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Simple Courage: The True Story of Peril on the Sea
Frank Delaney

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2007

?HEAVEN HELP THE SAILOR ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS.? ?old folk prayer In late December 1951, laden with passengers and nearly forty metric tons of cargo, the freighter S.S. Flying Enterprise steamed westward from Europe toward America. A few days into the voyage, she hit the eye of a ferocious storm. Force 12 winds tossed men about like playthings and turned drops of freezing Atlantic foam into icy missiles. When, in the space of twenty-eight hours, ...

Ireland : A Novel

99 reviews
Frank Delaney

Harper Collins, 2006

Captivating
One of the best historical fiction novels I have ever read. This book is a "must have."

Simple Courage: A True Story of Peril on the Sea

13 reviews
Frank Delaney

Random House, 2006

excellent reading. The cruel sea.
As a sailor and someone who has great respect for the sea I have recommended this book to my Friends and also given away copies to family, whom I would like to read this book and get the experience though the book. The sea can be Cruel and wonderful at different times, I love the Ocean but at the same time Respect it for what it can do. The book leaves you wondering how things could have been ...

Shannon: A Novel
Frank Delaney

Random House, 2009

In the summer of 1922, Robert Shannon, a young American hero of the Great War, lands in Ireland. A Marine chaplain, he was present at the frightful Battle of Belleau Wood, and he still suffers from shell shock. His mentor hopes that a journey Robert had always wanted to make?to find his family roots?will restore his equilibrium and his vocation. Unbeknownst to Robert, a safety net has been spread beneath him: All along the banks of the river ...

Tipperary: A Novel

14 reviews
Frank Delaney

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2008

Quite Simply a Wonderful Novel
This is another wonderful book authored by Frank Delaney. I sat down and read it over the course of a weekend and was taken to another world in Tipperary, Ireland learning more about the history of Ireland and the lives of the characters Charles O'Brien, April Burke, and Joe Harney. For me, the book had a bit of an Irish Forrest Gump and Gone With The Wind flavor. The subject matter in the book ...

A Stranger in Their Midst
Frank Delaney

Harpercollins, 1996

Kidnapped
Robert Louis Stevevenson

The Folio Society, 1987

The book Kidnapped is a classic, it is the story of david balfour, of how he was kidnapped and cast away, his sufferings in a desert isle, his journey in the west highlands, his acquaintance with alan breck stewart and other notorious highland jacobites, with all that he suffered at the hands of his uncle, ebenzer balfour of shaws.

Legends of the Celts

4 reviews
Frank Delaney

Sterling Pub Co Inc, 1992

Corn and Maize
To the reviewer who found fault with the use of the word "corn" in this book: The word "corn" in Britain and Ireland can refer to wheat or oats. This is what Delaney means (he's Irish -- born in Tipperary). The "corn" you are thinking of would be called "maize" across the pond -- so Delaney's use of the word is not incorrect. I loved this book. ::I enjoyed this book for a while. Until ...