| Shipwrecks and Lost Treasures: Outer Banks: Legends And Lore, Pirates And More! Contributor(s): Come, To (Author), Hoffman, Paul G. (Calligrapher) |
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ISBN: 076274507X ISBN-13: 9780762745074 Publisher: Globe Pequot Press OUR PRICE: $14.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2007 Annotation: AHOY, MATE! Step into the past and aboard the decks of these twenty-five proud vessels, each one launched with high hopes but doomed finally to disaster. From the Huron, a wreck that caused 103 sailors to lose their lives, to the Pulaski, a maritime mishap where two star-crossed lovers almost lost each other forever, author Bob Brooke spins these tales with heart-pounding drama . Whether battered by hurricane-force gales, gouged by hidden rocks, or simply sabotaged by poor judgment, these ships live on in the most compelling ocean-going stories you've ever read. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Transportation | Ships & Shipbuilding - General - History | Military - Naval - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) |
| Dewey: 910.452 |
| LCCN: 2010275861 |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 6.08" W x 8.48" (0.64 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Geographic Orientation - North Carolina |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: History and folklore abound in these twenty-five true stories about lost ships along North Carolina's storm-washed Outer Banks. Learn the haunting tales of wrecked vessels such as the steam packet Pulaski in 1838, the Pocahantas in 1862, the Virginia in 1900 and, of course, the ongoing search for the pirate ship of Blackbeard, among many others. |