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A Furnace Afloat: The Wreck of the Hornet and the Harrowing 4,300-Mile Voyage of Its Survivors
By
Joe Jackson
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Free Pr
Publication date
October 1, 2003
Pages
288
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780743230377
ISBN-10
074323037X
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.75 by 9.25 in.
Weight
1 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$25.00
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Traces the story of an 1866 American clipper ship that accidentally caught on fire and sank, stranding its crews on three small life boats for more than six weeks$with limited resources and under the burning sun$before they resorted to cannibalism and eventually reached Hawaii. 25,000 first printing.
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