Classic Sailing Stories Fifteen Incredible Tales of the Sea

Name: Classic Sailing Stories Fifteen Incredible Tales of the Sea
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ISBN: 9781585747641

ISBN-10: 1585747645

ISBN-13: 9781585747641

Edition: 2003

Authors: Tom McCarthy

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Few people would want to test their mettle in an ice-encrusted boat with Ernest Shackleton, sail the Straits of Magellan with Joshua Slocum, or watch with Owen Chase as an angry whale sends his ship to the bottom, thousands of miles from the nearest land. But it's quite another thing to read these true accounts while settled into a favorite chair. Shackleton and Chase persevered in the face of travails that would have given even Job pause. Their stoic accounts are stronger and more dramatic for their total lack of affection, their frankness, and their lack of ego. Their gripping stories are custom made for the imaginative reader who seeks adventure in a more controlled environment, safe and…

Book details

List price: $9.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, The
Publication date: 7/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 4.75" wide x 7.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.616
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction


The Sea, with a Ship--Afterwards an Island



The Capture: A True Account



Dirty Weather



An Introduction to Informality



Yammerschooner



Young Ironsides



Rounding Cape Horn



Loss of a Man--Superstition



Mal de Mer



MS. Found in a Bottle



The Unfortunate Voyage



The Siege of the Round-House



Owen Chase's Narrative



The White Whale



Escape from the Ice



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