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Shipwrecks, Sea Raiders, and Maritime Disasters along the Delmarva Coast, 1632-2004 by Donald G. Shomette (2007, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherJohns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-100801886708
ISBN-139780801886706
eBay Product ID (ePID)58652422
Product Key Features
Number of Pages448 Pages
Publication NameShipwrecks, Sea Raiders, and Maritime Disasters Along the Delmarva Coast, 1632-2004
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2007
SubjectArchaeology, United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Ships & Shipbuilding / History, Maritime History & Piracy
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaTransportation, Social Science, History
AuthorDonald G. Shomette
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight35.3 Oz
Item Length10 in
Item Width7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2006-103121
Dewey Edition22
ReviewsShipwrecks, Sea Raiders, and Maritime Disasters is well written and interesting... provides invaluable research information., "Each relatively brief chapter is an intelligent, stand-alone story making it a good traveling companion... Shomette does an admirable job of stripping away layers of myth grown up around some events." -- Susan B. M. Langley, Nautical Research Journal, "Shipwrecks, Sea Raiders, and Maritime Disasters is an impressive, well-researched volume that will be of value both to those interested in the maritime history of the east coast of the US and those who simply find tales of disaster at sea fascinating." -- Gregory D. Cook, International Journal of Maritime History, Shipwrecks, Sea Raiders, and Maritime Disasters is well written and interesting... provides invaluable research information., "Well written and filled with details and facts that bring the story of the campaign to life." -- James Greathouse, Nautical Research Journal, This book is an extremely valuable contribution that further raises the author's status as a premier historian of the maritime traditions of the Chesapeake region., Shipwrecks, Sea Raiders, and Maritime Disasters is an impressive, well-researched volume that will be of value both to those interested in the maritime history of the east coast of the US and those who simply find tales of disaster at sea fascinating., Shipwrecks, Sea Raiders, and Maritime Disasters is an impressive, well-researched volume that will be of value both to those interested in the maritime history of the east coast of the US and those who simply find tales of disaster at sea fascinating., "Shomette is a scholar and a gifted writer, and his work is eminently readable as human drama... I heartily recommend" --, For those interested in details of shipwrecks along the Eastern seaboard, this is an indispensable book., Shomette is a scholar and a gifted writer, and his work is eminently readable as human drama... I heartily recommend, "This book is an extremely valuable contribution that further raises the author's status as a premier historian of the maritime traditions of the Chesapeake region." -- Brian J. Cudahy, Steamboat Bill, [Shomette] serves up yet another inspired volume... a well-produced, painstakingly researched, and wonderfully written work of enormous value., "Shipwrecks, Sea Raiders, and Maritime Disasters is well written and interesting... provides invaluable research information." -- Cindy Vallar, Pirates and Privateers, "[Shomette] serves up yet another inspired volume... a well-produced, painstakingly researched, and wonderfully written work of enormous value." -- Choice, "For those interested in details of shipwrecks along the Eastern seaboard, this is an indispensable book." -- Rick Sauer, Blue and Gray Magazine, Each relatively brief chapter is an intelligent, stand-alone story making it a good traveling companion... Shomette does an admirable job of stripping away layers of myth grown up around some events., "Solidly researched and vividly told, this book is a wonderful read." -- Michael F. Dove, Northern Mariner
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal975.21
Table Of ContentPreface Introduction: From CapeHenlopen to Cape Charles 1. Indians with English Jackets 2. A GoodMany Chests of Money 3. The Roebuck's Horns 4. A Column of Liquid Fire 5. Le Serpent 6. The Infamous Tar 7. Now That Is What I Call Comba 8. Plunder till They Could Plunder No More 9. So Much for Attending Congress 10. The Captain Was in a Hilarious Mood 11. The Unfortunate Spaniards Waved Their Handkerchiefs 12. Rothschilds among the Toilers of the Sea 13. Assailed by Overwhelming Odds 14. Unprecedented Disregard 15. Suits of Ice 16. Chips of Wood on the Angry Waves 17. Poor Pussy 18. Five-Poler 19. The Rules of Engagement 20. Billy and the Battleship 21. Chopping the Bank Right Off 22. Unterseeboot 23. Like a Knife Gutting a Fish 24. A Long Shudder 25. The Trouble with Treasure 26. Treasure Redux Appendix Chronological Index to Vessel Losses on the Delmarva Coast Notes Selected Bibliography Index
SynopsisA vivid montage of seafaring adventures and pivotal events in American history, this volume makes an essential contribution to the library of the history buff, wreck diver, and local adventurer., Nor'easters, blizzards, and hurricanes. Spanish galleons, German U-boats, and presidential yachts. Pirates and privateers. The ephemeral and deadly nature of islands, dunes, inlets, and shoals. The history of the Delmarva Peninsula's Atlantic coast is rich with tales of fantasy and adventure, heroism and tragedy, greed and charity. Claiming more than 2,300 vessels since 1632, it rivals North Carolina's Outer Banks for the infamous title "The Graveyard of the Atlantic." Maritime historian Donald G. Shomette brings these stories to life. Featuring the accounts of twenty-five ill-starred vessels--some notorious and some forgotten until now--this anthology provides a fascinating history of a local maritime culture and charts how the catastrophic events along this shore significantly affected U.S. merchant shipping as a whole. Shomette weaves together history, folklore, and legend in accounts of the tragic loss of the 1750 Spanish treasure fleet, the British blockade of the Delaware in the American Revolution, the depredations of Confederate commerce raiders during the Civil War, the Billy Mitchell affair, the Hurricane of 1933, and the Nazi U-boat offensive of World War II. His appendix provides a complete catalog of all 2,300 recorded wrecks, including coordinates and location descriptions where available. A vivid montage of seafaring adventures and pivotal events in American history, this volume makes an essential contribution to the library of the history buff, wreck diver, and local adventurer., Cowinner, John Lyman Book Award in U.S. Maritime History, North American Society for Oceanic History Nor'easters, blizzards, and hurricanes. Spanish galleons, German U-boats, and presidential yachts. Pirates and privateers. The ephemeral and deadly nature of islands, dunes, inlets, and shoals. The history of the Delmarva Peninsula's Atlantic coast is rich with tales of fantasy and adventure, heroism and tragedy, greed and charity. Claiming more than 2,300 vessels since 1632, it rivals North Carolina's Outer Banks for the infamous title "The Graveyard of the Atlantic." Maritime historian Donald G. Shomette brings these stories to life. Featuring the accounts of twenty-five ill-starred vessels--some notorious and some forgotten until now--this anthology provides a fascinating history of a local maritime culture and charts how the catastrophic events along this shore significantly affected U.S. merchant shipping as a whole. Shomette weaves together history, folklore, and legend in accounts of the tragic loss of the 1750 Spanish treasure fleet, the British blockade of the Delaware in the American Revolution, the depredations of Confederate commerce raiders during the Civil War, the Billy Mitchell affair, the Hurricane of 1933, and the Nazi U-boat offensive of World War II. His appendix provides a complete catalog of all 2,300 recorded wrecks, including coordinates and location descriptions where available. A vivid montage of seafaring adventures and pivotal events in American history, this volume makes an essential contribution to the library of the history buff, wreck diver, and local adventurer.
LC Classification NumberF187.E2S56
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