Background
Meredith, Joseph Charlton was born on June 29, 1914 in Oakland, California, United States. Son of John Giles and Stella Marie (Holden) Meredith.
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A Handful of Emeralds: On Patrol with the Hanna in the Postwar Pacific by Meredith, Joseph C. (1997) Hardcover
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The tattooed man
(New England in the year 1835 was taking wail-oil tribute ...)
New England in the year 1835 was taking wail-oil tribute from the oceans of the world, and with yankee enterprise puting the proceeds into canals, roads, cotton and land. The whole country was booming. Current national issues such as slavery, Indian treaties, the United States bank, and the fitness of Andrew Jackson for public office were good for a fight in any tavern. In Boston, Ralph Waldo Emerson was carefully shaping essays. In the city of New Bedford, a lean, white-haired man stood on a wharf and looked at the whaleships, some soon leaving to fish for the largest creatures on earth, some lately returned from the same quest. He spoke to no one, and in his faded eyes you would have seen something disconcerting, ghostly, something beyond ordinarycomprehension. He seemed somehow to belong to another time and place. Though you would never have guessed it, he was only twenty-one years old. Who was this strange man?
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A Handful of Emeralds: On Patrol with the Hanna in the Postwar Pacific
(Nearly a decade after he saw extensive battle action in t...)
Nearly a decade after he saw extensive battle action in the Pacific during World War II, Joe Meredith had a rare chance to return to the western Pacific for a more tranquil look at the breathtaking beauty of the region. As captain of the destroyer escort Hanna, Meredith was tasked with patrol and surveillance duty throughout Micronesia and also in the Bonin and Volcano Islands. He remembers it as the choicest independent duty a young commander could imagine and recorded his thoughts and activities in a daily journal that inspired this book. Taking the title of his memoir from Joseph Conrad's writing about the same islands, Meredith offers an evocative account of his voyages. He combines his own sense of discovery with the colorful descriptions of previous travelers. Ulithi, Yap, Truk, Ponape - exotic place-names that emerge from more than four hundred years of exploration narratives and the region's recent violent history - dot this insightful, lyrical narrative of his experiences. It celebrates both the author's love for a ship and pride in the naval service, as well as his fascination with the islands and the people of the far Pacific. Meredith's literary talents - calling to mind earlier well-known literature of the region - will transport readers of this atmospheric memoir to a time and place where most have never traveled. It also provides a historic snapshot of post-war conditions in the islands under navy administration, long before they achieved independent status.
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The Tattooed Man / Illustrated by Axel Mathieson
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Joseph Charlton Meredith
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Education
Bachelor, Olivet (Michigan) College, 1934. Master of Library Science, University California, Berkeley, 1956. SLIS, Indiana University, 1981.
Career
Tax consultant, Wells Fargo Bank, San Francisco, 1936-1947; with, United States Navy, 1942-1962; advanced through grades to lieutenant commander, United States Navy, 1946; retired, United States Navy, 1962; research project manager, Institute Library. Research, Berkeley, 1963-1969; assistant director, Institute Library. Research, Bloomington, 1970-1971; system library, governments State University, University Park, Illinois, 1972-1982; owner, Meredith Tree Farm, Solsberry, Indiana, since 1982.
Achievements
Works
book
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A Handful of Emeralds: On Patrol with the Hanna in the Postwar Pacific
(Nearly a decade after he saw extensive battle action in t...)
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The tattooed man
(New England in the year 1835 was taking wail-oil tribute ...)
- A HANDFUL OF EMERALDS: ON PATROL WITH THE HANNA IN THE POSTWAR PACIFIC
- A Handful of Emeralds: On Patrol with the Hanna in the Postwar Pacific by Meredith, Joseph C. (1997) Hardcover
- Tattooed Man 1ST Edition
- The Tattooed Man / Illustrated by Axel Mathieson
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A Handful of Emeralds: On Patrol with the Hanna in the Postwar Pacific
Membership
Trustee Village of Park Forest South (now University Park), 1974-1979. Fellow Royal Geography Society.
Interests
Connections
Children: Michael S., Robert John Giles, Polly Baney.
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Political Party
Democrat
Education
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1934
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1956
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1981
Career
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1936 - 1947
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1942 - 1962
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1946
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1963 - 1969
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1972 - 1982