DESPERATE HOURS: The Epic Rescue of the Andrea Doria. by…

DESPERATE HOURS: The Epic Rescue of the Andrea Doria. by Goldstein, Richard < >

DESPERATE HOURS: The Epic Rescue of the Andrea Doria.

Edition: First printing.

New York: John Wiley & Sons, (2001) dj. Hardcover first edition - Definitive history of the maritime disaster caused by the collision of the ocean liner Andrea Doria with the Swedish liner Stockholm in the fog 1956 off the island of Nantucket on the Massachusetts coast. In the eleven hours before the ship sunk, 1700 people were rescued. The ill-fated voyage is recreated using interviews, court documents, memoirs and this book presents technical findings that shed new light on the causes of the disaster. Photographs, sources, index.viii, 294 pp. ISBN: 0-471-38934X.

Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

Book ID: 59214
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