Mohlo by se vám také líbit

Více informací o knize Sea Shall Embrace Them

• Parametry knihy
• Anotace
• Oblíbené z jiného soudku

Nákupem získáte 49 bodů

Anotace knihy

The 1854 collision at sea between the American ship Arctic and the Vesta, a much smaller French steamship, set in motion one of the most harrowing events in maritime history. David W. Shaw has based this fascinating account on the firsthand testimony of the few who survived the wreck, including the Arctic's heroic captain, James C. Luce, who was forced to fight his mutinous crew as they took the lifeboats and left hundreds of passengers to suffer a cruel and painful death. Not only did 400 people -- including Luce's own frail son -- die by daybreak, but the wreck also ended the domination of the seas by the American maritime fleet for the rest of the nineteenth century. Utterly compelling, The Sea Shall Embrace Them is a stirring slice of heretofore little-known American history. Beautifully written, it puts the reader on deck as a ship full of men, women, and children do battle both with a mighty ocean and with their own baser instincts.

Parametry knihy

Zařazení knihy Knihy v angličtině Humanities History History: specific events & topics

• Plný název: Sea Shall Embrace Them
• Autor: David Shaw
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Brožovaná
• Počet stran: 256
• EAN: 9780743235037
• ISBN: 0743235037
• ID: 04125483
• Nakladatelství: Simon & Schuster
• Hmotnost: 299 g
• Rozměry: 214 × 140 × 18 mm
• Datum vydání: 16. June 2003

---

---

---