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A Furnace Afloat: The Wreck of the
A Furnace Afloat The Wreck of the Hornet and the 4300mile Voyage of Its Survivors - Cassell Military Paperbacks
Author: Joe Jackson
When an accident with an open oil lantern set the American clipper Hornet alight in 1866, the 31 passengers and crew were forced to abandon ship. Cast adrift in three small lifeboats, they had less than 10 days rations to share between them. They were over 1000 miles from the nearest island. Over the next six weeks they were to encounter every...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780304366934
ISBN-10: 0304366935
Publication Date: 2/3/2005
Pages: 296
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Publisher: Cassell military
Book Type: Paperback
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