Author: GOLDSTEIN, RICHARD
Title: Desperate Hours the Epic Story of the Rescue of the Andrea Doria
Description: New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2001. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 047138934X. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is generally clean and bright, but has some light rubbing and wear, along with one tiny nick to the top front flap corner. "SS Andrea Doria was a luxury transatlantic ocean liner of the Italian Line (Società di navigazione Italia) , put into service in 1953. She is widely known from the extensive media coverage of her sinking in 1956, which included the remarkably successful rescue of 1,660 of her 1,706 passengers and crew. Named after the 16th-century Genoese admiral Andrea Doria, the ship had a gross register tonnage of 29,100 and a capacity of about 1,200 passengers and 500 crew. Of all Italy's ships at the time, Andrea Doria was the largest, fastest and supposedly safest. Launched on 16 June 1951, she was home-ported in Genoa, and began her maiden voyage on 14 January 1953. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .
Keywords: 047138934X Ships & Sailing Richard Goldstein Shipwrecks Italian Shipbuilding Disasters
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Title: Desperate Hours the Epic Story of the Rescue of the Andrea Doria
Description: New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2001. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 047138934X. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is generally clean and bright, but has some light rubbing and wear, along with one tiny nick to the top front flap corner. "SS Andrea Doria was a luxury transatlantic ocean liner of the Italian Line (Società di navigazione Italia) , put into service in 1953. She is widely known from the extensive media coverage of her sinking in 1956, which included the remarkably successful rescue of 1,660 of her 1,706 passengers and crew. Named after the 16th-century Genoese admiral Andrea Doria, the ship had a gross register tonnage of 29,100 and a capacity of about 1,200 passengers and 500 crew. Of all Italy's ships at the time, Andrea Doria was the largest, fastest and supposedly safest. Launched on 16 June 1951, she was home-ported in Genoa, and began her maiden voyage on 14 January 1953. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .
Keywords: 047138934X Ships & Sailing Richard Goldstein Shipwrecks Italian Shipbuilding Disasters
Price: US$ 15.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 49761
- Book number: 49761
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