Tag: Captivity

Free Download Brian McGinty, "The Oatman Massacre: A Tale of Desert Captivity and Survival"
English | 2005 | pages: 273 | ISBN: 0806136677 | PDF | 2,6 mb
The Oatman massacre is among the most famous and dramatic captivity stories in the history of the Southwest. In this riveting account, Brian McGinty explores the background, development, and aftermath of the tragedy.

Free Download Russ Gurley, "Tarantulas And Scorpions in Captivity "
English | ISBN: 0971319790 | 2005 | 102 pages | EPUB | 21 MB
In this book successful keepers share their knowledge and expertise in the fast growing movement of keeping and breeding tarantulas and scorpions in captivity. Chapters provide information on housing, diet, reproduction, and care of the young. Individual species accounts provide common and scientific names, country of origin, housing, diet, sexing, breeding, and more. Full-color photographs.

Free Download Captivity’s Collections: Science, Natural History, and the British Transatlantic Slave Trade (Flows, Migrations, and Exchanges) by Kathleen S. Murphy
English | October 12th, 2023 | ISBN: 1469675900 | 256 pages | True EPUB | 13.15 MB
Cashews from Africa’s Gold Coast, butterflies from Sierra Leone, jalap root from Veracruz, shells from Jamaica-in the eighteenth century, these specimens from faraway corners of the Atlantic were tucked away onboard inhumane British slaving vessels. Kathleen S. Murphy argues that the era’s explosion of new natural knowledge was deeply connected to the circulation of individuals, objects, and ideas through the networks of the British transatlantic slave trade.

Free Download Will Crawford, John Pell, "A Narrative of Ethan Allen’s Captivity: Containing His Voyages and Travels"
English | 2013 | ISBN: 0486491013 | EPUB | pages: 176 | 3.0 mb
Best known as a patriot and hero of the American War of Independence, Ethan Allen led the famed Green Mountain Boys in the capture of Fort Ticonderoga. Later that year, he spearheaded a failed assault on Montreal that resulted in his arrest by British authorities. Imprisoned aboard Royal Navy ships, paroled in New York City, and finally released in a prisoner exchange, Ethan Allen recorded his experiences in this stirring firsthand account of the early years of the Revolutionary War.

Free Download Frederick C. Leiner, Tom Parks (Narrator), "Prisoners of the Bashaw: The Nineteen-Month Captivity of American Sailors in Tripoli, 1803-1805"
English | ASIN: B0CRZFZX8M | 2024 | MP3@64 kbps | ~10:12:00 | 289 MB
On October 31, 1803, the frigate USS Philadelphia ran aground on a reef a few miles outside the harbor of Tripoli. After hours under fire, the Philadelphia, aground and defenseless, surrendered, and 307 American sailors and marines were captured. The bashaw ordered the crew moved into an old warehouse, and the officers were eventually moved to a dungeon beneath the Bashaw’s castle. While the officers were treated as "gentlemen," although imprisoned, the sailors worked as enslaved laborers. The crew of the Philadelphia remained prisoners for nineteen months, until the Tripolitan War ended in June 1805.

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