Within the Capes A Delaware Bay Maritime Romance of Honor, Loyalty, and Coastal Adventure
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
28.11.2023
Verlag
Sharp InkSeitenzahl
108
Maße (L/B/H)
22,9/15,2/0,8 cm
Gewicht
245 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-80-283-4062-9
Within the Capes is a maritime romance rooted in the waters and settlements framed by the Delaware capes, where coastal life, moral testing, and historical memory are brought into intimate relation. Pyle's prose combines the pictorial vividness of an illustrator with the narrative momentum of adventure fiction: ships, shorelines, households, and conflicts are rendered as carefully composed scenes. The book belongs to the late nineteenth-century American revival of historical romance and regional writing, transforming local geography into a stage for questions of honor, loyalty, and character. Howard Pyle, born in Wilmington, Delaware, was uniquely equipped to write such a work. Celebrated as both author and illustrator, he drew deeply on the landscapes, legends, and colonial past of the mid-Atlantic coast. His lifelong interest in chivalric conduct, piracy, Revolution-era history, and the moral education of young readers informs the novel's atmosphere and ethical structure, while his visual imagination gives its setting unusual clarity and force. This book is recommended to readers who value historical fiction with a strong sense of place, restrained romance, and cleanly shaped adventure. It will especially appeal to those interested in American coastal history and in the development of Pyle's literary art.
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