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Near Death on the High Seas

Name: Near Death on the High Seas
Brand: Vintage
SKU: 9780307279347-PRUSDTR-US
Price: 101.0 HKD
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True Stories of Disaster and Survival

Edition: US - Paperback / softback

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English • Age Adult - Adult

448 pages • 5.16 x 7.99 x 0.99 in

Approx. weight: 0.7 lb

Publication date: 11 Mar,2008

Barcode: 9780307279347 • Vintage

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“The wind was blowing at hurricane strength-sixty-five knots and over-and increasing in the gusts to eighty knots. His boat was surfing on waves as high as a sixty-foot, six-storey building. . .Each wave that struck choked and froze him, the icy water working its way down inside his survival suit.” —from Close to the Wind by Pete Goss

In Near Death on the High Seas, Cecil Kuhne collects some of the most terrifying and astounding experiences of sailors confronting the awesome, raw power of the sea. These tales-filled with everyday heroes and survivors-comprise a riveting and often breathtaking collection of extraordinary stories that show the terrible ferocity of the untamable ocean.

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