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Ghost Ship of Diamond Shoals : The Mystery of the Carroll A. Deering by Bland...
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780807856178
- Book Title
- Ghost Ship of Diamond Shoals : the Mystery of the Carroll A. Deering
- Publisher
- University of North Carolina Press
- Item Length
- 9.2 in
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Features
- New Edition
- Genre
- Transportation, Social Science, History
- Topic
- United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Folklore & Mythology, Ships & Shipbuilding / History
- Item Weight
- 13 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.1 in
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
ISBN-10
0807856177
ISBN-13
9780807856178
eBay Product ID (ePID)
43829083
Product Key Features
Book Title
Ghost Ship of Diamond Shoals : the Mystery of the Carroll A. Deering
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Topic
United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Folklore & Mythology, Ships & Shipbuilding / History
Features
New Edition
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Transportation, Social Science, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
13 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2002-004970
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
What one of Simpson's characters, a newspaper editor, says is also true of him: 'Just give this boy a yarn, especially a yarn of the sea, and I'm off and running.' And a spanking good yarn it is. (Janet Lembke, author of River Time: The Frontier on the Lower Neuse ), There have been differing reports on the mystery of the Carroll A. Deering . . . . Simpson has merged those accounts with additional in-depth research, to present in detail the fascinating story of the ghost ship of Diamond Shoals. (David Stick, author of Graveyard of the Atlantic: Shipwrecks of the North Carolina Coast ), There have been differing reports on the mystery of the Carroll A. Deering. . . . Simpson has merged those accounts with additional in-depth research, to present in detail the fascinating story of the ghost ship of Diamond Shoals. (David Stick, author of Graveyard of the Atlantic: Shipwrecks of the North Carolina Coast), What one of Simpson's characters, a newspaper editor, says is also true of him: 'Just give this boy a yarn, especially a yarn of the sea, and I'm off and running.' And a spanking good yarn it is. (Janet Lembke, author ofRiver Time: The Frontier on the Lower Neuse)
Dewey Decimal
917.56/175
Table Of Content
Part One. The Shoals Part Two. The Ship Part Three. The Search and Beyond Epilogue Chronology From the Deck Logs of the Light Vessels at Frying Pan Shoals, Lookout Shoals, and Diamond Shoals,from January 23rd-31st, 1921 Acknowledgments Illustration Credits
Edition Description
New Edition
Synopsis
In the misty dawn of January 31, 1921, a Coast Guardsman on watch at the Cape Hatteras Life-Saving Station sighted a mighty five-masted schooner, all sails set, wrecked on the treacherous Diamond Shoals. Rescuers rushed to the ship, but when they arrived they found the Carroll A. Deering deserted, with no trace of the captain, Willis B. Wormell, or the crew. When, several months later, a bottle was found on a nearby beach, purportedly containing a note from a crew member who ascribed the schooner's fate to its capture by pirates, a sensational panic in international shipping ensued. The captain's daughter successfully lobbied for a federal investigation, but months of inquiry failed to turn up either the missing crew or a reason for the ship's demise. To this day, the fate of the Deering has remained one of the greatest mysteries of maritime history. Bland Simpson assembles the known facts into a compelling reconstruction of the Carroll A. Deering 's final voyage and its baffling aftermath. Using contemporary sources including newspapers, FBI reports, ship's logs, and personal and official correspondence, he weaves together historical narrative with the voices of key participants in the drama. Simpson's haunting chronicle keeps the story of the Deering alive, an apt memorial to the ghost ship and its lost crew., In the misty dawn of January 31, 1921, a Coast Guardsman on watch at the Cape Hatteras Life-Saving Station sighted a mighty five-masted schooner, all sails set, wrecked on the treacherous Diamond Shoals. Rescuers rushed to the ship, but when they arrived they found theCarroll A. Deeringdeserted, with no trace of the captain, Willis B. Wormell, or the crew. When, several months later, a bottle was found on a nearby beach, purportedly containing a note from a crew member who ascribed the schooner's fate to its capture by pirates, a sensational panic in international shipping ensued. The captain's daughter successfully lobbied for a federal investigation, but months of inquiry failed to turn up either the missing crew or a reason for the ship's demise. To this day, the fate of theDeeringhas remained one of the greatest mysteries of maritime history.Bland Simpson assembles the known facts into a compelling reconstruction of theCarol A. Deering's final voyage and its baffling aftermath. Using contemporary sources including newspapers, FBI reports, ship's logs, and personal and official correspondence, he weaves together historical narrative with the voices of key participants in the drama. Simpson's haunting chronicle keeps the story of theDeeringalive, an apt memorial to the ghost ship and its lost crew., The extraordinary wreck of a ship, a missing crew, a message in a bottle, the lost captain's determined daughter - these are all elements of a great sea yarn. The fate of the Carroll A. Deering has remained one of the mysteries of maritime history. Simpson's chronicle keeps the story alive, a memorial to the ghost ship and its lost crew., In the misty dawn of January 31, 1921, a Coast Guardsman on watch at the Cape Hatteras Life-Saving Station sighted a mighty five-masted schooner, all sails set, wrecked on the treacherous Diamond Shoals. Rescuers rushed to the ship, but when they arrived they found the Carroll A. Deering deserted, with no trace of the captain, Willis B. Wormell, or the crew. When, several months later, a bottle was found on a nearby beach, purportedly containing a note from a crew member who ascribed the schooner's fate to its capture by pirates, a sensational panic in international shipping ensued. The captain's daughter successfully lobbied for a federal investigation, but months of inquiry failed to turn up either the missing crew or a reason for the ship's demise. To this day, the fate of the Deering has remained one of the greatest mysteries of maritime history.Bland Simpson assembles the known facts into a compelling reconstruction of the Carroll A. Deering 's final voyage and its baffling aftermath. Using contemporary sources including newspapers, FBI reports, ship's logs, and personal and official correspondence, he weaves together historical narrative with the voices of key participants in the drama. Simpson's haunting chronicle keeps the story of the Deering alive, an apt memorial to the ghost ship and its lost crew.The extraordinary wreck of a majestic ship, a mysteriously missing crew, a message in a bottle, the lost captain's determined daughter--these are all elements of a great sea yarn, and one that happens to be true. Bland Simpson weaves them together in this compelling nonfiction novel, his reconstruction of a ghost ship's final voyage in 1921 and its baffling aftermath. To this day, the fate of the Carroll A. Deering has remained one of the great mysteries of maritime history. Simpson's haunting chronicle keeps the story alive, an apt memorial to the ghost ship and its lost crew.
LC Classification Number
2002004970 [G]
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