Simple Courage
The True Story of Peril on the Sea
$45.08
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
9 October 2007
Summary
“HEAVEN HELP THE SAILOR ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS.” –old folk prayer
In late December 1951, laden with passengers and nearly forty metric tons of cargo, the freighter S.S. Flying Enterprise steamed westward from Europe toward America. A few days into the voyage, she hit the eye of a ferocious storm. Force 12 winds tossed men about like playthings and turned drops of freezing Atlantic foam into icy missiles. When, in the space of twenty-eight hours, the ship was slammed by two rogue waves–s…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780812975956 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0812975952 |
| Author: | Frank Delaney |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Times Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 9 October 2007 |
| Weight: | 301g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 142mm x 229mm |
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Frank Delaney
Frank Delaney is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel Ireland, as well as The Last Storyteller, The Matchmaker of Kenmare, Venetia Kelly’s Traveling Show, Tipperary, Shannon, and Simple Courage: A True Story of Peril on the Sea. A former judge for the Man Booker Prize, Delaney enjoyed a prominent career in BBC broadcasting before becoming a full-time writer. Delaney died in 2017.
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