Evan L. Balkan

Shipwrecked! (eBook, ePUB)

Deadly Adventures and Disasters at Sea

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

For readers who relish the image of clinging to a sinking makeshift raft while fighting off sword-wielding and delirious mutineers wrenching the last cask of water from a sailor's sun-scorched hands (while sharks circle in famished anticipation), Shipwrecked! Adventures and Disasters at Sea is an irresistible read. A heady voyage through human suffering at the hands of unforgiving oceans, cruel captains, and implacable fate, this latest collection of Evan Balkan's impeccably researched true adventures details 14 major maritime disasters. Included are such legendary stories as the 1629 maiden voyage of the Batavia that ended in mutiny and murder, and the dramatic destruction of the majestic three-masted barquentine Endurance in ice-clogged Antarctic waters in 1912. A vast spectrum of human emotion and activity is featured in these exciting profiles, from deadly incompetence and brutish cannibalism to surprising self-sacrifice and quiet heroism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Menasha Ridge Press
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780897328449
• Artikelnr.: 38240590

Autorenporträt

Evan Balkan teaches writing at the Community College of Baltimore County. His fiction and nonfiction, mostly in the areas of travel and outdoor recreation, have been published throughout the United States, as well as in Canada, England, and Australia. A graduate of Towson, George Mason, and Johns Hopkins universities, he lives in Lutherville, Maryland, with his wife and two daughters.

Inhaltsangabe

About the Author
Preface
"The Custom of the Sea": Cannibalism
* Peggy (1765-66)
* Essex (1819-20)
* Mignonette (1884)
Conflicting Accounts
* Nottingham Galley (1710-11)
* Francis Mary (1826)
* Stirling Castle (1836)
Incompetence, Disorder, and Evil
* Batavia (1628-29)
* Medusa (1816)
* Karluk (1913-14)
On Foreign Shores
* Degrave (1701)
* Grosvenor (1782)
* Commerce (1815)
Extraordinary Survival Masters of all They Survey-Castaways:
* De Serrano (1540-47), Selkirk (1704-09), and Ashton (1723-25)
* Four Russians at Spitsbergen (1743-49)
* Endurance (1915-16)
Bibliography
Index