The Sea Shall Embrace Them
Subtitle: The Tragic Story of the Steamship Arctic
Publisher: Free Press
Published: April 29, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780743235037
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Maritime history; True Stories; c 1800 to c 1900; Special Interest - Adventure; North Atlantic Ocean; History; Transportation; History: American; Newfoundland; Ships & Shipbuilding - History; United States - 19th Century; History / United States / 19th Century; United States - General; Arctic (Steamship); Shipwrecks
First sentence: LOW SCUD FILLED THE SKY in the pale light of a late spring afternoon in 1849 as a fierce westerly gale ripped the tops off the waves of the North Atlantic one thousand miles from the nearest land.