Shipwrecks, Sea Raiders, and Maritime Disasters Along the Delmarva Coast, 16322004
Shomette, Donald G.
From rarefirsts, Charlotte Hall, MD, U.S.A.
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From rarefirsts, Charlotte Hall, MD, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since February 13, 2013
About this Item
The accounts of some twenty-five ill-fated vessels--Spanish galleons, German U-boats, and presidential yachts among them--claimed by a treacherous portion of the Atlantic coast. First printing with correct full number line sequence. Overall this is a beautiful copy with no writing, marks, underlining, or bookplates. No remainder marks. Not an ex-library copy. Spine is tight and crisp. Corners are square, and the dark green boards are clean, flat and true with virtually no edge wear. The book's only flaw is to be found on top and foreedge of the textblock, which are quite soiled/smudged with what could be described as pencil dust. Some of this smudging also appears lightly along the top and right edges of the front endpapers. Dust jacket is not clipped, but there is no price. Dust jacket has some minor shelf wear including some wavy edges, some light scuffs and scrapes, and a few small areas of soiling to the back cover. A lovely addition to any maritime history collection! This collectible, near fine/very good+, first edition/first printing copy is protected with an archival mylar dust jacket cover. Satisfaction guaranteed!. Seller Inventory # 000654
Bibliographic Details
Title: Shipwrecks, Sea Raiders, and Maritime ...
Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
Publication Date: 2007
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+
Edition: 1st Edition
About this title
Cowinner, John Lyman Book Award in U.S. Maritime History, North American Society for Oceanic History
Nor'easters, blizzards, and hurricanes. Spanish galleons, German U-boats, and presidential yachts. Pirates and privateers. The ephemeral and deadly nature of islands, dunes, inlets, and shoals. The history of the Delmarva Peninsula's Atlantic coast is rich with tales of fantasy and adventure, heroism and tragedy, greed and charity. Claiming more than 2,300 vessels since 1632, it rivals North Carolina's Outer Banks for the infamous title "The Graveyard of the Atlantic."
Maritime historian Donald G. Shomette brings these stories to life. Featuring the accounts of twenty-five ill-starred vessels―some notorious and some forgotten until now―this anthology provides a fascinating history of a local maritime culture and charts how the catastrophic events along this shore significantly affected U.S. merchant shipping as a whole. Shomette weaves together history, folklore, and legend in accounts of the tragic loss of the 1750 Spanish treasure fleet, the British blockade of the Delaware in the American Revolution, the depredations of Confederate commerce raiders during the Civil War, the Billy Mitchell affair, the Hurricane of 1933, and the Nazi U-boat offensive of World War II. His appendix provides a complete catalog of all 2,300 recorded wrecks, including coordinates and location descriptions where available.
A vivid montage of seafaring adventures and pivotal events in American history, this volume makes an essential contribution to the library of the history buff, wreck diver, and local adventurer.
Donald G. Shomette is a marine archeologist and cultural resource manager in Dunkirk, Maryland. He is the author of many books, including Maritime Alexandria: The Rise and Fall of an American Entrepôt; Lost Towns of Tidewater Maryland; Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay and Other Tales of the Lost Chesapeake; and Pirates on the Chesapeake: Being a True History of Pirates, Picaroons, and Raiders on Chesapeake Bay, 1610–1807.
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