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The Custom of the Sea
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The Custom of the Sea Hardcover - 1999

by Hanson, Neil

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New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1999. 315pp, bibliography, bw ills. Original black cloth in pictorial jacket. Slightest signs of edge wear to jacket. A tale of shipwreck, murder and cannibalism. In 1884 the yacht Mignonette set sail from England bound for Sydney. Halfway through the 12000 mile journey they were his by a huge storm off the coast of West Africa and the yacht was sunk by a 40 foot wave. Captain and crew were cast adrift a thousand miles from land in a leaky 13 foot boat. After 19 days they were all near death and they resorted to the 'custom of the sea' - cannibalism. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo.
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  • Title The Custom of the Sea
  • Author Hanson, Neil
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First American Edition
  • Condition Used - Fine
  • Pages 315
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher John Wiley & Sons, New York
  • Date 1999
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 010048
  • ISBN 9780471383895 / 0471383899
  • Weight 1.34 lbs (0.61 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.57 x 6.43 x 1.09 in (24.31 x 16.33 x 2.77 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Survival after airplane accidents,, Cannibalism
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99058798
  • Dewey Decimal Code 910.452

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NEIL HANSON is a journalist and book author who lives in theYorkshire Dales, England.He has written widely for British magazines and has authored thirty books, some under his own name and others under various noms de plume.

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