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Robert Parsons "Ocean of Storms, Sea of Disaster"
Nimbus Publishing Ltd. 2005 1895900743 / 9781895900743 Paperback Very Good
"'Paperback, Very Good, clean, tight, unmarked, no spine creases, creases on covers, nonfiction. Here are over sixty stories of piracy, fire, explosions, disappearances, rum running, shipboard mutiny and murder. There are also stories of collisions with whales, icebergs and other ships, as well as wrecks on rocks, islands and sand bars. Vessels, large and small, were struck by lightning, shelled or torpedoed by enemy vessels, crushed by Arctic ice, and even swallowed up whole by unexpected intense gales and hurricanes. These true tales of shipwrecks delve into strange and curious marine disasters. The setting, primarily the northwestern Atlantic Ocean, was the main trading route for passenger steamers and treading schooners plying their way to and from Europe and also the site of the much frequented fishing grounds. It is said to be the ''stormiest ocean on earth.'' The time range in Ocean of Storms, Sea of Disaster is one hundred years, between the 1850s and the 1950s but the storie...'' ID: mon0000007701"
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18.47 USD
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Robert Charles Parsons Salt Water Tales
Creative Book Publishing 2004 1894294793 / 9781894294799 Paperback New
"Paperback, Brand New, clean, tight, unmarked, no spine or cover creases Over forty true, strange and tragic stories span the Coast: Cape Race and the Unique Wrecks, What they saw under water, The Bickley sails to oblivion, The Ships that Vanished, and more.() Salt Water Tales: The Strange and Tragic, Illustrated contains 130 years worth of misfortunes in the treacherous northwestern Atlantic, covering seventy-seven unusual calamities and strange events. ID: mon0000007491"
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14.50 USD
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