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The Tragic History of the Sea - Shipwreck from the Bible to Titanic (Paperback)
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Is there any tale more thrilling than a shipwreck? Disaster at sea
is an ever-present peril, inspiring ancient legends, great works of
fiction, and countless yarns of deadly typhoons, vessels consumed
by fire, and desperate castaways alone on an empty ocean. Before
Homer composed the "Odyssey," sailors were already telling their
terrifying stories, and Anthony Brandt has culled only the very
best for this essential and engrossing chronicle of shipwrecks
through the ages.
Brandt's selections range from the apostle Paul to Mark Twain to
the "Titanic" disaster. "The Tragic History of the Sea" draws from
tales around the globe: the doomed Medusa, whose survivors were
abandoned to their fate by a cowardly crew, to live on only in a
famous painting in the Louvre; the infamous Essex and her fatal
cruise which inspired Melville's "Moby Dick;" and the harrowing
wreck of the "Wager," which left the earlier Lord Byron, the poet's
kinsman, starving on Patagonia's bleak shores.
A riveting anthology of high adventure and astonishing survival
against all odds, this storm-tossed voyage through history's gales
and across unforgiving seas represents the best of a storytelling
tradition that goes back centuries. Each extraordinary tale is
linked to the next by Brandt's expert annotations and commentary,
which sets them in context, provides a wealth of maritime and
literary background and places this volume of shipwreck tales in a
class by itself.
General
Imprint: |
National Geographic Society
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
June 2007 |
First published: |
June 2007 |
Authors: |
Anthony Brandt
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
329 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4262-0094-6 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-4262-0094-3 |
Barcode: |
9781426200946 |
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