Great American Shipwreck Stories is a magnificent collection of gripping accounts of a ships encounter with a great whale or an overwhelming monsoon or a disastrous passage through the Straits of Magellan, leading to a wreck and a crews harrowing plight for survival on the open seas or on a desert island. Capturing all the elements of ancient and powerful tragedy, this book is chockful of thrilling tales of survival – as well as a frightful examination of mans darkest impulses – which allow the reader a gruesome glimpse behind the veil of honor and bravery that history often ascribes to such men of the sea. These are all stories that have endured the test of time, and have attracted discerning readers for generations. Includes stories by Joseph Conrad, Erskine Childers, Joshua Slocum, James Fenimore Cooper, Herman Melville, Richard Henry Dana, Edgar Allan Poe, Richard Hakluyt, Owen Chase, and many others.
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 304 ● ISBN 9781493033720 ● Publisher Lyons Press ● Published 2018 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 5585990 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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