2 (The Lydecker Mysteries, #2)

The Lydecker Mysteries: Vol. 1 (The Lydecker Mysteries, #1)

The Lydecker Mysteries: Vol. 1 (The Lydecker Mysteries, #1)

The Radio Man (The Lydecker Mysteries, #8)

The Radio Man (The Lydecker Mysteries, #8)

In The Matter of Megan Pfeiffer (The Lydecker Mysteries, #4)

In The Matter of Megan Pfeiffer (The Lydecker Mysteries, #4)

The Shadow Man (The Lydecker Mysteries, #9)

The Shadow Man (The Lydecker Mysteries, #9)