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How to Abandon Ship: The World War II Classic That Can Save Your Life
Phil Richards
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Description for How to Abandon Ship: The World War II Classic That Can Save Your Life
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, B&W photos. BIC Classification: VFD; WSSN; WSZV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 227 x 14. Weight in Grams: 228.
Based on interviews with the crew and captain of a torpedoed tanker who survived nineteen days in a lifeboat in heavy seas and scorching tropical sun this information is incredibly useful even today. How to Abandon Ship was written during World War II to save the lives of seamen by instilling a commonsense, organized, no-panic clarity to getting off torpedoed ships safely and, perhaps more importantly, surviving later. It is a gem that can once again be used to save lives. Former schooner captain and author Twain Braden updates this solid and useful advice with ... Read more
Based on interviews with the crew and captain of a torpedoed tanker who survived nineteen days in a lifeboat in heavy seas and scorching tropical sun this information is incredibly useful even today. How to Abandon Ship was written during World War II to save the lives of seamen by instilling a commonsense, organized, no-panic clarity to getting off torpedoed ships safely and, perhaps more importantly, surviving later. It is a gem that can once again be used to save lives. Former schooner captain and author Twain Braden updates this solid and useful advice with ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781944824129
SKU
V9781944824129
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Phil Richards
Phil Richards was a writer in New York for many years, and he died in San Jose, California. John J. Banigan was the Third Officer on the SS Robin Moor, the first American vessel sunk by a Nazi torpedo during World War II. Born in New York, he is buried in Galveston, Texas. Twain ... Read more
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