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| Shopify Unique ID: | 10561474887972 |
| Trademe Reference: | PR1070 (80) |
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Description
FIRE AT SEA: The Story of The Morro Castle
by Thomas Gallagher
DESCRIPTION
Format: small hardcover with remnants of dust jacket
Published: Frederick Muller Ltd 1959, 1st edition
Size (mm): 135 w x 200 h x 30 d
Pages: 280
SKU: A5/2305/0365/K576
ABOUT
On a stormy night in September 1934, the Morro Castle was making its way through heavy seas en route from Havana to New York City. Shortly after 2:00 A.M., while most of the passengers slept, fire suddenly engulfed the luxury liner; within an hour, hundreds were dead or struggling desperately in the water.
The fire's apparently inexplicable outbreak wasn't the only secret that night aboard the Morro Castle. Hours earlier, Captain Robert Wilmott had died in his cabin under suspicious circumstances. Had Wilmott been poisoned? Was the fire accidental, or intentionally set? Drawing from interviews with the survivors, as well as his own in-depth research, Thomas Gallagher skillfully recreates the Morro Castle tragedy, proposing convincing solutions to its myriad mysteries.
Includes monochrome images.
CONDITION
Tidy reading copy, clean complete and intact. Images depict all need to know detail.
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