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Lifeboat: A History of Courage, Cravenness, and Survival at Sea
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Lifeboat: A History of Courage, Cravenness, and Survival at Sea Hardcover - 2003

by Stilgoe, John R

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University of Virginia Press, 2003. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Minimal wear. Clean and tight. No writing or marking..
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  • Title Lifeboat: A History of Courage, Cravenness, and Survival at Sea
  • Author Stilgoe, John R
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville
  • Date 2003
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 5865
  • ISBN 9780813922218 / 0813922216
  • Weight 1.82 lbs (0.83 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.84 x 7.18 x 1.28 in (24.99 x 18.24 x 3.25 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects Shipwrecks, Lifeboats
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003001882
  • Dewey Decimal Code 910.452

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ALL DAY THE GALE HAS WORSENED, THE WIND GROWING STRONGER hour by hour after a bleak and still dawn, curling in upon itself in a jarring, ceaseless, implacable shuddering.

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  • Publishers Weekly, 10/06/2003, Page 0
  • Univ PR Books for Public Libry, 01/01/2004, Page 84

About the author

John Stilgoe, Robert and Lois Orchard Professor in the History of Landscape at Harvard University, is the author of numerous books, including Borderland, Metropolitan Corridor, and most recently, Outside Lies Magic and Alongshore. He lives on the coast of Massachusetts, where he sails a ship's lifeboat from Newfoundland, built in 1935.