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THE SEA SHALL EMBRACE THEM: The Tragic Story of the Steamship Arctic
por Shaw, David W
- Usado
- Bom
- Capa dura
- first
- Condição
- Bom/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0743222172
- ISBN 13
- 9780743222174
- Livreiro
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Los Angeles, California, United States
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.: The Free Press, 2002. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The 1854 collision at sea between the Arctic and the Vesta, a much smaller French steamship, set in motion one of the most harrowing events in maritime history, with enormous and tragic consequences. David W. Shaw, who brings decades of experience as a seaman to his writing, has based this riveting tale on the firsthand testimony of the few who survived the wreck, including its heroic captain, James C. Luce. It is the story of the brave and dutiful Luce fighting his mutinous crew as they take the lifeboats, leaving hundreds of men, women, and children to suffer a cruel and painful death. It is also the story of those who survived the frigid waters and those who perished -- including Luce's own frail son, who died as the grief-stricken captain helplessly watched. Not only did 400 people die by daybreak, the wreck brought to an end the domination of the seas by the American maritime fleet. Utterly compelling, beautifully written, and a fascinating, heretofore little-known slice of American history, THE SEA SHALL EMBRACE THEMis a stirring narrative that puts the reader on the deck as a shipful of men, women, and children do battle both with a mighty ocean and with their own baser instincts to survive. Fine, first edition, first printing, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. [Not remainder-marked or price-clipped] NFBS1
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- Livreiro
- Joe Staats, Bookseller
(US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 9305
- Título
- THE SEA SHALL EMBRACE THEM: The Tragic Story of the Steamship Arctic
- Autor
- Shaw, David W
- Formato/Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Bom
- Condição de sobrecapa
- Fine
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0743222172
- ISBN 13
- 9780743222174
- Editorial
- The Free Press
- Local de publicação
- Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Data de publicação
- 2002
- Dimensão
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Palavras-chave
- ARCTIC STEAMSHIP SHIPWRECKS TRANSPORTATION SHIPS
- Product_type
- 2
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Joe Staats, Bookseller
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Joe Staats, Bookseller
Membro de Biblio desde 2003
Los Angeles, California
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We specialize in collectible, contemporary signed first editions. First edition means the first printing. (Later printings of the first edition are typically not printed on acid-free paper, and should be avoided by collectors.) Signatures are obtained by us in person. Inscribed books sold by us may contain a line, a phrase, or a sketch that the author has chosen to add. Our signed books are not dedicated to anybody in particular (not to your grandmother, your Aunt Gladys, your ex-lover or your former cellmate), except in the rare case of a presentation copy from an author to a noteworthy person. All our books are hardcover, unless the book is an Advance Reading Copy, Uncorrected Proof, or PBO. You can expect that the books we send you will be as described, and in a physical condition worthy of the author’s having signed them. We do not sell remainder-marked books, signed or otherwise
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