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Sole Survivor-A Fiction Adventure Anthology
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He watched as the "Marguerite" went down stern first in turbulent waves with all hands aboard. Shanghaied on the Bering Sea whaler "Northern Light" in 1901, recounted through his short stories and poems the memory of the icy northern waters and the intrepid seamen who fought the treacherous sailing conditions and behemoths of the ocean on frigates, schooners, and barques.
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Paperback, 1st Edition, 164 pages
Published
October 5th 2015
by Rose Point Publishing
(first published September 30th 2015)
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As an author, Stanley McShane is particularly gifted with vernacular speech; his seamen and miners speak in the colloquialisms of the day, which sometimes has me reaching for the dictionary, but the flavorful language makes the characters pop on the page. Few writers are as gifted with establishing character through spoken language as Stanley. Though his characters electrify you for other reasons; they’re as picaresque as anything you’ll find in a Robert Louis Stevenson novel; as authors go, tha
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Sole Survivor is a collection of short stories and poems published by Virginia Williams, the granddaughter of the author, Patrick John "Stanley McShane" Rose.
While Williams, who serves as the editor throughout the text, maintains that these stories are based on truth—and they may very well be—the reader could just as easily interpret the text as works of historical fiction. The narrative works on both levels, as a number of the stories could be either an embellished retelling of true events, or ...more
While Williams, who serves as the editor throughout the text, maintains that these stories are based on truth—and they may very well be—the reader could just as easily interpret the text as works of historical fiction. The narrative works on both levels, as a number of the stories could be either an embellished retelling of true events, or ...more
Patrick J (Stanley McShane) Rose wrote a number of manuscripts, short stories, poems, and painted illustrations to accompany his narratives. Most of what he wrote regarded sailing, in which he began as a cabin boy under his father, the captain, and later as his own schooners. This anthology includes a number of his short stories and poems, pictures of his paintings, a chapter from one of the books, with discussion and argument of what his origin might actually have been since he recounts two dif
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I am Virginia Williams, the granddaughter and editor/publisher of historical author, Patrick John “Stanley McShane” Rose. I have published six of his manuscripts. In an effort to market and promote his books, I began a blog called Rosepoint Publishing. I currently review 2-3 books per week and welcome review submissions using the Submission Guide on my website. I submit reviews for the books I rea
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