Disaster Log of Ships (A pictorial account of shipwrecks, California to Alaska. There are over 200 photos)

by James A. Gibbs

Book Overview

Disaster Log of Ships, a book of pictures and history of shipwrecks, California to Alaska in the past 100 years. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0517169827
• ISBN13: 9780517169827
• Release Date: January 1971
• Publisher: Bonanza Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Fascinating historic photographs and facts.

No sooner had I found one book by this author then a second came along. I was not disappointed with the first and was equally pleased with the second. Every time I opened a page I was drawn to picture after picture of wrecking and stranding to the extent that I simply had to read the caption and then look to see what additional information I could find. Divided into 5 chapters in which the author discusses the shipwrecks of; California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia and finally Alaska, we are treated to some of the most exciting tales of shipwreck and tragedy ever to have been recounted in print. A little short of A4 in size, this book provides an excellent format for the scores of historic photographs - often 3, 4 or even 5 to a page reproduced here. Once again, I have to say I think a copy of this book is an essential addition to the bookshelf of any historian or scuba diver with an interest in American shipwrecks. NM