Author: THOMAS LOWELL
Title: The Wreck of the Dumaru, a Story of Cannibalism in an Open Boat
Description: London, Heinemann. 1931, First Edition. Decorative Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ill.: Kurt Wiess. blue decorated cloth, map endpapers, light foxing to prelims and closed edges, 271pp + plates (photographs and illustrations), gift inscription to fly leaf, small name and address at head of title, true account of a shipping disaster and the cannibalism that ensued, First World War ammunition cargo exploded and the crew were forced to abandon ship and eventually had to each each other to survive in the open boat. Very Good/No Jacket.

Keywords: Cannibalism Nautical Adrift Shipwreck Disatser Adventure Non-Fiction History Kurt Wiess


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