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Treachery at Sharpnose Point : Unraveling the Mystery of the Caledonia's Final Voyage
de Seal, Jeremy
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0151005249
- ISBN 13
- 9780151005246
- Librería
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Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Sobre este artículo
San Diego, CA, U.S.A.: Harcourt Trade Publishers. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2001. First Printing. Hardcover. 0151005249 . Stiff unmarked book in bright dust jacket with slight abrasion to top corner. .
Sinopsis
While walking through a cliff-top graveyard in the town of Morwenstow on the coast of Cornwall, the author encounters a wooden Scottish figurehead that once adorned the Caledonia , a ship wrecked on the English coast in 1842. Through further investigation, Seal begins to suspect the townspeople, and chiefly the town's parson, Robert Hawker, for the Caledonia 's demise on the jagged shores below. Though no one has ever been brought to court for "wrecking"--luring ships ashore to loot the cargo--it's a commonly held belief that this sort of cruelty did take place. But, is that what happened in Morwenstow? Having meticulously researched maritime logs, broadsides of the day, and other first-hand documents, Seal weaves history, travelogue, and imaginative reconstruction in this marvelous piece of detective work, bringing us a mystery of the best kind--the sort that really did happen.
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- Librería
- B-Line Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 9690
- Título
- Treachery at Sharpnose Point : Unraveling the Mystery of the Caledonia's Final Voyage
- Autor
- Seal, Jeremy
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edición
- First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0151005249
- ISBN 13
- 9780151005246
- Editorial
- Harcourt Trade Publishers
- Lugar de publicación
- San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
- Fecha de publicación
- 2001
- Palabras clave
- 0151005249, GREAT, BRITAIN, HISTORY, SHIPWRECKS, TRANSPORTATION, SHIPS, SHIPBUILDING, GENERAL
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B-Line Books
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Amherst, Nova Scotia
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