Product Information
On May 29, 1914, the passenger liner Empress of Ireland was struck by the freighter Storstad and sank in fifteen minutes, taking more than 1,000 victims with her. This book takes readers into the bowels of the lost ship, to relive her tragic death and to join the divers who have probed the wreck's secrets.Product Identifiers
PublisherMcGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
ISBN-100071456309
ISBN-139780071456302
eBay Product ID (ePID)45023976
Product Key Features
Book TitleDark Descent
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGeneral, Ships & Shipbuilding / History
Publication Year2005
IllustratorYes
GenreTransportation, History
AuthorKevin F. Mcmurray
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight14.2 Oz
Item Length8.6 in
Item Width5.7 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition22
Target AudienceTrade
Dewey Decimal797.23
Lc Classification NumberGv838.673
Table of ContentPreface One: Fourteen Minutes Two: Brave Pioneers: From Initial Salvage to Jacques Cousteau Three: Extreme Diving Four: More Fatalities Five: Planning the 2002 Expedition Six: Adventure Seven: Return to the Empress of Ireland Epilogue: Empress Alumni Appendices Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments