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Thompson Mark L. <1945-> |
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Graveyard of the lakes / / Mark L. Thompson |
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Detroit : , : Wayne State University Press, , [2000] |
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©2000 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (418 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Shipwrecks - Great Lakes (North America) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Cover ""; ""Half-title ""; ""Title ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Dedication ""; ""Contents ""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction: A River of Tears""; ""1. Beached Whales: Groundings ""; ""2. The Cauldrons of Hades: Fires and Boiler Explosions ""; ""3. Fatal Encounters: Collisions ""; ""4. The Curse of the Eleventh Month: Founderings ""; ""5. A Commonsense Postmortem: The Sinking of the Fitzgerald ""; ""6. Bean Counters, Bureaucrats, and Cowboy Captains: The Human Factor in Shipwrecks ""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" |
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