Disaster Log of Ships

by James Atwood Gibbs and Jim Gibbs

Seattle, Washington: Superior Publishing Company, 1971. Hardbound, about 10.75 inches tall by 8.5 wide, 176 pages. Index. 100 years of nautical disasters off the Pacific Coast are shown in historic... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087564208X
• ISBN13: 9780875642086
• Release Date: January 1961
• Publisher: Superior Publishing Company
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Fascinating historic photographs and facts.

No sooner had I found one book by this author then a second came along. I was not disappointed with the first and was equally pleased with the second. Every time I opened a page I was drawn to picture after picture of wrecking and stranding to the extent that I simply had to read the caption and then look to see what additional information I could find. Divided into 5 chapters in which the author discusses the shipwrecks of; California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia and finally Alaska, we are treated to some of the most exciting tales of shipwreck and tragedy ever to have been recounted in print. A little short of A4 in size, this book provides an excellent format for the scores of historic photographs - often 3, 4 or even 5 to a page reproduced here. Once again, I have to say I think a copy of this book is an essential addition to the bookshelf of any historian or scuba diver with an interest in American shipwrecks. NM