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Shipwrecks of the Delaware coast : tales of pirates, squalls, & treasure / Pam George.
- Title
- Shipwrecks of the Delaware coast : tales of pirates, squalls, & treasure / Pam George.
- Author
- George, Pam
- Publication
- Charleston, SC : History Press, 2010.
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Text | Request in advance | F164.6 .G467 2010 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 126 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Subject
- Shipwrecks > Delaware > History
- Seafaring life > Delaware > History
- Pirates > Delaware > History
- Lighthouses > Delaware > History
- Delaware > History > Anecdotes
- Atlantic Coast (Del.) > History > Anecdotes
- Delaware Bay (Del. and N.J.) > History > Anecdotes
- Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) > History > Anecdotes
- Delaware > History, Naval > Anecdotes
- Genre/Form
- Anecdotes
- History
- Naval history
- Books.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [123]-126).
- Contents
- pt. I. Hope, courage and calamity in the New World -- Diamond in the rough -- A path fraught with peril -- Pirates and privateers -- The curse of the moon cussers -- Coin Beach -- The tragedy of the Faithful Steward -- The disappearance of the De Braak -- pt. II. Lighthouses, lightships and lifesavers -- An enduring icon -- Stalwart sentinels -- Floating beacons -- Lifesaving and risk-taking -- pt. III. The elements of a disaster -- The great white hurricane -- The furious storm -- Fire and ice -- Smoke across the water -- pt. IV. Close encounters : collisions at sea -- The Champion and the Lady Octavia -- The Cleopatra and the Crystal Wave -- The Manhattan and the Agnes Manning -- The City of Georgetown and the Prinz Oskar -- The Elizabeth Palmer and the Washingtonian -- The Moreno and the Enterprise -- pt. V. Wrecks in Rehoboth -- Double trouble : the Merrimac and the Severn -- Burl Ives comes to visit -- Delaware's most spectacular shipwreck -- pt. VI. Military casualties -- Delaware does its part -- A hero begets a hero -- Caught in the fire -- Facing the enemy -- Blown to bits -- Tragedy or travesty : the plight of the Cherokee -- The Sun sets on the "Moon" -- pt. VII. Mystery ships -- In search of clues -- The case of the Roosevelt Inlet shipwreck -- The China wreck : known and unknown.
- ISBN
- 9781596298668 (pbk.)
- 1596298669 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^2010009746
- OCLC
- 560553828
- SCSB-10573537
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library