Fr. 19.90

Castaways - Adrift and Abandoned - Thrilling Tales of the Sea (vol.3)

English · Paperback / Softback

New edition in preparation, currently unavailable

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Seafaring before the twentieth century bristled with peril.
The safe haven of your vessel might be destroyed by tempest or misadventure, your security scuttled. When you were cast away with only the resources of pluck, stamina, hope - and luck. Where you might end up on the expanse of endless sea facing the prospect of imminent dehydrated, starving death. Or on a safe but potentially forbidding - yet occasionally lush - outcrop of an isolated shore, amongst which perils abounded accounts of courage and companionship.
These are narratives of castaways abandoned to fend for themselves, and the ordeals they endured and survived and in remembrance of the seafarers who did not.


About the author










GRAHAM FAIELLA has a deep and abiding interest in the lives of seafarers and ships, particularly of the deep-sea sailing ship era. He has personally sailed as crew on yachts, twice across the Atlantic, and on a 1750 tonne motor yacht around the world in 18 months (1973/74). He has previously written several non-fiction works and accumulated a library collection of c.1000 books on ships, seafarers and navigation, etc. He lives in London.

Summary

True-life stories of seafarers facing danger and death in the 19th and early 20th centuries

Product details

Authors Graham Faiella
Publisher The History Press Ltd
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 31.07.2021
 
EAN 9780750990868
ISBN 978-0-7509-9086-8
Dimensions 198 mm x 129 mm x 23 mm
Weight 290 g
Illustrations 24 Illustrations, black and white
Series Thrilling Tales of the Sea
Subjects Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries
Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history
Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration

Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief

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