Tragic History of the Sea Shipwrecks from the Bible to Titanic

Name: Tragic History of the Sea Shipwrecks from the Bible to Titanic
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ISBN: 9780792259084

ISBN-10: 0792259084

ISBN-13: 9780792259084

Edition: 2006

Authors: Anthony Brandt, Garry Wills

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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 Icelandic sagas to Mark Twain to Titanic and beyond. The Tragic History of the Sea draws from tales around the globe: the doomed Medusa, whose survivors were abandoned to their fate, to live…

Book details

List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Publication date: 8/15/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 35
Size: 6.34" wide x 9.23" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

Anthony Brandt is the author of two previous books, and the editor of the Adventure Classics series published by National Geographic Society Press. He is also the books editor at National Geographic Adventure magazine and was previously the book critic for Men's Journal. His work has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, GQ, Esquire among many other magazines. He lives in Sag Harbor, New York.




The shipwreck of Apostle Paul



New world tempests




The story of Pedro Serrano




The shipwreck of a Portuguese Vessel




The wreck of the delight



The last voyage of Thomas Cavendish




The wreck and redemption of Sir Thomas Gates




A most dangerous voyage




Letter of James Pierpont




God's protecting providence




The loss of the Nottingham Galley




Alexander Selkirk : castaway



The wreck of the Wager




The ordeal of the Peggy



The loss of the Halsewell



Loss of the Lady Hobart



The loss of the Polly



The treachery




The raft of the Medusa




The loss of the Essex



The loss of the Kent



The sufferings of Miss Ann Saunders



Narrative of a shipwreck, captivity & sufferings




The shipwreck




The runaways




The burning of the clipper ship Hornet at sea




A report of events on the coast of Peru



Story of a Hoodoo Ship



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