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Shipwrecked!

Deadly Adventures and Disasters at Sea

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
200 Seiten
2008
Menasha Ridge Press Inc. (Verlag)
978-0-89732-653-7 (ISBN)
13,70 inkl. MwSt
Shipwrecked! tells the harrowing tales from 14 maritime disasters spanning three centuries.
For readers who relish the image of clinging to a sinking makeshift raft while fighting off sword-wielding and delirious mutineers wrenching the last cask of water from a sailor's sun-scorched hands (while sharks circle in famished anticipation), Shipwrecked! Adventures and Disasters at Sea is an irresistible read. A heady voyage through human suffering at the hands of unforgiving oceans, cruel captains, and implacable fate, this latest collection of Evan Balkan's impeccably researched true adventures details 14 major maritime disasters. Included are such legendary stories as the 1629 maiden voyage of the Batavia that ended in mutiny and murder, and the dramatic destruction of the majestic three-masted barquentine Endurance in ice-clogged Antarctic waters in 1912. A vast spectrum of human emotion and activity is featured in these exciting profiles, from deadly incompetence and brutish cannibalism to surprising self-sacrifice and quiet heroism.

Evan Balkan teaches writing at the Community College of Baltimore County. His fiction and nonfiction, mostly in the areas of travel and outdoor recreation, have been published throughout the United States, as well as in Canada, England, and Australia. A graduate of Towson, George Mason, and Johns Hopkins universities, he is also the author of Vanished! Explorers Forever Lost, 60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Baltimore, and Best in Tent Camping: Maryland (all published by Menasha Ridge Press). He lives in Lutherville, Maryland, with his wife, Shelly, and daughters, Amelia and Molly.

About the Author


Preface


“The Custom of the Sea”: Cannibalism




Peggy (1765–66)
Essex (1819–20)
Mignonette (1884)


Conflicting Accounts




Nottingham Galley (1710–11)
Francis Mary (1826)
Stirling Castle (1836)


Incompetence, Disorder, and Evil




Batavia (1628–29)
Medusa (1816)
Karluk (1913–14)


On Foreign Shores




Degrave (1701)
Grosvenor (1782)
Commerce (1815)


Extraordinary Survival Masters of all They Survey—Castaways:




De Serrano (1540–47), Selkirk (1704–09), and Ashton (1723–25)
Four Russians at Spitsbergen (1743–49)
Endurance (1915–16)


Bibliography


Index

Zusatzinfo B&W illustrations throughout
Verlagsort Birmingham
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 228 mm
Gewicht 326 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Sport Segeln / Tauchen / Wassersport
Reisen Reiseführer
ISBN-10 0-89732-653-9 / 0897326539
ISBN-13 978-0-89732-653-7 / 9780897326537
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