Come Hell and High Water: Extraordinary Stories of Wreck, Terror and Triumph on the Sea

by Jean Hood

Readable, entertaining mini-histories of extraordinary shipwrecks, some famous (Titanic, Kursk) some little known.

Genres: History, Nonfiction

416 pages, Hardcover

Published February 5, 2007

Reviews

[Izzie Flynn · Rating 1 out of 5]

I tried to get through this several times.Words were missing and there was pointless filler in there, general disappointment.

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book recounts 17 tragedies at sea from the 1700s to the present. While the stories themselves are thoroughly documented and portrayed clearly, the writing is poor. The author uses a European spellings and phrasing, which isn't a problem. But the editing missed many areas in which the wrong word is used, or in which words are left out of sentences, either muddling or changing meanings.

[Anthony · Rating 2 out of 5]

Maybe 2.5 stars except for all the typos.