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J. Richard “Dick” Steffy stood inside the limestone hall of the Crusader castle in Cyprus and looked at the wood fragments arrayed before him. They were old beyond belief. For more than two millennia they had remained on the sea floor, eaten by worms and soaking up seawater until they had the consistency of wet cardboard. There were some 6,000 pieces in all, and Steffy’s job was to put them all back together in their original shape like some massive, ancient jigsaw puzzle. He had volunteered for the job even though he had no qualifications for it. For twenty-five years he’d been an electrician in a small, land-locked town in Pennsylvania. He held no advanced degrees—his understanding of ships was entirely self-taught. Yet he would find himself half a world away from his home town, planning to reassemble a ship that last sailed during the reign of Alexander the Great, and he planned to do it using mathematical formulas and modeling techniques that he’d developed in his basement as a hobby. The first person ever to reconstruct an ancient ship from its sunken fragments, Steffy said ships spoke to him. Steffy joined a team, including friend and fellow scholar George Bass, that laid a foundation for the field of nautical archaeology. Eventually moving to Texas A&M University, his lack of the usual academic credentials caused him to be initially viewed with skepticism by the university’s administration. However, his impressive record of publications and his skilled teaching eventually led to his being named a full professor. During the next thirty years of study, reconstruction, and modeling of submerged wrecks, Steffy would win a prestigious MacArthur Foundation “genius” grant and would train most of the preeminent scholars in the emerging field of nautical archaeology. Richard Steffy’s son Loren, an accomplished journalist, has mined family memories, archives at Texas A&M University and elsewhere, his father’s papers, and interviews with former colleagues to craft not only a professional biography and adventure story of the highest caliber, but also the first history of a field that continues to harvest important new discoveries from the depths of the world’s oceans.
G. A. Henty’s historical adventure stories have won the admiration of readers across the world, helping to change the course of children’s literature. For the first time in publishing history, Delphi Classics is proud to present the complete works of G. A. Henty, with numerous illustrations, many rare texts, introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 2) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Henty’s life and works * ALL 92 novels, collected together for the first time, each with individual contents tables * Many rare novels, available in no other collection * Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Many of the novels are fully illustrated with their original artwork * ALL of the shorter fiction, including many rare tales available nowhere else * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories * Easily locate the short stories you want to read * Includes Henty’s non-fiction - spend hours exploring the author’s entire oeuvre * Features a bonus biography by Henty’s friend and fellow author, George Manville Fenn - discover Henty’s literary life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Novels A SEARCH FOR A SECRET ALL BUT LOST OUT ON THE PAMPAS THE YOUNG FRANC-TIREURS THE YOUNG BUGLERS THE CORNET OF HORSE IN TIMES OF PERIL FACING DEATH WINNING HIS SPURS FRIENDS THOUGH DIVIDED JACK ARCHER UNDER DRAKE’S FLAG BY SHEER PLUCK WITH CLIVE IN INDIA IN FREEDOM’S CAUSE ST. GEORGE FOR ENGLAND TRUE TO THE OLD FLAG THE YOUNG COLONISTS THE DRAGON AND THE RAVEN FOR NAME AND FAME THE LION OF THE NORTH THROUGH THE FRAY THE BRAVEST OF THE BRAVE A FINAL RECKONING THE YOUNG CARTHAGINIAN WITH WOLFE IN CANADA BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE FOR THE TEMPLE GABRIEL ALLEN M. P. IN THE REIGN OF TERROR ORANGE AND GREEN STURDY AND STRONG CAPTAIN BAYLEY’S HEIR THE CAT OF BUBASTES THE CURSE OF CARNE’S HOLD THE LION OF ST. MARK BY PIKE AND DYKE ONE OF THE 28TH WITH LEE IN VIRGINIA THE BOY KNIGHT BY ENGLAND’S AID BY RIGHT OF CONQUEST CHAPTER OF ADVENTURES A HIDDEN FOE MAORI AND SETTLER THE DASH FOR KHARTOUM HELD FAST FOR ENGLAND REDSKIN AND COWBOY BERIC THE BRITON CONDEMNED AS A NIHILIST IN GREEK WATERS RUJUB, THE JUGGLER DOROTHY’S DOUBLE A JACOBITE EXILE SAINT BARTHOLOMEW’S EVE THROUGH THE SIKH WAR IN THE HEART OF THE ROCKIES WHEN LONDON BURNED WOMAN OF THE COMMUNE WULF THE SAXON A KNIGHT OF THE WHITE CROSS THROUGH RUSSIAN SNOWS THE TIGER OF MYSORE AT AGINCOURT ON THE IRRAWADDY THE QUEEN’S CUP WITH COCHRANE THE DAUNTLESS COLONEL THORNDYKE’S SECRET A MARCH ON LONDON WITH FREDERICK THE GREAT WITH MOORE AT CORUNNA AT ABOUKIR AND ACRE BOTH SIDES THE BORDER THE LOST HEIR UNDER WELLINGTON’S COMMAND IN THE HANDS OF THE CAVE DWELLERS NO SURRENDER! A ROVING COMMISSION WON BY THE SWORD IN THE IRISH BRIGADE JOHN HAWKE’S FORTUNE OUT WITH GARIBALDI WITH BULLER IN NATAL AT THE POINT OF THE BAYONET TO HERAT AND CABUL WITH ROBERTS TO PRETORIA THE TREASURE OF THE INCAS WITH KITCHENER IN THE SOUDAN WITH THE BRITISH LEGION THROUGH THREE CAMPAIGNS WITH THE ALLIES TO PEKIN BY CONDUCT AND COURAGE The Shorter Fiction AN EDITOR’S YARNS YARNS ON THE BEACH THE PLAGUE SHIP TALES OF DARING AND DANGER STORIES FROM ‘THE BOY’S OWN’ THE RANCH IN THE VALLEY THE GOLDEN CANYON THE STONE CHEST BATTLES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY DASH AND DARING BRAINS AND BRAVERY HAZARD AND HEROISM IN THE HANDS OF THE MALAYS STEADY AND STRONG AMONG MALAY PIRATES A SOLDIER’S DAUGHTER AND OTHER STORIES UNCOLLECTED STORIES The Short Stories LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER The Non-Fiction THE MARCH TO MAGDALA THE MARCH TO COOMASSIE THOSE OTHER ANIMALS QUEEN VICTORIA The Biography GEORGE ALFRED HENTY by George Manville Fenn Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles
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This carefully crafted ebook collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Novels: A Search for a Secret All But Lost Out on the Pampas The Young Franc-Tireurs The Young Buglers The Cornet of Horse In Times of Peril Facing Death, The Hero of the Vaughan Pit Winning His Spurs Friends Though Divided Jack Archer Under Drake's Flag By Sheer Pluck With Clive in India In Freedom's Cause St. George For England True to the Old Flag The Young Colonists The Dragon and the Raven For Name and Fame The Lion of the North Through the Fray The Bravest of the Brave A Final Reckoning The Young Carthaginian With Wolfe in Canada Bonnie Prince Charlie For the Temple In the Reign of Terror Orange and Green Captain Bayley's Heir The Cat of Bubastes The Curse of Carne's Hold The Lion of St. Mark By Pike and Dyke One of the 28th With Lee in Virginia By England's Aid By Right of Conquest Chapter of Adventures Maori and Settler The Dash For Khartoum Held Fast for England Redskin and Cowboy Beric the Briton Condemned as a Nihilist In Greek Waters Rujub, the Juggler Dorothy's Double A Jacobite Exile Saint Bartholomew's Eve Through the Sikh War In the Heart of the Rockies When London Burned A Girl of the Commune Wulf The Saxon A Knight of the White Cross Through Russian Snows The Tiger of Mysore At Agincourt On the Irrawaddy The Queen's Cup With Cochrane the Dauntless Colonel Thorndyke's Secret A March on London With Frederick the Great With Moore at Corunna Among Malay Pirates At Aboukir and Acre Both Sides the Border The Golden Cañon The Stone Chest The Lost Heir Under Wellington's Command In the Hands of the Cave Dwellers No Surrender A Roving Commission Won by the Sword In the Irish Brigade Out With Garibaldi With Buller in Natal At the Point of the Bayonet To Herat and Cabul With Roberts to Pretoria The Treasure of the Incas With Kitchener in the Soudan With the British Legion Through Three Campaigns With the Allies to Pekin By Conduct and Courage Short Stories Historical Works …