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1000 tulosta hakusanalla E.T. Long
This second volume of Pirates in Their Own Words turns to the contemporary newspapers of the 'golden age' of piracy, 1690-1727 and reproduces 555 articles from a variety of British and Colonial publications.
In 1522 Cardinal Wolsey ordered a survey of every man over the age of 16, together with an assessment of his wealth and the military equipment he owned. Sometimes called the 'Tudor Domesday' the muster returns of 1522 present a unique insight into the people of Tudor England. Only two muster rolls from Devon have survived to the present day, that of the City of Exeter and the roll for twelve of the parishes of Shebbear Hundred in North Devon, which is presented here. Muster returns for the parishes of Landcross, Meeth, Little Torrington, Newton St. Petrock, Beaford, Alwington, Petrockstowe, Shebbear, Buckland Filleigh, Weare Giffard, Merton, and Peters Marland are reprinted for the first time, listing every adult male in each parish as well as a few females, together with their wealth and weapons. A short introduction includes an overview of Shebbear Hundred in the sixteenth century and a brief description of the weapons and armour mentioned in the text.
In 1968, the author was part of a group of US Navy advisors billeted so deep in the Mekong Delta that they could only be reached by boat. The Navy forgot about them, the Army ignored them, and there was no "adult supervision" for long periods of time. The result was a madcap whirlwind of bizarre misadventures and risque behavior from Saigon to Sydney and back, as they talked their way onto helicopters, boats, bush planes, (and even a Rickshaw at one point.) For the author and his colleagues, Vietnam could be described as "98% boredom and 2% wet underwear." This book is about the 98%, and the insane things that happened when nobody knew - or cared - where they were!
