Amazing Tales for Making Men Out of BoysStories of heroism, exploration, and sacrifice -- including Apollo XIII and Scott of the Antarctic -- that inspire boys to be courageous, selfless, and open to adventure Tales of brave and selfless deeds used to be part of every boy’s education. We grew up sharing stories with our fathers, uncles, and grandfathers of how other men had lived their lives, met their challenges, reached their goals, and faced their deaths. Becoming a man was about comradeship and standing by your friends whatever the circumstances. And it meant that sometimes it was more important to die a hero than live a coward’s life. Through Neil Oliver’s vivid, stirring accounts we can rediscover the stories that inspire men to perform acts greater than themselves. These are the epics that we should all know by heart; the tales of courage, endurance, and sacrifice that made men out of boys. |
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... deck rolled beneath them and their perches swung sickeningly . They slept in hammocks slung close together below decks and there was neither acknowledgment of , nor sympathy for , any of the natural feelings of homesickness , fear or ...
... deck of the Union Star . Below him he could see , rising and rolling , the fresh green paint of the brand - new deck . For a few seconds he glimpsed a pair of pink court shoes as one of the girls contemplated making a run toward the ...
... deck , there to ready themselves to leave the Union Star . I don't suppose there's any way to teach coxswains like Trevelyan Richards how to do what they do in the teeth of hurricanes . It must come only from years spent learning the ...
... deck , crumpling steel guardrails like pipe cleaners before rolling off , stern first , into the roiling sea once more . According to the reporter and the helicopter pilot , this happened not once but twice . The Solomon Browne weighed ...
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Contents
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How curiously the course of ones life may be turned | 45 |
The trouble with the truth | 63 |
The heroic age | 93 |
When Britannia ruled the waves | 115 |
The loneliness of command | 131 |
The luck of the Irish | 153 |
In search of a place in the world | 181 |
For Englands sake and duty | 215 |
Were following the leader | 237 |
A long way from home | 259 |
Enemy at the gates | 277 |
Old age and guile beat youth and enthusiasm | 297 |
The field of human conflict | 313 |
Their finest hour | 329 |
For the boy | 353 |