Disaster at Sea: Shipwrecks, Storms, and Collisions on the Atlantic
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| Rating | : | 4.24 (746 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0393326519 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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He lives in Dover, Delaware. Shaum Jr. William Flayhart is professor of history, political science, and philosophy at Delaware State University, and is the author of, among other books, The American Line, QE2, and Majesty at Sea with John H.
Riveting! BobCz I seldom go in for non-fiction literary works. However, Dr. William Flayhart III was one of my professors when I attended Delaware State University. His classes were always interesting and he had the uncanny ability of making history seem alive.One day I was talking to some people about professors who had caught my interest and imagination when I attend college, and Dr. Flayhart came up in the conversation. I told the people I was talking to that I had heard he had written some books, so I did a search on Amazon. The Amazon search listed several books written . Briefest possible accounts of several shipwreck stories. Ned Middleton Whilst this particular author is new to me, William Flayhart is described as a professor of history, political science and philosophy at Delaware State University and is, therefore, a writer whose works should be taken seriously. It just so happens I am currently studying the subject of lost passenger-carrying vessels throughout history (it’s what I do!) and purchased this book in the hope of adding to my existing knowledge relevant tragedies.Sadly the book left me very disappointed for two main reasons. Firstly I learned nothing new because the detail o. Can't put it down Vahe S. Geuvjehizian This book contains 21 infamous ship wrecks in the Atlantic from 1850 to the present. Its well written and hard to put down. Stories come alive and I sometimes feel like I'm on one of these ships sailing from Liverpool to New York. Its amazing to see how most of these shipwrecks could have been prevented if crews were not so careless. Kudos to the author.
Many of us know the stories of the Titanic and the Lusitania. Author of The American Line: 1871–1902 and coauthor of Majesty at Sea and the first edition of QE2, Flayhart retells classic ocean liner disaster stories while bringing to light never-before-published but compelling episodes in man's ongoing battle with the sea. From 1850 to the present day, the Atlantic has been home to hundreds of ocean liners and cruise ships, each more lavish than the lastall of them symbols of wealth and luxury. But there are many little-known accounts of extraordinary survivals at sea, such as the Inman and International liner City of Chicago that jammed her bow into an Irish peninsula in 1892 but stayed afloat long enough for all to be rescued, or the City of Richmond that survived a dangerous fire in 1891, and a year earlier the City of Paris, whose starboard engine exploded at full speed in the mid-Atlantic and yet miraculously still made port. 26 illustrations. Both trag
"Twenty-one storiestold engagingly, from development of plans for the ship to the disastrous conclusiona fine way for salts and landlubbers alike to spend a few afternoons."