Four Short Blasts: The Gale of 1898 and the Loss of the Steamer Portland Tapa dura - 1998

EB: Provincial Pr. Very Good. 1998. Paperback. Trade PB. Published by Provincial Press, Portland, Maine, 1998. 128 pgs. Illustrated. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The book tells the story of the Great Gale of 1898 and the loss of the steamer Portland and its 192 passengers and crew in the Thanksgiving gale of 1898. Over 500 other vessels, large and small, were either sunk or destroyed in the storm, which ravaged the sea, the coast, and shoreline areas from Connecticut to Maine. This Discovery Edition contains a special appaendix of words and images about the 2002 discovery of the actual wreckage of the Portland on the Steelwagen Bank in Massacachuetts Bay. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 147 pages .

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Provincial Pr. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!