Alive on the Andrea Doria! The Greatest Sea Rescue in History - Softcover

Simpson, Pierette Domenica

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9781930098749: Alive on the Andrea Doria! The Greatest Sea Rescue in History
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ISBN 10: 193009874X ISBN 13: 9781930098749
Publisher: Purple Mountain Press Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

Recollections and Revelations! One-half century later, the catastrophic ramming of the MS Stockholm into the Italian luxury liner Andrea Doria in July 1956 is relived in this candid, heartrending account. Author and survivor Pierette Domenica Simpson shares the human and technical aspects of what has become known at the "greatest sea rescue in history" and provides the general public, for the first time, with truth about the error that led to the collision.

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About the Author

Pierette Domenica Simpson was born in northern Italy and was immigrating to the United States with her grandparents on the fatal night of the collision. She now lives in Michigan, where she teaches languages and writes for several periodicals.

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Publisher
Purple Mountain Press Ltd
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
193009874X
ISBN 13 
9781930098749
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
312
Rating
  • 3.97 out of 5 stars
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