A furnace afloat : the wreck of the Hornet and the harrowing 4,300-mile voyage of its survivors / Jo...
A furnace afloat : the wreck of the Hornet and the harrowing 4,300-mile voyage of its survivors / Jo...
A furnace afloat : the wreck of the Hornet and the harrowing 4,300-mile voyage of its survivors / Joe Jackson.
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New York : Free Press, 2003.
Date
2003.
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910.91649/2
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English
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xiv, 269 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
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Publisher
New York : Free Press, 2003.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2003.
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"The Hornet's complement - twenty-nine officers and crew, and two aristocratic passengers - mirrored all the prejudices and nuances of Industrial Age America. Their ordeal was harrowing: half of the Hornet's crew disappeared; the survivors were stalked by sharks and waterspouts, desiccated by heat, driven mad by lack of food and water. Soon the soc...
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A furnace afloat : the wreck of the Hornet and the harrowing 4,300-mile voyage of its survivors / Joe Jackson.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mitchell Library copy: Jacket filed.
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910.91649/2
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74VvxydDjG5O
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvxydDjG5O
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ISBN
074323037X
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910.91649
MMS ID
991016887049702626
