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  • The Sinking of RMS Tayleur

    The Lost Story of the Victorian Titanic

    de Gill Hoffs ...
    "A truly wonderful social history of a tragic and unexplained shipping disaster. Five Stars."—Scottish FieldThe wrecking of the RMS Tayleur made headlines nearly 60 years before the Titanic. Both were run by the White Star Line, both were heralded as the most splendid ships of their time and both sank in tragic circumstances on their maiden voyages.On 19 January 1854 the Tayleur, a large merchant ... Leer más

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  • The Lost Story of the William and Mary

    The Cowardice of Captain Stinson

    de Gill Hoffs ...
    The emigrant ship William and Mary departed from Liverpool with 208 British, Irish, and Dutch emigrants in early 1853. Captained by young American Timothy Stinson, the vessel was sailing for New Orleans when the ship wrecked in the Bahamas in mysterious circumstances. Instead of grounding the ship on a nearby shore or building rafts for the passengers, Stinson and the majority of his crew sneaked ... Leer más

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  • Lost Children: A Charity Anthology to benefit PROTECT and Children 1st

    de Lynn Beighley, Nigel Bird, Luca Veste, Gill Hoffs, Nicolette Wong, Sam Rasnake, Ingrid Hardy, J.F. Juzwik ...
    30 powerful stories from around the world to benefit two children's charities: PROTECT: The National Association to Protect Children and Children 1st Scotland.Stories by David Ackley, Kevin Aldrich, David Barber, Lynn Beighley, Seamus Bellamy, Paul D. Brazill, Sif Dal, James Lloyd Davis, Roberto C. Garcia, Susan Gibb, Nancy A. Hansen, K.V. Hardy, Gill Hoffs, Fiona "McDroll" Johnson, J.F. Juzwik, ... Leer más

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  • The Lost Story of the Ocean Monarch

    Fire, Family, & Fidelity

    de Gill Hoffs ...
    The ship was almost instantly in flames Some jumped overboard immediately, and all was in indescribable confusion. The masts began to fall one after another, and it is supposed killed great numbers by their descent. Others, it is feared, were roasted alive, but the majority were drowned. (Hull Advertiser and Exchange Gazette, 25 August 1848)The Ocean Monarch was only a few hours out of Liverpool ... Leer más

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  • Wild a Collection

    de Gill Hoffs ...
    "Wild offers exceptional fiction and reportage, with a coast-dweller’s sharp eye for maritime detail, and a humane regard for both the victims and the survivors of shipwrecks, both literal and metaphorical. From 'Prospects', a marvellous, moving reconstruction of the murderous maiden voyage of the Tayleur, to 'Luck is in the Leftovers', a gripping saga of living on the edge of the land, where life ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

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  • The Bounty

    The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty

    de Caroline Alexander ...
    Has history been wrong for 200 years? Read the startling truth about the mutiny on the Bounty, its characters, causes, and aftermath. Television rights are now in development with Ridley Scott's Scott Free Productions.More than two centuries after Master’s Mate Fletcher Christian led a mutiny against Lieutenant William Bligh on a small, armed transport vessel called Bounty, the true story of this ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

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  • Seafaring Women

    Adventures of Pirate Queens, Female Stowaways, and Sailors' Wives

    de David Cordingly ...
    For centuries, the sea has been regarded as a male domain, but in this illuminating historical narrative, maritime scholar David Cordingly shows that an astonishing number of women went to sea in the great age of sail. Some traveled as the wives or mistresses of captains; others were smuggled aboard by officers or seamen. And Cordingly has unearthed stories of a number of young women who dressed ... Leer más

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  • Women Sailors and Sailors' Women

    de David Cordingly ...
    For centuries the sea has been regarded as a male domain. Fisherman, navy officers, pirates, and explorers roamed the high seas while their wives and daughters stayed on shore. Oceangoing adventurers and the crews of their ships were part of an all-male world — or were they?In this illuminating historical narrative, maritime scholar David Cordingly shows that in fact an astonishing number of women ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • The Ship of Seven Murders

    A True Story of Madness & Murder

    de Alannah Hopkin, Kathy Bunney ...
    In 1828, the'Mary Russell' sailed into Cork Harbour from theWest Indies. Seven crewmen lay in themain saloon, brutally murdered by the captain. His trial was a sensation as survivors revealed a tale of danger and delusion. But what really happened? This gripping account unravels the bizarre tragedy and its dramatic court case, as well as the place it occupies in history and folklore. ... Leer más

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  • Man who stole the Cyprus

    A True Story of Escape

    de Warwick Hirst ...
    On the evening of 14 August 1829 the government brig Cyprus was sheltering in Recherche Bay on the remote south-east coast of Tasmania when she was captured by eighteen convicts under the leadership of William Swallow, a prisoner for life. Eight years earlier he had stowed away on a ship to England only to be eventually arrested and sent to Hobart for the second time. After marooning the crew, ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • She Captains

    Heroines and Hellions of the Sea

    de Joan Druett ...
    With her pistols loaded she went aboardAnd by her side hung a glittering swordIn her belt two daggers, well armed for warWas this female smugglerWas this female smuggler who never feared a scar.If a "hen frigate" was any ship carrying a captain's wife, then a "she captain" is a bold woman distinguished for courageous enterprise in the history of the sea. "She captains," who infamously possessed ... Leer más

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  • The Best American Short Stories 2012

    Edición de Tom Perrotta, Heidi Pitlor ...
    Series series The Best American Series
    The acclaimed author "assembles a stellar collection of twenty stories that create their own worlds in twenty pages or less" ( USA Today ).Tom Perrotta explains in his introduction that "all of [these stories] took me somewhere I didn't expect to go, and jolted me into that state of heightened awareness and emotional receptivity that's one of the great rewards of reading good fiction."In Nathan ... Leer más

    $14.39 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus