The Sea Shall Embrace Them
Subtitle: The Tragic Story of the Steamship Arctic
Publisher: Free Press
Published: May 7, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780743222174
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Geographical discovery & exploration; Maritime history; Special Interest - Adventure; Shipwrecks; History; Transportation; History: American; USA; Ships & Shipbuilding - History; United States - 19th Century; History / United States / 19th Century; Arctic (Steamship); North Atlantic Ocean
Description: "The 1854 collision at sea between the Arctic and the Vesta, a much smaller French steamship, set in motion one of the most harrowing events in maritime history, with enormous and tragic consequences. David W. Shaw, who brings decades of experience as a seaman to his writing, has based this tale on the firsthand testimony of the few who survived the wreck, including its heroic captain, James C. Luce."--BOOK JACKET.