The Valencia Tragedy (First Edition)
Language: English
Published by Heritage House, Surrey, BC, 1995
- First Edition
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Purpora Books, Comox, BC, CanadaPurpora Books
AbeBooks seller since August 30, 1997
Condition: Used - Near fine
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Owner return address label affixed inside front cover. The steamship Valencia struck Vancouver Island's storm-lashed shore in January 1906. Owner's own knowledge of the remains of the vessel written in pencil on page 104. 112 pages with index and many B&W historical photos.
Seller Inventory # 22646
- Title
- The Valencia Tragedy (First Edition)
- Author
- Neitzel, Michael C.
- Publisher
- Heritage House, Surrey, BC
- Publication year
- 1995
- Condition
- Near Fine.
- Binding
- Trade Paperback Original
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1895811368
- ISBN 13
- 9781895811360
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Nautical
The most shameful incident in Canadian Maritime history occurred in January 1906 when the steamer Valencia hit rocks off the treacherous west coast of Vancouver Island, only 100 feet from shore. Over the next 40 hours the vessel was pounded to pieces. More than 80 people, many of them women and children, drowned. Men watching from the shore offered no assistance, and three potential rescue vessels sailed away. The tragedy is considered the most appalling display of bad luck, incompetence, negligence and lack of compassion in recorded Canadian maritime history.
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About the Author
Michael C. Neitzel rediscovered his love for writing and his interest in local history after returning home to Coquitlam, BC, from a two-and-a-half-year sailing voyage with his family to the South Pacific and Australia. He has written a book about that long sailing adventure, and has also published many articles on sailing and the sea in magazines in Canada and Australia. A free spirit and adventurer at heart, Michael is most comfortable on the family sailing ketch Southern Cross, planning his next ocean voyage. He lives in Pitt Meadows, BC.
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Purpora Books
Comox, BC, Canada
AbeBooks seller since August 30, 1997
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