- Grafton (Schooner), Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, Shipwrecks, Invercauld (Ship)
Telling the true story of two similar shipwreck tragedies that have drastically different outcomes, award-winning maritime historian Druett tells a gripping cautionary tale about leadership, endurance, human ingenuity, and the tenuous line between order and chaos.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and plot-driven.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Joan Druett
- First published
- 2007
- Pages
- 284
- Publisher
- Algonquin Books
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781565124080
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