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Title: Tales from Annapolis by Rich Zino, Paul Laric, Richard Zino ISBN: 0-9704710-0-9 Publisher: Omega Resources Pub. Date: October, 2000 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A great book!
Comment: I am a fan of the U.S. Navy and especially the Academy. For anyone who wants a glimpse of what life is like there for the Midshipmen, this book is for you. The stories are funny, some sad. You really get a idea of the dedication it takes to make it through a service academy. In one sense, you are a college student - but really you are on active duty already! My hats off to all Annapolis Alumni!
Rating: 5
Summary: Midshipman Follies
Comment: _Tales from Annapolis: A Ring-Knockers' Bedside Companion_ (Omega Resources) by Rich Zino ('67) and Paul Laric ('49) is an amiable collection written by former midshipmen about the antics (and some of the antics are more serious than others) of student life at the Naval Academy. The contents will be best enjoyed by former midshipmen, but those who know little about Academy life will get to learn something of what the middies put up with. This is especially true of descriptions of fourth class (freshman) or "Plebe" year, which seem to be disproportionately represented here. My own memory (I am '72) of that year is really rather miserable and not much fun at all. The accounts here are generally upbeat, brightened, I suppose, by many years of chipping away by selective memories. There is a useful glossary which includes some of the tortures upperclassmen used to put us through, like "Shoving out: Positioning one's self in a sitting position without the aid of a chair; also referred to as sitting on infinity." (...)
The most surprising thing about this volume is how similar the tales from fifty years back are to my own memories or to the more recent classes. Mids were always, it seems, crawling down the steam pipe alleys underneath Tecumseh, zipping back just under the wire at curfew, and thinking up get rich quick schemes. The great difference in stories, those with no precedent, are those that involve female midshipmen or officers. Just a hint of sexual scandal is included in these pages.
However, an episode like rolling a bowling ball into the Rotunda through the ranks of the Watch Squad while it was in formation is a unique and classic prank for which a member of the class of '63 takes credit (for a "mystery bowler," of course). This tale was a legend even when I was there, and long may it and the other jolly stories in this book be retold and grow in the telling.
Rating: 5
Summary: A treasure box of Memories...
Comment: This book is something a little different from what you might ordinarily read. It tells the tales of men who served our country in the Navy, from none other than the very people who lived them. It gives a more personal look at the accademy, and paints a warm picture of what happens "behind the scenes" at the accademy.
I would certainly recomend this book of memories to any other retierd officers or alumni. I can assure you that it will bring a smile to your face, and bring you back to those golden days of Annapolis.
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Title: The Return of Philo T. McGiffin by David Poyer ISBN: 1557506892 Publisher: Naval Institute Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 1997 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: A Sense of Honor: A Novel by James H. Webb ISBN: 1557509174 Publisher: Naval Institute Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1995 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The U.S. Naval Academy: An Illustrated History by Jack Sweetman ISBN: 1557501432 Publisher: Naval Institute Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 1995 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: Brief Points: An Almanac for Parents and Friends of U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen by Ross H. Mackenzie ISBN: 1591145066 Publisher: Naval Institute Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Life Inside the Naval Academy by Jil Fine ISBN: 0516240056 Publisher: Children's Press (CT) Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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