Lone Voyager: The Extraordinary Adventures of Howard Blackburn Hero Fisherman of Gloucester - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Joseph E. GarlandSeries:Extraordinary Adventures of Howard BlackburnPublish date:2000-07-07Pages:336
Language:EnglishPublisher:Touchstone BooksISBN-13:9780684872636ISBN-10:684872633UPC:9780684872636Book Category:Sports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Water Sports, Historical, Maritime History & PiracyBook Topic:SailingSize:8.70 x 5.40 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.9612Product ID:SCZVBCMG7Y
Lone Voyager: The Extraordinary Adventures of Howard Blackburn Hero Fisherman of Gloucester
Like countless Gloucester fishermen before and since, Howard Blackburn and Tom Welch were trawling for halibut on the Newfoundland banks in an open dory in 1883 when a sudden blizzard separated them from their mother ship. Alone on the empty North Atlantic, they battled towering waves and frozen spray to stay afloat. Welch soon succumbed to exposure, and Blackburn did the only thing he could: He...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Touchstone BooksISBN-13:9780684872636ISBN-10:684872633UPC:9780684872636Book Category:Sports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Water Sports, Historical, Maritime History & PiracyBook Topic:SailingSize:8.70 x 5.40 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.9612Product ID:SCZVBCMG7Y
Joseph E. Garland, a former newspaperman, has written extensively on social, maritime and medical history, including thirteen books about Gloucester and Boston's North Shore and some 350 columns in the Gloucester Daily Times. A longtime sailor, he and his wife, Helen, live on the Eastern Point shore of Gloucester's outer harbor.
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