Best sellers gift ideas new releases whole foods todays deals amazonbasics coupons gift cards customer service free shipping shopper toolkit. Felix count of luckner was born in dresden in june 1881. What followed was mass evasion of the law by a large number of people. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. And so has that story been perpetuated through the ensuing decades. German sea devil imprisoned in new zealand nzhistory, new. Felix count luckner signed book the sea devils focsle. Sea devils focsle count luckners adventures by lowell thomas 1929 ww1 book ebay.
Online shopping from a great selection at books store. The ship was disguised as a norwegian wood carrier and succeeded in crossing the british blockading line despite being boarded for an inspection. In 1916, a threemasted windjammer bearing norwegian colours sailed out of a quiet anchorage in germany, loaded with cargo and apparently bound for australia. Book in very good condition with solid binding and. In 1938 he visited new zealand, being acclaimed as an honourable foe. Drawing on formerly classified information and security dossiers held in the national archives continue reading recent research on. Labor and leftleaning groups accuse him of being a rapist who collaborated with the nazis and was only lionized by conservatives who had a naive, idealistic view of warfare. He came to new zealand as a prisoner of war after his ship sms seeadler was wrecked in the society islands and made a daring but unsuccessful escape from motuihe island.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increas. Some of the pictures had never been published before. Beside a permanent excibition for visitors we like to o. This book lends a biographical account of the life of count luckner, the sea devil, the man who commanded the raider seeadler. The crew had been handpicked partly for their ability to speak norwegian.
Original green cloth hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket in protective mylar. His signature below a famous illustration of his raider the sea eagle, mounted on a page with other items about him. I believe this is an english translation of a book originaly published in germany,but for some reason lowell thomas is listed as the author. He was a great white scout, a loyal and honest man, and this. The cruise of the sea eagle by blaine pardoe is an extremely well researched and written book. It corrects many of the mistakes in the previous tales of the seeadler.
From time to time we extend the range of souvenirs we are offering to the public. Dublin, oifig diolta foillseachain an rialtais, 1936. During world war i, luckner ran an old sailing ship, disguised as a norwegian fishing vessel, through the allied blockade. Luckner s story so impressed thomas that he translated the counts tale into english and introduced this seafaring german robin hood to a new audience in the united states. The seeadler was a sailing ship that had broken through the british blockade and played havoc with allied shipping in the atlantic and pacific during the latter part of the war. This house is still standing at universitatsring, formerly. The only flaw i had was that many of the photographs in the book were time worn and graying. It was luckner s habit of successfully waging war without casualties which made him a hero and a legend on both sides.
The life and times of a seadevil one of my visits to a second hand book store rewarded me with a 1923 volume of a book with the imaginative title the seadevil conquers america. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. His bold operations earned him the nickname the sea devil. He roamed the seas like a ghost and sank 500,000 tons of shipping. He was a jack of all trades, naval officer, pirate, writer, and a global ambassador of international understanding on many lecture tours. Labor and leftleaning groups accuse him of being a rapist who collaborated with the nazis and was only lionized by. Ventures and voyages on the seven seas shipwrecks, scuba diving, maritime history, nautical, sailing, naval topics and ocean mysteries 14.
We would appreciate receiving a call in advance to make sure, that we are presen. Felix count luckner signed book the sea devils focsle ww1 german navy history. He was the jovial german, a blueeyed giant of an aristocrat, who in 1917 gave a human face to the hated enemy after he was captured in the pacific. The historian of our society, wolfgang seilkopf, knows many details on his biography and did researches over many years and collected a huge amount of pictures. German sea devil imprisoned in new zealand nzhistory. Over an epic voyage, he used cunning and deception to destroy fourteen merchant ships, all the while evading the utterly foxed and infuriated british admiralty in a daring game of cat and mouse. Im from germany and i must say that i am terribly disappointed with this article. If you want info on luckner you may want to start with his own account of his adventures,the sea devil.
In 1916, a threemasted windjammer bearing norwegian colors sailed out of a quiet anchorage in germany, loaded with cargo and apparently bound for australia. Had a copy of one or two of his books when a kid, probably bought for me by my father. Commanding a threemasted sailing ship in an age of armored battlecruisers, he captured 14 allied ships. Beside this we collect book about history in general or we are interested in because of other reasons. Thus ending a career that might have come straight out of the pages of the boys own. Luckner slipped through the british blockade and before his capture near the fiji islands sept. Orders as long as available can be made as follows. He came from a long line of prussianstyle asskickers, mostly cavalrymen, and luckner was pretty much expected to join the cavalry and carry on the tradition of stomping balls in the name of the vaterland.
German raiding ship the seeadler has sailed from the atlantic into the pacific. Over an epic voyage, he used cunning and deception to destroy fourteen. Felix count luckner signed book the sea devils focsle ww1. His visit is the subject of a recent conference paper by rowan cahill part author of the seamens union of australia history. Over the next 225 days, she captured 15 ships in the atlantic and pacific and led the. His last wish was that it should be said of him, as it had been said of his own hero, another mason, buffalo bill cody. Yet his life is also marked by a number of paradoxes.
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