A Long, Dangerous Coastline

Name: A Long, Dangerous Coastline
Brand: Heritage Group Distribution Ltd (CA)
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Shipwreck Tales from Alaska to California

Written by Anthony Dalton

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On September 8, 1923, seven US Navy destroyers rammed into jagged rocks on the California coast. Twenty-three sailors died that night. Five years earlier, the Canadian Pacific passenger ship Princess Sophia steamed into Vanderbilt Reef in Alaska's Lynn Canal. When she sank, she took 353 people to their deaths. From San Francisco's fog-bound Golden Gate to the stormy Inside Passage of British Columbia and Alaska, the magnificent west coast of North America has taken a deadly toll. Here are the dramatic tales of ships that met their end on this treacherous coastline--including Princess Sophia, Benevolence, Queen of the North and others.

Anthony Dalton is the author of numerous books on maritime history including The Graveyard of the Pacific, The Fur-Trade Fleet, Alone against the Arctic, and Sir John Franklin. He is a fellow of both the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and is past-president of the Canadian Authors Association. He lives in Tsawwassen, British Columbia.

ISBN-13: 9781926613734
Publisher: Heritage Group Distribution
Imprint: Heritage Group Distribution Ltd (CA)
Publication date: 1 September 2010
Format: Paperback
Pages: 128
Dimensions: 215 x 139 mm
Illustrations: b/w illus
Language: English