>> A Hornblower fan? So appropriate for this group! Whadya think . . . could a thesis be written comparing Horatio Hornblower and Clancy's Jack Ryan as antiheros thrust upon the historical stage of greatness? And did the crews use a Greenland stroke when towing through the doldrums? >> Well, they used narrow-bladed paddles -- uh, oars. I haven't read Clancy. As for Hornblower, he is a hero to just about everyone but himself. It's more interesting to me to compare him to O'Brian's Jack Aubrey, who is in many ways Hornblower's opposite: self- confident, sensual, musical, poor at math, and so forth. Of course, both are superb seamen and tacticians. And the authors of both characters were/are experienced sailors and good researchers. Forester actually got the idea for the first Hornblower novel while reading the Naval Chronicle during a trip on his sailboat. Both characters, by the way, are based in part on historical figures such as Edward Pellew (Hornblower's captain in the Indefatigable), who as a 19-year-old lieutenant took command of his sloop of war during the battle of Lake Champlain after his captain and first lieutenant were wounded. Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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