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Please God Send Me a Wreck

Responses to Shipwreck in a 19th Century Australian Community

Please God Send Me a Wreck( )
Author: Duncan, Brad
Gibbs, Martin
Series title:When the Land Meets the Sea Ser.
ISBN:978-1-4939-6627-1
Publication Date:Aug 2016
Publisher:Springer New York
Imprint:Springer
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $54.99USD $54.99USD $54.99
Book Description:

This book explores the historical and archaeological evidence of the relationships between a coastal community and the shipwrecks that have occurred along the southern Australian shoreline over the last 160 years. It moves beyond a focus on shipwrecks as events and shows the short and long term economic, social and symbolic significance of wrecks and strandings to the people on the shoreline. This volume draws on extensive oral histories, documentary and archaeological research to...
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Book Details
Pages:243
Detailed Subjects: Transportation / Ships & Shipbuilding / History
Transportation / Ships & Shipbuilding / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.14 x 9.21 x 0.55 Inches
Book Weight:8.767 Pounds



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