Softcover. Etat : Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Stiff unmarked book in glossy covers with tiny corner bump to lower front. ; 8.9 X 8.4 X 0.5 inches; 174 pages; Winner, Dartmouth Book Award for Non-Fiction, Democracy 250 Atlantic Book Award for Historical Writing, and Next Generation Indie Book Award, Historical Non-FictionIt's a cold April night on the high seas. A ship steams quickly towards port. Aboard are wealthy passengers enjoying their luxurious accommodations. In the holds below, steerage passengers sit in crowded berths, excited about starting a new life in a new world. In the bridge above, the Captain retires for the evening. The lookouts think they see something ahead. Too late, they warn the bridge. This was the fate of the SS Atlantic, the second ship built by the White Star Line for its new fleet. Built forty-two years before the RMS Titanic, the Atlantic had successfully completed eighteen crossings before it ran aground off the coast of Nova Scotia on April 1, 1873, killing 562 of the 952 onboard. It was the worst trans-Atlantic marine disaster of the 19th century, yet, until now, the full story has never been told. N� de r�f. du vendeur 66098

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SS Atlantic: The White Star Line's First Disaster At Sea

Cochkanoff, Greg & Bob Chaulk

Edit� par Goose Lane Editions, 2009

ISBN 10 : 086492528X ISBN 13 : 9780864925282

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Vendeur : B-Line Books, Amherst, NS, Canada

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Softcover. Etat : Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Stiff unmarked book in glossy covers. ; 8.9 X 8.4 X 0.5 inches; 174 pages; Winner, Dartmouth Book Award for Non-Fiction, Democracy 250 Atlantic Book Award for Historical Writing, and Next Generation Indie Book Award, Historical Non-FictionIt's a cold April night on the high seas. A ship steams quickly towards port. Aboard are wealthy passengers enjoying their luxurious accommodations. In the holds below, steerage passengers sit in crowded berths, excited about starting a new life in a new world. In the bridge above, the Captain retires for the evening. The lookouts think they see something ahead. Too late, they warn the bridge. This was the fate of the SS Atlantic, the second ship built by the White Star Line for its new fleet. Built forty-two years before the RMS Titanic, the Atlantic had successfully completed eighteen crossings before it ran aground off the coast of Nova Scotia on April 1, 1873, killing 562 of the 952 onboard. It was the worst trans-Atlantic marine disaster of the 19th century, yet, until now, the full story has never been told. N� de r�f. du vendeur 65747

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