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Title: Walking Shadows: Sea Tales and Others

Note: Reading ease score: 79.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Contents: Prelude -- The light-house -- Uncle Hyacinth -- The creative impulse -- The man from Buffalo -- The Lusitania waits -- The log of the Evening Star -- Goblin peaches -- May Margaret -- Marooned -- The garden on the cliff -- The hand of the master.

Credits: Produced by Robert Cicconetti, Mary Meehan and the Online
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Summary: "Walking Shadows: Sea Tales and Others" by Alfred Noyes is a collection of stories likely written in the early 20th century. The opening chapter, "The Light-House," introduces Peter Ramsay, the keeper of the Hatchets' Light, who feels content and happy in his isolated role, even amid the threat of World War I submarines. Through Peter's struggles with his writings and the existential challenges of modern society, the collection seems set to explore deeper themes of faith, courage, and humanity against the backdrop of the sea and war. The opening of the book focuses on Peter Ramsay, who is reflecting on his life as a lighthouse keeper while attempting to write an important book that he feels inspired to create. As night falls, the commander of a nearby U-boat, Captain Bernstein, plans a covert operation to infiltrate the lighthouse. The tension escalates when Peter is confronted by Bernstein and his crew after they break into his lighthouse, revealing an internal conflict as Peter contemplates his values and the broader implications of loyalty during wartime. The story sets the stage for Peter's moral quandaries and hints at larger themes of sacrifice and the impacts of war on the human spirit. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Author: Noyes, Alfred, 1880-1958

EBook No.: 43186

Published: Jul 10, 2013

Downloads: 78

Language: English

Subject: World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction

Subject: Short stories, English

Subject: Sea stories, English

LoCC: Language and Literatures: English literature

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

This edition has images.

Title: Walking Shadows: Sea Tales and Others

Note: Reading ease score: 79.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Contents: Prelude -- The light-house -- Uncle Hyacinth -- The creative impulse -- The man from Buffalo -- The Lusitania waits -- The log of the Evening Star -- Goblin peaches -- May Margaret -- Marooned -- The garden on the cliff -- The hand of the master.

Credits: Produced by Robert Cicconetti, Mary Meehan and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http: //www.pgdp.net (This
book was produced from scanned images of public domain
material from the Google Print project.)

Summary: "Walking Shadows: Sea Tales and Others" by Alfred Noyes is a collection of stories likely written in the early 20th century. The opening chapter, "The Light-House," introduces Peter Ramsay, the keeper of the Hatchets' Light, who feels content and happy in his isolated role, even amid the threat of World War I submarines. Through Peter's struggles with his writings and the existential challenges of modern society, the collection seems set to explore deeper themes of faith, courage, and humanity against the backdrop of the sea and war. The opening of the book focuses on Peter Ramsay, who is reflecting on his life as a lighthouse keeper while attempting to write an important book that he feels inspired to create. As night falls, the commander of a nearby U-boat, Captain Bernstein, plans a covert operation to infiltrate the lighthouse. The tension escalates when Peter is confronted by Bernstein and his crew after they break into his lighthouse, revealing an internal conflict as Peter contemplates his values and the broader implications of loyalty during wartime. The story sets the stage for Peter's moral quandaries and hints at larger themes of sacrifice and the impacts of war on the human spirit. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Author: Noyes, Alfred, 1880-1958

EBook No.: 43186

Published: Jul 10, 2013

Downloads: 78

Language: English

Subject: World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction

Subject: Short stories, English

Subject: Sea stories, English

LoCC: Language and Literatures: English literature

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.