The Bombard Story
by Bombard, Dr. Alain
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Nice Copy
- Seller
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MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Andre Deutsch, 1953. 3rd imp.. Nice Copy. octavo. orig. cloth 214pp., b/w plates, maps, Across the Atlantic in a dingy without food or water. Author was a French biologist, physician and politician famous for sailing in a small boat across the Atlantic Ocean without provision. He theorised that a human being could very well survive the trip across the ocean without provisions and decided to test his theory himself in order to save thousands of lives of people lost at sea. On October 19, 1952, Bombard began his solitary trip across the Atlantic Ocean to the West Indies. Neat ownership stamps o/w nice copy
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- Bookseller
- Andrew Barnes Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 79910
- Title
- The Bombard Story
- Author
- Bombard, Dr. Alain
- Book Condition
- Used - Nice Copy
- Edition
- 3rd imp.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Andre Deutsch
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1953
- Size
- octavo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sailing;
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