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The Greatest Sea Survival Stories Ever Told

The Greatest Sea Survival Stories Ever Told

Tom McCarthy

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group Inc
Año de edición:
2020
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Historia marítima
ISBN:
9781493047369
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The Greatest Sea Survival Stories Ever Told is a tribute to incredible men and women. Utterly absorbing and eminently entertaining, here is a collection of inspirational stories of life and death and hope—and of resilience and unimagined strength. These stories show more than anything the indomitable spirit of sailors who scoffed at death and moved on—doing what they had to do to live.

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