Sole Survivor: A Fiction Adventure Anthology, by Stanley McShane
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He watched as the "Marguerite" went down stern first in turbulent waves with all hands aboard. Shanghaied on the Bering Sea whaler "Northern Light" in 1901, recounted through his short stories and poems the memory of the icy northern waters and the intrepid seamen who fought the treacherous sailing conditions and behemoths of the ocean on frigates, schooners, and barques. Hear the call to the Yukon to search for gold or choke on the ochre dust of an early Arizona cattle ranch starved for water; more precious than gold. Relive the frenzy of the penny mining stocks of the 1920's or '30's and the chalk board that trumpets those impassionate, impersonal announcements of the failure of yet another bonanza mine. Would they all fail or reward his tinselled certificates with a fortune? Is life worth living without a Hupmobile? In an era when change exploded in this country, survival required vigor and adaptation. Life then, as now, wasn't easy.
Sole Survivor: A Fiction Adventure Anthology, by Stanley McShane- Amazon Sales Rank: #1299803 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-10-04
- Released on: 2015-10-04
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Inspiring and Upbeat Adventure Stories By Ian As an author, Stanley McShane is particularly gifted with vernacular speech; his seamen and miners speak in the colloquialisms of the day, which sometimes has me reaching for the dictionary, but the flavorful language makes the characters pop on the page. Few writers are as gifted with establishing character through spoken language as Stanley. Though his characters electrify you for other reasons; they’re as picaresque as anything you’ll find in a Robert Louis Stevenson novel; as authors go, that’s the one Stanley reminds me of the most.These short stories had me laughing out loud and begging to see them as shorts at film festivals around the world. If it were me, I’d post the screenplay versions to Inktip.com to see if they got any nibbles. (Hint to descendants managing Stanley’s estate.) But the writing here is suitably imagistic; in some ways I’ve already seen the movie playing in my head.Though all the short stories are immense fun (with insanely humorous flourishes), the seafaring ones are my favorite. Can’t get the little squirrel monkey terrorizing the seamen aboard ship out of my mind (too funny.) None of the tales lack for a sense of adventure; many had me wanting to jump into a time machine, but the vividness of Stanley’s writing is not a bad compromise.Stanley also excels at the setup. You’ll be reading about daily life about a sea ship circa 1900 in gory detail. There’s a satisfying warmth to the routine and camaraderie among the men, like settling in with family before a warm fire. Then bam! The vessel is being hit by a ship-killing wave. And that quick, you’re fighting for your life. The author’s dry, understated, and terse, Hemingway-like style just amplifies the drama when you think it might play it down. “A typhoon had struck the ship, masts and rigging; sails and all went overboard. I never saw Frank Parker again.”Stanley also has such a down-to-earth, humble, unassuming way about him that it’s easy to forget he captained seagoing vessels of his own that circled the world many times over from the time he was twenty-five. (Apparently his father was a ship’s captain too, and his grandfather the Governor of Canada!) The guy has quite the pedigree but his soul is that of the common man; he doesn’t have an elitist bone in his body.Fans of the reality TV series that feature crabbers and sword fishermen and their ilk and revel in just how dangerous these guys lives are will likely love Stanley’s books; they have all the same harrowing dangers, which is all the easier to appreciate when you think that they had to contend with far more primitive vessels and equipment in his day (we’re talking late 1890s and early 1900s here.)Curiously, I’m also a fan of Murdock Mysteries on Netflix, set in the same time period (late 1890s and early 1900s). As I’ve learned from the TV series, this is a fun time, historically speaking, for as primitive (relative to today) as it is, it’s also exploding with scientific discovery and energy. Stanley has a bit of Murdock in him, and like Murdock, very much captures the energy, eagerness for discovery and scientific prowess of the times. In true Murdock fashion, Stanley is signed up on a whaler for similar braininess. “‘Can you use the sextant and quadrant?’ the captain with his stinking whiskey breath asked me. ‘Yes, sir,’ I replied, “and the logarithms and azimuths. I can give you the latitude and longitude we are in at this time,’ I told him.’”Sole Survivor is the third Stanley McShane title I’ve read. All the books have been quite wonderful, but if you’re still uncertain about wading in, considering Amazon’s free sample feature, you might try out one of the complete short stories in this collection as a jumping of point to all destinations Stanley.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. The Remarkable Patrick John Rose By Clear Creek Press This is a wonderful tale – exciting, intellectual, and adventurous, it is an amalgam of the real Patrick John Rose – a remarkable man. In his lifetime Rose was a sailor, prospector, miner, cowboy, and oil worker. But he was also an author, a poet, and an artist as well. He published a fascinating book, painted a collage of remarkable illustrations, and penned numerous poems. He lived a singularly uncommon life, to say the least, and he left records to prove it. Sole Survivor is a collection of nautical experience, western saga, and artistic endeavor that is both enthralling and entertaining – a writing so genuine and accurate as to please the most discerning intellect.Michael ReisigClear Creek Press
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