Storms and Shipwrecks of New England

by Snow Edward Rowe, William Quinn (Foreword), Jeremy D'Entremont (Primary Contributor)

A classic by Edward Rowe Snow, first published in 1943 and updated in 1944 and again in 1946, Storms and Shipwrecks of New England relates what William P. Quinn calls stories of stormy adventure. Jeremy D'Entremont has provided annotations to Snow's chapters, covering the pirate ship Whidah, the wreck of the City of Columbus, the Portland Gale, the 1938 hurricane, and more, bringing the information about the storms and shipwrecks up to date.

Genres: History, Nautical, Nonfiction

336 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2003

Reviews

[Jerry Wheeler · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love history and the accounts of this book were both fascinating and tragic with truly gaining respect for the Author's passion for the Hero's who gave of themselves to save lives many times at their own demise.

[Sean Andrew Mcgann · Rating 4 out of 5]

a lot of historically entertaining stories !