(DOWNLOAD) "Storm Warriors" by John Gilmore # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
eBook details
- Title: Storm Warriors
- Author : John Gilmore
- Release Date : January 01, 2015
- Genre: History,Books,World,Nonfiction,Transportation,Lifestyle & Home,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 764 KB
Description
For centuries, a 10-mile-long sandbank off the coast of Kent, England posed a perilous and often fatal threat to sailors, causing thousands of shipwrecks and untold numbers of fatalities. In the early 1800s, however, a number of forward-thinking inventors began to dabble with the idea of a "lifeboat" -- an unsinkable rescue vessel designed to save the survivors of shipwrecks. This fascinating volume of maritime history recounts early rescue efforts in the region of the Goodwin Sands.