Safety and Survival at Sea by Lee, Kenneth

London: Greenhill Books, 1989. Hardcover. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. Slight wear on edges of dj. The experiences of the survivors Chinchester, Rose, Shackleton, Knox-Johnston, Slocum, Ridgway and Blyth. 343 pages; 6 1/12 x 9 1/2

London/U.S.A.: Greenhill Books/Presidio Press, 1989. Hardback. Safety and Survival at Sea. Slight shelf wear to edge of D/J. some light foxing to edgesHistory, both past and current, shows that when in trouble at sea some perish under conditions far less severe that those under which others - better prepared, better trained, better equipped, or psychologically stronger - have survived. Against this background, the authors have compiled this remarkable book, an anthology of first-person accounts of man's ability - or inability - to survive at sea. The contributions cover the depositions of survivors of collisions, fires, torpedoings, aircraft crashes, and yacht sinkings, make shortly after rescue from sea. There are accounts of experiences on rafts, in lifeboats, and in the sea, from the tropics to the Arctic Ocean, and firsthand observations from the logbooks and writings of such people as Chichester, Knox-Johnson, Shackleton, and John Ridgway and Chay Blyth. The material is presented in… Read More

London: Greenhill Books, 1989. New Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. large Octavo. Type: Book pp xi, 343.

London/U.S.A.: Greenhill Books/Presidio Press, 1989. Hardback. Safety and Survival at Sea. Slight shelf wear to edge of D/J. History, both past and current, shows that when in trouble at sea some perish under conditions far less severe that those under which others - better prepared, better trained, better equipped, or psychologically stronger - have survived. Against this background, the authors have compiled this remarkable book, an anthology of first-person accounts of man's ability - or inability - to survive at sea. The contributions cover the depositions of survivors of collisions, fires, torpedoings, aircraft crashes, and yacht sinkings, make shortly after rescue from sea. There are accounts of experiences on rafts, in lifeboats, and in the sea, from the tropics to the Arctic Ocean, and firsthand observations from the logbooks and writings of such people as Chichester, Knox-Johnson, Shackleton, and John Ridgway and Chay Blyth. The material is presented in sequence, from preparation against… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.