Graveyard of the Atlantic: Shipwrecks of the North Carolina Coast
- ISBN-10
- 0807867098
- ISBN-13
- 9780807867099
- Series
- Graveyard of the Atlantic
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000-11-09
- Publisher
- Univ of North Carolina Press
- Author
- David Stick
Description
This is a factual account, written in the pace of fiction, of hundreds of dramatic losses, heroic rescues, and violent adventures at the stormy meeting place of northern and southern winds and waters -- the Graveyard of the Atlantic off the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
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Other editions
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- 1989-07-01
- 287 pages
- Paperback
- Univ of North Carolina Press
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