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The sea shall embrace them : the tragic story of the steamship Arctic /

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Describes the 1854 collision between the American steamship Arctic and the Vesta, a smaller French steamship, an accident that cost hundreds of lives, including many passengers left behind when the crew fled the ship in the lifeboats.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shaw, David W., 1961- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Free Press, [2002]
Subjects:
Arctic (Steamship)
Shipwrecks > North Atlantic Ocean.
Arctic(Steamship)
Naufrages > Atlantique Nord.
Shipwrecks
North Atlantic Ocean
Life preservers > 1850-2010.
Life boats > 1850-2010.
Shipwrecks > 1850-2010.
Clipper ships > 1850-2010.
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Call Number: G530.A67 S52 2002
 
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