2 edition of World stowaway. found in the catalog.
World stowaway.
Briggs, Jerome Robert
Published
1936
by G. Routledge & sons ltd. in London
.
Written in English
Edition Notes
Author"s pseud., J. B. Roberts, at head of title.
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | G463 .B86 1936 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | vii, 279, [1] p. |
| Number of Pages | 279 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL6346873M |
| LC Control Number | 36035767 |
| OCLC/WorldCa | 3048317 |
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Stowaway Book Review By RJ Rathsack Karen Hesse takes readers on a marvelous journey throughout the book Stowaway. The story is inspired by a real boy who stowed away aboard Captain James Cook's ship Endeavour on its voyage. It is based on what little is known about year-old Nicholas Young and spins an imaginative tale firmly anchored /5.
It is known that in the summer ofCaptain James Cook sailed from England on H.M.S Endeavour, beginning a three-year voyage around the world on a secret mission to discover an unknown continent at the bottom of the globe.
What is less known is that a boy by the name of Nicholas Young was a 4/5(38). The book did a great job of describing life in the early 20th century, so it wasn't just a book about a stowaway who got to travel to Antarctica.
Many World stowaway. book the characters were well-researched, so you really got a feel for what the atmosphere and the journey was like.4/4(72). The Stowaway book. Read reviews from the world's largest community for readers. The spectacular, true story of a scrappy teenager from New York’s Low /5.
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Newbery Prize winner Karen Hesse’s historical novel, Stowaway, uses the small real-life detail that a preteen boy stowed away on Captain James Cook’s eighteenth-century voyage around the world, imagining the life of that boy through a fictional diary.
Intended for a middle-grades readership, the novel relies on the journals kept by the. Get this from a library. Stowaway. [Karen Hesse; Robert Andrew Parker] -- A fictionalized journal relates the experiences of a young stowaway from to aboard the Endeavor which sailed around the world under Captain James Cook.
A stowaway or clandestine traveller is a person who secretly boards a vehicle, such as a ship, an aircraft, a train, cargo truck or bus. Sometimes, the purpose is to get from one place to another without paying for transportation.
In other cases, the goal is to enter another country without first obtaining a travel visa or other permission. Stowaways differ from people smuggling in that the. THE STOWAWAY A Young Man’s Extraordinary Adventure to Antarctica By Laurie Gwen Shapiro pp.
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In most cases, the reviews are necessarily limited to those that were available to us ahead of publication. If you are the publisher or author of this book and feel that the. This adventure story recounts the first round-world voyage of Tudor explorer Sir Francis Drake through the eyes of Dickon, a lame stowaway, who goes on to become Drake's cabin boy and personal hero.
Readers learn about the harsh life that sailors in Tudor times experienced as they coped with storms, mutinies and illness on board ship. * Ruby/Band 14 books give increasing opportunities for. This lesson plan describes how to help students understand and explore the historical context of Stowaway, Newbery Award-winning author Karen Hesse's story of a stowaway on the H.M.S.
Endeavour for Captain Cook's voyage around the world. Subject Area: Language Arts Reading Level: Book Summary Eleven-year-old Nicholas Young is about to embark on the journey of his life. In Augusthe sneaks on board the H.M.S. Endeavour, piloted by famous explorer Captain James Cook, only to find that the ship is destined for an exciting adventure around the ered by the crew, Nick proves himself to be an able seaman and.
STOWAWAY is the fictionalized story of the amazing adventures of a real-life boy named Nicholas Young. Only a few facts are known about the real Nicholas Young: 1) he really did stow away on Captain Cook's voyage around the world when he was 11 years old; 2) when he was discovered, Captain Cook commissioned him into the Royal Navy and made him assistant to the ship's surgeon aboard the.
It is known that in the summer ofCaptain James Cook sailed from England on H.M.S Endeavour, beginning a three-year voyage around the world on a secret mission to discover an unknown continent at the bottom of the globe. What is less known is that a boy by the name of Nicholas Young was a stowaway on that ship/5(14).
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