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Shipwrecks


Shipwrecks Books

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
Life of Pi
A Night to Remember
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Lord of the Flies
Robinson Crusoe
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
The Terror
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
The Satanic Verses
Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World
Sole Survivor
The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night
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Dead Calm, Bone Dry by Eddie JonesThe End of Calico Jack by Eddie JonesCurse of the Black Avenger by Eddie JonesThe Devil's Fire by Matt TomerlinThe Cove Walking the Plank by Bryant Johnson
Treasure Hunting Books
51 books — 52 voters
In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian JungerA Night to Remember by Walter LordEndurance by Alfred LansingShadow Divers by Robert Kurson
Shipwrecks!
124 books — 99 voters

Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerIsaac's Storm by Erik LarsonIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickA Night to Remember by Walter LordAlive by Piers Paul Read
Non-fiction Disaster Books
329 books — 333 voters
The New Book of Pirate Songs by Stuart M. FrankThose Vulgar Tubes by Joe J. Simmons IIIThe Scallop by Ian CoxRenaissance Mad Voyages by Anthony ParrSeaspray and Whisky by Norman Freeman
All For Me Grog - Me Jolly, Jolly Grog
203 books — 5 voters

A Coney Island of the Mind by Lawrence FerlinghettiCamino Island by John GrishamThe Great Gods of Samothrace and The Cult of the Little People by Carl A.P. RuckSons for the Return Home by Albert WendtCouldn't Have a Wedding without the Fiddler by Ken Perlman
Isla Bonitas
223 books — 4 voters
A Night to Remember by Walter LordThe Discovery of the Titanic by Robert D. BallardTitanic by Don LynchIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger
Maritime Disaster
175 books — 72 voters

Quotes Tagged “Shipwrecks”

“ The men nodded vigorously at me. When they took hold of me and lifted me in their strong arms, I thought nothing of it. I thought they were helping me. I was so full of trust in them that I felt grateful as they carried me in the air. Only when they threw me overboard did I begin to have doubts. ”
― Yann Martel, Life of Pi
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“ Fame had taught Maurice one of its many questionable lessons: that it is possible to perform life for the sake of a good photograph. ”
― Sophie Elmhirst, A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
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The Lost Shipwrecks of Tudor Britain
The Lost Shipwrecks of Tudor Britain
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