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Boxing the Compass: A Life of Seafaring, Music, and, Pilgrimage

Michael L. Hadley

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Description:An award-winning historian and mariner takes readers on an engrossinginternational journey of self-discovery that explores timely themes ofhuman conflict, ethics, and reconciliation.A member ofthe so-called Silent Generation, Michael Hadley has a great deal to sayin his twilight years. Opening with his Depression-era childhood on alonely lighthouse on the west coast of Vancouver Island, this remarkablynuanced memoir spans decades, countries, and oceans.Hadley’sreflections move through his years growing up in wartime Vancouver inthe 1940s, his concert tours on the British vaudeville stage in the1950s, and his early teaching career in Manitoba in the 1960s. He shareshis naval service on both coasts and on the Great Lakes, and hisprofessional experience in Germany, where unexpected friendships withformer submariners trigger an interest in how countries deal withdifficult wartime pasts. Human conflict, ethics, and multi-faithengagement in criminal justice reform and Restorative Justice shapeHadley’s understandings of reconciliation, taking him on prison visitsacross Canada, the UK, and Uganda.Whether examining ancienthistorical sites and battlegrounds, navigating at sea, or riding camelsin the desert, he seeks universal patterns of human experience. At once adeeply personal chronicle of a fascinating life and a measured, maturereflection on some of the most cataclysmic events of the past century, Boxing the Compass is an unforgettable journey that will leave readers reflecting on the experiences that affect us all.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Boxing the Compass: A Life of Seafaring, Music, and, Pilgrimage. To get started finding Boxing the Compass: A Life of Seafaring, Music, and, Pilgrimage, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: An award-winning historian and mariner takes readers on an engrossinginternational journey of self-discovery that explores timely themes ofhuman conflict, ethics, and reconciliation.A member ofthe so-called Silent Generation, Michael Hadley has a great deal to sayin his twilight years. Opening with his Depression-era childhood on alonely lighthouse on the west coast of Vancouver Island, this remarkablynuanced memoir spans decades, countries, and oceans.Hadley’sreflections move through his years growing up in wartime Vancouver inthe 1940s, his concert tours on the British vaudeville stage in the1950s, and his early teaching career in Manitoba in the 1960s. He shareshis naval service on both coasts and on the Great Lakes, and hisprofessional experience in Germany, where unexpected friendships withformer submariners trigger an interest in how countries deal withdifficult wartime pasts. Human conflict, ethics, and multi-faithengagement in criminal justice reform and Restorative Justice shapeHadley’s understandings of reconciliation, taking him on prison visitsacross Canada, the UK, and Uganda.Whether examining ancienthistorical sites and battlegrounds, navigating at sea, or riding camelsin the desert, he seeks universal patterns of human experience. At once adeeply personal chronicle of a fascinating life and a measured, maturereflection on some of the most cataclysmic events of the past century, Boxing the Compass is an unforgettable journey that will leave readers reflecting on the experiences that affect us all.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Boxing the Compass: A Life of Seafaring, Music, and, Pilgrimage. To get started finding Boxing the Compass: A Life of Seafaring, Music, and, Pilgrimage, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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