Shipwrecks of Cape Cod: Stories of Tragedy and Triumph - Paperback
by Don Wilding
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Language:EnglishPublisher:History PressISBN-13:9781467147194ISBN-10:1467147192UPC:9781467147194Book Category:History, TransportationBook Subcategory:United States, Maritime History & Piracy, Ships & ShipbuildingBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.90 x 5.80 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCSAGF60ZN
Shipwrecks of Cape Cod: Stories of Tragedy and Triumph
From the wreck of the Sparrow-Hawk in 1626 to the grounding of the Eldia in 1984, Cape Cod's outer beach--often referred to as the Graveyard of Ships--saw the demise of more than three thousand vessels along forty miles of shifting shoals. The October Gale of 1841 claimed the lives of fifty-seven sailors from Truro, a devastating toll for a small seaside community. Survivors from the 1896 wreck...
Series: Disaster
Language:EnglishPublisher:History PressISBN-13:9781467147194ISBN-10:1467147192UPC:9781467147194Book Category:History, TransportationBook Subcategory:United States, Maritime History & Piracy, Ships & ShipbuildingBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.90 x 5.80 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCSAGF60ZN
Wilding, Don: - Since the start of the millennium, Don Wilding has been telling stories of Cape Cod Outer Beach history through lectures and the written word. An award-winning writer and editor for Massachusetts newspapers for thirty years, Don contributes the Shore Lore history column for the Cape Codder newspaper of Orleans and is the author of the book Henry Beston's Cape Cod: How the...
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