This Barren Rock : 1875 A True Tale of Shipwreck and Survival in the Southern
by Sylvie Haisman
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good Condition
- Seller
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Picton, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
ABC, Sydney, 2010. Reprint. Softcover. Good Condition. The Scottish clipper Strathmore sailed from London in 1875, laden with gunpowder, iron and immigrants. Wrecked at night in furious seas, half her passengers struggled ashore to the bare, inhospitable rocks of the remote Crozet Islands. There they remained stranded, struggling to survive the bitter southern winter, given up for lost by their families and friends. Over 130 years later, Sylvie Haisman rediscovered her ancestors' epic adventure. Drawing on their journals, faded photographs and letters, she unearthed a story of gallant sailors, orphaned children, cruel hunger and debilitating cold. The Strathmore shipwreck was a sensation in Victorian times. Now this compelling story of courage, endurance and the determination to survive will move and inspire readers all over again. All pictures shown are of the actual product offered for sale Trade Paperback. Size: 150mm - 250mm. 238 pages. Remnants of old price label on rear cover. Covers have some shelf-wear, as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Ships & the Sea; Biography & Autobiography. Inventory No: 20160. .
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- Bookseller
- Bong Bong Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20160
- Title
- This Barren Rock : 1875 A True Tale of Shipwreck and Survival in the Southern
- Author
- Sylvie Haisman
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- ABC
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 2010
- Keywords
- BZDB3 Ships & the Sea; Biography & Autobiography. Unbranded Sylvie Haisman This Barren Rock : 1875 A True Tale of Shipwreck and Survival in the Southern
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography & Autobiography;
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About the Seller
Bong Bong Books
Biblio member since 2005
Picton, New South Wales
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...