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DEATH RAFT - The Human Drama of the Medusa Shipwreck

DEATH RAFT - The Human Drama of the Medusa Shipwreck

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DEATH RAFT - The Human Drama of the Medusa Shipwreck

by McKee, Alexander

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ISBN 10
0006341330
ISBN 13
9780006341338
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London: Fontana Books - Collins, 1976. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. 268 pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Light edge and corner wear with minor creasing on the spine; small scuff mark on the upper right of the front cover; not store stamped. The Chapters are: Landlocked - June 1816; A Passage to Senegal - 17 June to 2 July; Stranded off the Sahara - Afternoon 2 July to Morning 5 July; We Abandon Them - Morning 5 July; Land Land - Morning 5 July to Evening 6 July; Terrible Darkness - Night 6 to 7 July; Intolerable Pressures - 7 and 8 July; Time Running Out - 9 to 13 July; The Eyes of Argus - The Castaways 9 to 19 July; The Spectre at the Window - In Senegal July and August 1816; There's One Who'll Never Get to France - In Paris and St Louis September to December 1816; Due Process of Law - At Brest and Rochefort 1816 - 1817; The Chaumareys Case - Rochefort February to March 1817; A British Medusa - The Alceste in the South China Sea February to March 1817; Shadows of Officers - France and Senegal 1817 - 1821; Hideous Spectacle Beautiful Picture - The Experience as Art 1817 - 1824; Repetition in the South Atlantic - The Rafts of the Rio Azul 29 June to 14 July 1941; In the Deserts and the Mountains - The Age of Aviation 1970 - 1973; Appendix One: Track of Medusa 1816; Appendix Two: The Arguin Bank..

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W. Fraser Sandercombe CA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
DEATH RAFT - The Human Drama of the Medusa Shipwreck
Author
McKee, Alexander
Format/Binding
Paperback
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Edition
First Paperback Printing
ISBN 10
0006341330
ISBN 13
9780006341338
Publisher
Fontana Books - Collins
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1976
Keywords
medusa; frigate; african coast; mutiny; cannibalism; seafaring; nautical adventure; africa;
Bookseller catalogs
History - Nautical; Travel and Adventure;

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