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Treachery at Sharpnose Point - Unraveling the Mystery of the Caledonia's Final Voyage

Treachery at Sharpnose Point - Unraveling the Mystery of the Caledonia's Final Voyage

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Treachery at Sharpnose Point - Unraveling the Mystery of the Caledonia's Final Voyage

by Jeremy Seal

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ISBN 13
9780151005246
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Harcourt, 2001. Hardcover. Very Good/very good.

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While walking through a cliff-top graveyard in the town of Morwenstow on the coast of Cornwall, the author encounters a wooden Scottish figurehead that once adorned the Caledonia , a ship wrecked on the English coast in 1842. Through further investigation, Seal begins to suspect the townspeople, and chiefly the town's parson, Robert Hawker, for the Caledonia 's demise on the jagged shores below. Though no one has ever been brought to court for "wrecking"--luring ships ashore to loot the cargo--it's a commonly held belief that this sort of cruelty did take place. But, is that what happened in Morwenstow? Having meticulously researched maritime logs, broadsides of the day, and other first-hand documents, Seal weaves history, travelogue, and imaginative reconstruction in this marvelous piece of detective work, bringing us a mystery of the best kind--the sort that really did happen.

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Title
Treachery at Sharpnose Point - Unraveling the Mystery of the Caledonia's Final Voyage
Author
Jeremy Seal
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
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very good
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ISBN 10
0151005249
ISBN 13
9780151005246
Publisher
Harcourt
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
2001

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