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9780897326537

Shipwrecked! Deadly Adventures and Disasters at Sea

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  • ISBN13:

    9780897326537

  • ISBN10:

    0897326539

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-07-28
  • Publisher: Menasha Ridge Pr

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"If clinging to a sinking makeshift raft while fighting off sword wielding and delirious mutineers desperate to wrench the last cask of water from your sun-scorched hands and arms - as sharks circle in anticipation - is your armchair cup of tea, then Shipwrecked: Adventures and Disasters at Sea is your next read. An extraordinary collection of human suffering at the hands of cruel oceans, cruel captains, and cruel fate, this latest collection of impeccably researched true adventure by Evan Balkan details the astonishing facts of 14 extraordinary maritime disasters spanning the 17th through 20th centuries. Laced with detail, Balkan's seaworthy narratives redefine the limits of desperation, courage, and the human will to survive in the face of death, or worse."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Evan L. Balkan teaches writing and literature at the Community College of Baltimore County in Maryland.

Table of Contents

"The Custom of the Sea": Cannibalism
Peggy (1765-66)p. 2
Essex (1819-20)p. 10
Mignonette (1884)p. 22
Conflicting Accounts
Nottingham Galley (1710-11)p. 34
Francis Mary (1826)p. 43
Stirling Castle (1836)p. 50
Incompetence, Disorder, and Evil
Batavia (1628-29)p. 68
Medusa (1816)p. 79
Karluk (1913-14)p. 91
On Foreign Shores
Degrave (1701)p. 108
Grosvenor (1782)p. 116
Commerce (1815)p. 127
Extraordinary Survival
Masters of all They Survey - Castaways: De Serrano (1540-47), Selkirk (1704-09), and Ashton (1723-25)p. 142
Four Russians at Spitsbergen (1743-49)p. 152
Endurance (1915-16)p. 162
Bibliographyp. 173
Indexp. 178
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