The Wreck of the William Brown

by Koch, Tom

• ISBN13: 9780071434683
• ISBN10: 0071434682
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-02-20
• Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press

Summary

Seventy-one years before the loss of the Titanic, another ship sank in almost the same spot after striking an iceberg at maximum speed. Three-quarters of the 65 passengers-poor, mostly Irish emigrants-were lost, including at least fourteen who were thrown overboard from a lifeboat to lighten it. Not a single sailor died.

Author Biography

Tom Koch is a widely published writer and the author of eleven books. A lifelong sailor, he skippers a 35-foot Beneteau sloop, the James Boswell, throughout the Pacific Northwest. A longtime journalist, Tom Koch has worked or written for a range of newspapers, magazines, and broadcasters, including the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, United Press International, and the Toronto Globe & Mail. His current appointments include positions at the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, where he is also associated with the David Lam Centre for International Communications. He divides his time between popular writing, academic writing on medical ethics and bioethics, and client care.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	viii
List of People on the William Brown	ix
Introduction	1	(6)
The Second Strike	7	(13)
The Last Watch	20	(16)
Alone in the North Atlantic	36	(14)
At Sea	50	(23)
The Crescent	73	(21)
The Story	94	(15)
A Melancholy Affair	109	(17)
The Charge	126	(20)
The Trial	146	(15)
The Defence of Necessity	161	(21)
The Legacy	182	(9)
Endnotes	191	(10)
Bibliography	201	(6)
Acknowledgments	207	(2)
Index	209