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Lifeboat Hardcover - 2003

by Stilgoe, John R

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Charlottesville: U. of Virginia. Fine/Near Fine. 2003. 1st. hardcover. 8vo . 325pp .
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  • Title Lifeboat
  • Author Stilgoe, John R
  • Illustrator illus
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st
  • Condition Used - Fine/Near Fine
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher U. of Virginia, Charlottesville
  • Date 2003
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # MAIN026602I
  • 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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First line

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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Citations

  • 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.