Graveyard of the Pacific: Shipwreck and Survival on America's Deadliest Waterway

by Randall Sullivan

Book Overview

A vivid portrait of the Columbia River Bar that combines maritime history, adventure journalism, and memoir, bringing alive the history--and present--of one of the most notorious stretches of water in the world

Off the coast of Oregon, the Columbia River flows into the Pacific Ocean and forms the Columbia River Bar: a watery collision so turbulent and deadly that it's nicknamed the Graveyard of the Pacific.

Two thousand ships...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802162401
• ISBN13: 9780802162403
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"