Disaster at Sea: Shipwrecks, Storms, and Collisions on the Atlantic
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| Rating | : | 4.10 (904 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0393326519 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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BobCz said Riveting!. I seldom go in for non-fiction literary works. However, Dr. William Flayhart III was one of my professors when I attended Delaware State University. His classes were always interesting and he had the uncanny ability of making history seem alive.One day I was talking to some people about professors who had caught my interest and imagination when I attend college, a. "Briefest possible accounts of several shipwreck stories." according to Ned Middleton. Whilst this particular author is new to me, William Flayhart is described as a professor of history, political science and philosophy at Delaware State University and is, therefore, a writer whose works should be taken seriously. It just so happens I am currently studying the subject of lost passenger-carrying vessels throughout history (it’s what I do!) and. Can't put it down This book contains 21 infamous ship wrecks in the Atlantic from 1850 to the present. Its well written and hard to put down. Stories come alive and I sometimes feel like I'm on one of these ships sailing from Liverpool to New York. Its amazing to see how most of these shipwrecks could have been prevented if crews were not so careless. Kudos to the author.
"Twenty-one storiestold engagingly, from development of plans for the ship to the disastrous conclusiona fine way for salts and landlubbers alike to spend a few afternoons."
He lives in Dover, Delaware. Shaum Jr. . William Flayhart is professor of history, political science, and philosophy at Delaware State University, and is the author of, among other books, The American Line, QE2, and Majesty at Sea with John H
From 1850 to the present day, the Atlantic has been home to hundreds of ocean liners and cruise ships, each more lavish than the lastall of them symbols of wealth and luxury. Many of us know the stories of the Titanic and the Lusitania. But there are many little-known accounts of extraordinary survivals at sea, such as the Inman and International liner City of Chicago that jammed her bow into an Irish peninsula in 1892 but stayed afloat long enough for all to be rescued, or the City of Richmond that survived a dangerous fire in 1891, and a year earlier the City of Paris, whose starboard engine exploded at full speed in the mid-Atlantic and yet miraculously still made port. Often such tales are forgotten even if the ship sank: In 1898 the Holland-America liner Veendam hit a submerged wreck and sank at sea, but all lives were savedso this vessel's dramatic story seemed less important in maritime history than incidents involving human loss. Coast Guard helicopters. As rec