West Coast Wrecks and Other Maritime Tales
by James, Rick
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1550175459
- ISBN 13
- 9781550175455
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing. Near Fine. 2011. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 1550175459 . Only slight wear to card covers; A bright, solid book, appears unread. ; Raincoast Chronicles 21; B&W Illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 128 pages; In this special edition of Raincoast Chronicles, maritime historian Rick James takes the reader on an authoritative and well-illustrated tour of the most fascinating of BC's shipwrecks. As well as reliving high-seas adventures, we learn the stories behind retired Cape Horn windjammers, solve the sixty-year-old mystery of how Wreck Beach earned its name as well as investigate other shipwreck lore. Unique coastal characters also step forward and tell their stories--including old towboaters like Joe Quilty and Alan Heater, who risked their lives as a matter of course, and the King of West Coast shipwrecks himself, retired diver Fred Rogers. Whether they were deep water sailors who travelled the sea lanes of the world or those who spent most of their lives on inside waters towing booms from up coast camps to south coast lumber mills, all have fascinating stories and adventures to relate. The tales of disaster at sea where lives were lost serve as a written memorial to all whose bones lie on the bottom of one of the most treacherous stretches of coastline anywhere on the planet. .
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- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16655
- Title
- West Coast Wrecks and Other Maritime Tales
- Author
- James, Rick
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1550175459
- ISBN 13
- 9781550175455
- Publisher
- Harbour Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Madeira Park, BC
- Date Published
- 2011
- Keywords
- 1550175459, Shipwrecks, Vancouver Island, West Coast
- Bookseller catalogs
- MARITIME;
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