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Guiding Lights

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In this easy-to-use reference, Naval Academy English professor Nancy Prothro Arbuthnot tells the stories behind sixty of the Academy's monuments and memorials. To personalize the memorials and the naval figures they honor, she has included letters, firsthand battle reports, Lucky Bag commentaries, award citations, and other documents. Along with famous quotations, the book also presents poems and tributes written by midshipmen that explain how the memorials have inspired them, along with original poems by the author. More than 140 illustrations, including black-and-white photographs and reproductions of historic sketches, visually enrich the book. In revealing the people and events behind the Academy s memorials, Arbuthnot provides models or guiding lights to help readers steer their own courses through life.


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Publisher: Naval Institute Press

Kindle Book

  • Release date: October 11, 2012

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  • ISBN: 9781612512426
  • Release date: October 11, 2012

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  • ISBN: 9781612512426
  • File size: 13411 KB
  • Release date: October 11, 2012

PDF ebook

  • ISBN: 9781612512426
  • File size: 14346 KB
  • Release date: October 11, 2012

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OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook
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English

In this easy-to-use reference, Naval Academy English professor Nancy Prothro Arbuthnot tells the stories behind sixty of the Academy's monuments and memorials. To personalize the memorials and the naval figures they honor, she has included letters, firsthand battle reports, Lucky Bag commentaries, award citations, and other documents. Along with famous quotations, the book also presents poems and tributes written by midshipmen that explain how the memorials have inspired them, along with original poems by the author. More than 140 illustrations, including black-and-white photographs and reproductions of historic sketches, visually enrich the book. In revealing the people and events behind the Academy s memorials, Arbuthnot provides models or guiding lights to help readers steer their own courses through life.


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  • Details

    Publisher:
    Naval Institute Press

    Kindle Book
    Release date: October 11, 2012

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781612512426
    Release date: October 11, 2012

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781612512426
    File size: 13411 KB
    Release date: October 11, 2012

    PDF ebook
    ISBN: 9781612512426
    File size: 14346 KB
    Release date: October 11, 2012

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  • Formats
    Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
    PDF ebook
  • Languages
    English