After the storm true stories of disaster and recovery at sea /

Rousmaniere, John.

After the storm true stories of disaster and recovery at sea / [Book] : John Rousmaniere. - 1st ed. - Camden, Maine : International Marine/McGraw-Hill, c2002. - xiii, 338 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-329) and index.

Ariel and Percy Bysshe Shelley, Italy, 1822 -- The Elizabeth and Margaret Fuller, New York, 1850 -- The Yankee Gale, Gulf of St. Lawrence, 1851 -- The escape of the Calliope, Samoa, 1889 -- The loss of the Portland, Massachusetts Bay, 1989 -- Hamrah and the Ameses, the North Atlantic, 1935 -- The wreck of the Pollux, Newfoundland, 1942 -- Derelicts, Mary Celeste (Azores, 1872) and First Draft (Gulf Stream, 1996) -- "Amazing graces" : the prophet, the apostle, and the hymn writer -- The Ulysses generation in the southern ocean.

All.

0071377956 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780071377959


Shipwrecks.

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