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SOS North Pacific; tales of shipwrecks off the Washington, British Columbia and Alaska coasts.

Newell, Gordon R. (Author).

Record details

  • Physical Description: 216 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Portland, Or., Binfords & Mort [1955]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The savage pirates of Nootka Sound -- Fate of the Hellship Tonquin -- Two lucky wrecks: the Decatur and Southern Chief -- Scuttled by Puget Sound pirates -- The Pacific and the Orpheus off Cape Flattery -- Stand case of the Avercorn and the Ferndale -- The lucky Queen -- Some phantom ships and waterfront mysteries -- The steamboat that wouldn't stay wrecked -- The death and resurrection of the Clara Nevada -- More phantom ships -- The sad fate of the Idle Hour -- The Candadian steamer Alpha at Yellow Island Light -- The Islander and the iceberg -- Beach of the dead -- Gone missing -- Mosquito fleet disasters -- The Jade Buddha --The schooner Northland get caught in a trap -- Storms of December, 1906 -- The steamer Valencia on the graveyard -- The four-masted schooner William Nottingham -- The Star of Bengal on Coronation Island -- Winter storms of 1909 -- Cape Horn jinx -- The State of California in Gambier Bay -- The admiral and the Princess at Point No Point -- The Chilean ship Caremapu on Gowland Rocks -- The Princess Sophia on Venderbilt Reef -- The Governor and the West Hartland off Port Townsend Bay --Wreck of the steamer Yukon -- The ocean has the last work.
Subject:
Shipwrecks.
Northwest, Pacific > History.
Alaska > History.
Shipwrecks.
Alaska.
Pacific Northwest.
Genre:
History.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lummi Library G 525 .N49 1955 251346 Stacks Available -

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1001 . ‡aNewell, Gordon R.
24510. ‡aSOS North Pacific; ‡btales of shipwrecks off the Washington, British Columbia and Alaska coasts.
260 . ‡aPortland, Or., ‡bBinfords & Mort ‡c[1955]
300 . ‡a216 pages : ‡billustrations ; ‡c23 cm
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5050 . ‡aThe savage pirates of Nootka Sound -- Fate of the Hellship Tonquin -- Two lucky wrecks: the Decatur and Southern Chief -- Scuttled by Puget Sound pirates -- The Pacific and the Orpheus off Cape Flattery -- Stand case of the Avercorn and the Ferndale -- The lucky Queen -- Some phantom ships and waterfront mysteries -- The steamboat that wouldn't stay wrecked -- The death and resurrection of the Clara Nevada -- More phantom ships -- The sad fate of the Idle Hour -- The Candadian steamer Alpha at Yellow Island Light -- The Islander and the iceberg -- Beach of the dead -- Gone missing -- Mosquito fleet disasters -- The Jade Buddha --The schooner Northland get caught in a trap -- Storms of December, 1906 -- The steamer Valencia on the graveyard -- The four-masted schooner William Nottingham -- The Star of Bengal on Coronation Island -- Winter storms of 1909 -- Cape Horn jinx -- The State of California in Gambier Bay -- The admiral and the Princess at Point No Point -- The Chilean ship Caremapu on Gowland Rocks -- The Princess Sophia on Venderbilt Reef -- The Governor and the West Hartland off Port Townsend Bay --Wreck of the steamer Yukon -- The ocean has the last work.
504 . ‡aIncludes index.
650 0. ‡aShipwrecks.
651 0. ‡aNorthwest, Pacific ‡xHistory.
651 0. ‡aAlaska ‡xHistory.
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651 7. ‡aAlaska. ‡2fast ‡0(OCoLC)fst01204480
651 7. ‡aPacific Northwest. ‡2fast ‡0(OCoLC)fst01242543
655 7. ‡aHistory. ‡2fast ‡0(OCoLC)fst01411628
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