Captain John Powers is on what turns out to be his final charting mission with his ship and STARCORE. When the message comes in that the USS PERFORMANCE is to be decommissioned at the end of the current mission, John starts the process of shutting down the ship. The crew is now given the chance to reflect on what being a member of starship has meant to them along with how the various ship s missions affected them personally. Find out how a crew deals with the news of being decommissioned and John who puts in his retirement papers for the last time. Join the captain and crew for their last voyage together. However, it is John who finds that he must now face retirement, alone and the ultimate personal crisis of his life. A medical diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis, which even 22nd Century medicine cannot cure yet, adds to John s sense of aloneness. This book tries to capture the spirit and warmth of the human heart.
Captain John Powers is on what turns out to be his final charting mission with his ship and STARCORE. When the message comes in that the USS PERFORMANCE is to be decommissioned at the end of the current mission, John starts the process of shutting down the ship. The crew is now given the chance to reflect on what being a member of starship has meant to them along with how the various ship s missions affected them personally. Find out how a crew deals with the news of being decommissioned and John who puts in his retirement papers for the last time. Join the captain and crew for their last voyage together. However, it is John who finds that he must now face retirement, alone and the ultimate personal crisis of his life. A medical diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis, which even 22nd Century medicine cannot cure yet, adds to John s sense of aloneness. This book tries to capture the spirit and warmth of the human heart.
I have written this book for an audience of tastes. The lyrical and prosaic poems that follow are indebted to some older poets as well as to my contemporaries writing in veins today! This book...
Title: Captain Lanagan's Log: passages in the life of a merchant skipper, etc.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom...
For centuries, ships' commanders kept journals that recorded their missions. These included voyages of discovery to unknown lands, engagements in war and sea and general trade. Many of their logs,...
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