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The unknown shore / Patrick O'Brian.

O'Brian, Patrick, 1914-2000 (author.).

Summary:

The story of a British crew shipwrecked off the coast of Chile near Tierra del Fuego in 1740. Seafaring life in the eighteenth century is described in great detail as two characters, a midshipman and a surgeon's mate, struggle for survival.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0393038599
  • ISBN: 039331538X
  • ISBN: 9780393315387
  • Physical Description: 313 pages : map ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First American edition
  • Publisher: New York : Norton, 1996.

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Subject:
Airplane crash survival > Fiction.
Shipwreck survival > Fiction.
Shipwrecks > Fiction.
Shipwrecks > South America > History > 18th century > Fiction.
Survival at sea > Fiction.
Sea stories.
Great Britain > History, Naval > Fiction.
Great Britain > History, Naval > 18th century > Fiction.
South America > Fiction.
Genre:
Historical fiction.
Sea fiction.
Survival fiction.

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  • 11 of 11 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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