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The Wreckers: A Story of Killing Seas and Plundered Shipwrecks, from the 18th
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- Condition
- Publication Date
- 2005-07-14
- Pages
- 352
- ISBN
- 9780618416776
- Book Title
- Wreckers : A Story of Killing Seas and Plundered Shipwrecks, from the 18th-Century to the Present Day
- Item Length
- 8.2in
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.3in
- Genre
- Transportation, History
- Topic
- Military / World War II, Ships & Shipbuilding / History, Europe / Great Britain / General, World
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 17.8 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 352 Pages
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Bella Bathurst's first book, the acclaimed The Lighthouse Stevensons, told the story of Scottish lighthouse construction by the ancestors of Robert Louis Stevenson. Now she returns to the sea to search out the darker side of those lights, detailing the secret history of shipwrecks and the predatory scavengers who live off the spoils. Even today, Britain's coastline remains a dangerous place. An island soaked by four separate seas, with shifting sand banks to the east, veiled reefs to the west, powerful currents above, and the world's busiest shipping channel below, the country's offshore waters are strewn with shipwrecks. For villagers scratching out an existence along Britain's shores, those wrecks have been more than simply an act of God; in many cases, they have been the difference between living well and just getting by. Though Daphne Du Maurier made Cornwall Britain's most notorious region for wrecking, many other coastal communities regarded the sea's bounty as an impromptu way of providing themselves with everything from grapefruits to grand pianos. Some plunderers were held to be so skilled that they could strip a ship from stem to stern before the Coast Guard had even left port, some were rumored to lure ships onto the rocks with false lights, and some simply waited for winter gales to do their work. From all around Britain, Bathurst has uncovered the hidden history of ships and shipwreck victims, from shoreline orgies so Dionysian that few participants survived the morning to humble homes fitted with silver candelabra, from coastlines rigged like stage sets to villages where everyone owns identical tennis shoes. Spanning three hundred years of history, The Wreckers examines the myths, the realities, and the superstitions of shipwrecks and uncovers the darker side of life on Britain's shores.
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Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0618416773
ISBN-13
9780618416776
eBay Product ID (ePID)
44123229
Product Key Features
Book Title
Wreckers : A Story of Killing Seas and Plundered Shipwrecks, from the 18th-Century to the Present Day
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Military / World War II, Ships & Shipbuilding / History, Europe / Great Britain / General, World
Publication Year
2005
Genre
Transportation, History
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.2in
Item Height
1.3in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
17.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Da90.B334 2005
Copyright Date
2005
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2005-045951
Dewey Decimal
909/.096336
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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