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Title:Wrecks & Reputations : The Loch Ard & The Schomberg
Price:USD$12.00
Signed:By Author
ISBN:0646280066
Item ID:BB06-20618
Quantity:1
Publisher:Ringwood, Melbourne, 2000
Edition:Unstated
Binding:Softcover
Condition:Good
Ringwood, 2000, Softcover, Book Condition: Good, Unstated, Signed by Author

The Schomberg, described at 'the noblest ship that ever floated upon the water', was the pride of the British shipbuilding; its captain, the daredevil 'Bully' Forbes, dreamed of reaching Melbourne in sixty days. But her loss off Curdie's River, on the southern tip of Australia, on her maiden voyage in 1855 spelt not only her end but his, and set in motion a chain of enquiries, recriminations and rumours. But no Australian wreck is as well remembered as that of the Loch Ard; her loss is one of the great tragic and romantic stories. There were only two survivors - a girl of eighteen, Eva Carmichael, and Tome Pearce, about the same age, an apprentice, who saved her life. Their poignant story ultimately precipitated the end of the era of passenger-carrying ships at the turn to the new safety of steam. Don Charlwood, himself a descendant of a survivor from the wreck of the Schomberg, brings together the mysterious tales of the Schomberg's loss and the story of the Loch Ard from his earlier book, The Wreck of the Loch Ard, in a compelling and highly readable record of the colonial clipper era and its effects on the history of the southern tip of Australia. All pictures shown are of the actual product offered for sale Size: 140mm - 180mm. Covers have some shelf-wear, as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Signed by Author. ISBN: 0646280066. ISBN/EAN: 9780646280066. Inventory No: 20618.
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