Leviathan's Master
The Wreck of the World's Largest Sailing Ship
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- 39,99 lei
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- 39,99 lei
Publisher Description
It was the biggest sailing vessel ever built and the worlds first supertanker. In the winter of 1907, the T.W. Lawson, a four-hundred foot schooner with seven masts, makes her first transatlantic crossing with more than two million gallons of kerosene to be delivered to London.
With almost fifty years of sailing experience, Captain George W. Dow is not intimidated, despite the Lawsons checkered history. But hurricane winds and an angry sea conspire to defeat man and machine. Bereft of her sails, the giant ship is trapped in treacherous shoals off the southwest coast of Britain. Seventeen lives are lost, including a local pilot trying to avert disaster. Now, Captain Dow is called to accountmost especially to himself.
Leviathans Master is a true story, transformed into a gripping historical novella by the captains great, great nephew.
Praise for David M. Quinns
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Master storyteller, David Quinn, erases time.... To transport the reader is the writers job. Quinn does just that.
Mary Sojourner, Novelist and NPR Contributor
"A beautifully written historical novel filled with excellent research and characters! Highly recommended!"
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