In the article "Ship Of Gold" by Gary Hanna talks about events that happened during the middle of 1857 and early 1980's. In the middle of 1857 there was a ship (Central America) in Cuba that was headed toward New York. But, a massive Hurricane was headed right toward the ship. In the article it says " The Central America had sailed into the path of a furious hurricane. For three days, enormous waves had pummeled the ship. Screaming winds had shattered its windows and shredded its sails.” (Hanna 18)The ship gave in after three days. A nearby vessel was able to save only 132 people which left 425 people to die. This ship was not not ordinary, it had twenty one tons of gold. The article states ” It was filled with treasure—21 tons of gold.” (Hanna
The extend of most American’s knowledge of early America is of Columbus’ discovery of America for Europe in 1492 and the landing of the Mayflower in Plymouth in 1620. This was true of A Voyage Long and Strange author, Tony Horwitz. Horwitz felt as if there were pieces missing in his picture of early America and set out on a journey that spanned from Canada to the Dominican Republic. The novel starts out with a prologue of Horwitz talking about his own reasons for wanting to learn more of early America and then is broken into three sections Discovery, Conquest, and Settlement. Each section discusses another period in early American history starting with first contact in Vinland and ending with the landing in Plymouth.
Rain of Gold, is a true story about the history of Mexican people, their culture, traditions and customs that were passed down from the Euro-Indian heritage of Mexico. Rain of Gold was written by Juan Villasenor in search for his ancestral roots. The people of this story are real and not fiction. The places that are discussed are true. And the incidents did actually happen to his family. There are several underlying themes that need addressing. Such as: the importance of family, the importance of religion and spiritualism, woman as center of home and family, respect--protection of woman's virtue; ideal of women as pure, power of the woman--the mother, being a man-man as protector of the family, pride of man to be a provider, importance of traditions, respect for life, work and education/learning, death as part of life, honor, dignity, and finally discrimination and prejudice. I will be using this book as a reference and as a guide throughout this review to discuss the themes that are stated above.
“Two roads diverged in a wood and I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” At some point in life one is faced with a decision which will define the future, but only time will tell whether or not the choice was right or wrong. The Boat by Alistair MacLeod demonstrates that an individual should make their own decisions in life, be open to new experiences and changes, and that there is no way to obtain something, without sacrificing something else.
In this story, Richard Adams' creates an interesting part of the story when eleven rabbits unite to form a group and flee from their warren, in hopes of avoiding a great tragedy. These rabbits leave their warren without knowledge of why they need to leave their homes. The one thing the rabbits have in common is their faith in Fiver's dreams and visions. Together these rabbits will have to put aside their differences in order to face the danger ahead of them.
Sylva, Seville A. A Thesis-Foreigners in the California Gold Rush. California: University of Southern California. 1932.
There are many intriguing and fascinating lessons and thoughts that can be extracted from Richard Adams’s Watership Down when inspected under a “magnifying glass.” From those many issues, the one that is the most influential to ourselves is the issue regarding anti-segregation, portrayed ingeniously by Richard Adams through Hazel within many different cases in the novel. Out of those many instances, this essay will discuss two of them, explain how they display the issue of anti-segregation, and compare them to a famous historical and political figure.
A deceptive lull in the storm and the slow pace of weather reporting contributed to the storm's effect. The financial loss in vessels alone was nearly $5 million, or about $100 million in current value. Lost cargo totaled about 68,300 tons, included coal, iron ore, and grain, steel rails, lumber, and wheat. At least 255 sailors died, 44 on Lake Superior, 7 on Lake Michigan, 6 on Lake Erie and 178 on Lake Huron.
Rohrbough, Malcolm J. Days Of Gold: The California Gold Rush And The American Nation. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997. eBook (EBSCOhost). Web. 26 Mar. 2014.
This passage defines the character of the narrators’ father as an intelligent man who wants a better life for his children, as well as establishes the narrators’ mothers’ stubbornness and strong opposition to change as key elements of the plot.
In the Sacramento Valley In early 1848 during the Mexican-American War a carpenter named James.W Marshall from New Jersey found pieces of gold in the American River at base of Sierra,Nevada near Coloma(town in California).He found a trailrace (a big wheel to find gold)he tried to make more trailraces made by John Sutter to find tons of more gold. Time past and The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed and ended the war.James W.Marshall tried to keep his discovery a secret he didn’t want to the word to get out so keep the gold to himself but the word got out. December 1848 President James K.Polk announced that the rumours are true and then miners discovered over 750,000 pounds of gold.
Not only this, but after the hurricanes many cruise lines sent out ships to help families who needed to leave the island, free of charge. Lavesh Dhanani, a worker for Royal Caribbean said, we actually helped build magen’s bay, our CEO and our emergency travel team, they actually went to St. Thomas and, they went to meet up with local officials, and they actually helped to rebuild magens bay, and San Juan, Puerto Rico we had the Adventure of the Seas and the Enchantment of the seas, which we basically chartered out to pick up tourists that were stuck in either St. Thomas or San Juan and we had the ships pick them up. The Adventure of the Seas canceled 2 sailings and the Enchantment canceled one, and we picked them up and brought them to Fort Lauderdale where we dropped them off, so any residents that were displaced and had nowhere to stay, they had no food, so we picked them up on our ships and took them to Fort Lauderdale where they were dropped off and basically put into FEMA or if they had family here they could be with their family
Gold can be found in any outpost of the new world. It's as common as cats where I am from. No. It is not gold the Captain
In 1890 America’s economy was going down hill, some thought the Klondike was the answer. Families were in a desperate need for money, but before I go any further you probably want to know what the Klondike is. The Klondike was a migration by almost 100,000 gold searches. The supplies that you need for the trip were endless, you need approximately 1000LBS. Men would take this harsh, and dangerous journey to try to strike rich. However the conditions of the weather is what makes this trip dangerous. There is a lot of ice, snow, and nothing. The temperatures can reach sixty degrees below zero. The main source of transportation is horses, and sled dogs which will eventually die. You have what you bring with you, and that's it. You are out for yourself,
On April 12,1914 just before 2 pm, the Captain and crew that helped control the ship, received three ice warnings. The Captain ignored them. At 5:03 pm the got another warning from ocean Liner America, it went unacknowledged.
where goods are thrown overboard in a storm for the purposes of saving a ship,