Abandon Ship!

Abandon Ship!
Title Abandon Ship! PDF eBook
Author Richard F. Newcomb
Publisher Harper Collins
Pages 357
Release 2002-11-12
Genre History
ISBN 0060959215

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Originally published in 1958, "Abandon Ship!" was the first book to describe how the survivors of the "U.S.S. Indianapolis" sinking watched their shipmates fall prey to shark attacks, dehydration and death, and the first to question why the captain, Charles McVay, was court martialed.

Abandon Ship?

Abandon Ship?
Title Abandon Ship? PDF eBook
Author Ty Gibson
Publisher Osin Taras Sergeevich
Pages 118
Release 1997
Genre Religion
ISBN 0816313644

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Abandon Ship

Abandon Ship
Title Abandon Ship PDF eBook
Author Paul Brown
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages 337
Release 2021-04-01
Genre History
ISBN 1472846427

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AWARDED THE ANDERSON MEDAL 2021 When Argentinian forces invaded the Falklands in April 1982, the British government responded by despatching a task force to the Atlantic to wrest back control of the islands. The resulting war saw modern weapon systems tested in combat for the first time, to tragic effect. In the aftermath, official documents were released, but many were heavily censored, and others withheld altogether, so that a full understanding of those events could not be gained. Drawing from recently declassified and previously unpublished reports from the official inquiry, Dr Paul Brown details the true story behind the dramatic events that led to the loss of six British ships – HMS Antelope, Ardent, Coventry and Sheffield, RFA Sir Galahad and SS Atlantic Conveyor – as well as the controversial sinking of the Argentinian cruiser ARA General Belgrano by HMS Conqueror.

Abandon Ship

Abandon Ship
Title Abandon Ship PDF eBook
Author Dave Schubert
Publisher Virtualbookworm Publishing
Pages 331
Release 2005
Genre Artists' books
ISBN 1599753685

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JT is the fictional memoir of an emotionally troubled, yet wickedly likable, amateur vigilante. With a complex and quirky mixture of psychological suspense, romance, heartache, and wry humor, JT brazenly illustrates some of the horrid consequences of childhood abuse and trauma in adult survivors. It also invites us to reconsider an important and deceptively complicated question: What is justice? WARNING: This book contains explicit adult themes, including vulgar language, borderline-pornographic sexuality, graphic depictions of violence, irresponsible drug use, and a grandmother who gives her middle finger to the world. Caveat emptor.

With Reckless Abandon

With Reckless Abandon
Title With Reckless Abandon PDF eBook
Author Jim Sharp
Publisher Down East Books
Pages 274
Release 2011-04-01
Genre Sports & Recreation
ISBN 1608930165

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Here is the inspiring story of a man who overcame childhood polio to live an adventure-filled life as captain of Maine's most famous windjammer, the schooner Adventure, now a National Historic Landmark in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Captain Jim shares his adventures afloat, his battles with bureaucracy, and even how he created one of Maine's most unusual restaurants.

In the Kingdom of Ice

In the Kingdom of Ice
Title In the Kingdom of Ice PDF eBook
Author Hampton Sides
Publisher Vintage
Pages 482
Release 2015-05-26
Genre History
ISBN 0307946916

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A white-knuckle tale of polar exploration and heroism in the Gilded Age from the New York Times bestselling author of Blood and Thunder and Ghost Soldiers. • “A splendid book in every way…a marvelous nonfiction thriller.” —The Wall Street Journal On July 8, 1879, Captain George Washington De Long and his team of thirty-two men set sail from San Francisco on the USS Jeanette. Heading deep into uncharted Arctic waters, they carried the aspirations of a young country burning to be the first nation to reach the North Pole. Two years into the harrowing voyage, the Jeannette's hull was breached by an impassable stretch of pack ice, forcing the crew to abandon ship amid torrents of rushing of water. Hours later, the ship had sunk below the surface, marooning the men a thousand miles north of Siberia, where they faced a terrifying march with minimal supplies across the endless ice pack. Enduring everything from snow blindness and polar bears to ferocious storms and labyrinths of ice, the crew battled madness and starvation as they struggled desperately to survive. With thrilling twists and turns, In The Kingdom of Ice is a spellbinding tale of heroism and determination in the most brutal place on Earth.

Last Man Off

Last Man Off
Title Last Man Off PDF eBook
Author Matt Lewis
Publisher Penguin
Pages 258
Release 2015-05-12
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0147515343

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“A sinister version of The Perfect Storm. Thrilling.”—Sunday Times (UK) For readers of The Perfect Storm, Between a Rock and a Hard Place, and Into the Wild There’s nothing that armchair adventure lovers relish more than a gripping true story of disaster and heroism, and Last Man Off delivers all that against a breathtaking backdrop of icebergs and killer whales. On June 6, 1998, twenty-three-year-old Matt Lewis had just started his dream job as a scientific observer aboard a deep-sea fishing boat in the waters off Antarctica. As the crew haul in the line for the day, a storm begins to brew. When the captain vanishes and they are forced to abandon ship, Lewis leads the escape onto three life rafts, where the battle for survival begins.