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After the Storm: True Stories of Disaster and Recovery at Sea

John Rousmaniere

3.7/5 ( ratings)

This volume recounts stories of seafaring disasters and explores the consequences of these disasters for survivors, rescuers, families, communities and, in some cases, nations. The stories include: a mid-Atlantic accident that destroyed a prominent family; the Pacific typhoon that postponed America's first war with Germany; New England's equivalent of the Titanic; the worst non-combat disaster in Navy history; the stormy deaths of a poet and of a great American woman writer; and three disturbing tales of derelict ships adrift at sea .

Language: English

Pages: 338

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: International Marine Publishing

Release: April 17, 2002

ISBN: 0071377956

ISBN 13: 9780071377959

After the Storm: True Stories of Disaster and Recovery at Sea

John Rousmaniere

3.7/5 ( ratings)

This volume recounts stories of seafaring disasters and explores the consequences of these disasters for survivors, rescuers, families, communities and, in some cases, nations. The stories include: a mid-Atlantic accident that destroyed a prominent family; the Pacific typhoon that postponed America's first war with Germany; New England's equivalent of the Titanic; the worst non-combat disaster in Navy history; the stormy deaths of a poet and of a great American woman writer; and three disturbing tales of derelict ships adrift at sea .

Language: English

Pages: 338

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: International Marine Publishing

Release: April 17, 2002

ISBN: 0071377956

ISBN 13: 9780071377959

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