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Shipwrecks

Swiss Family Robinson

Emily Hutchinson

Adapts Johann Wyss's story about the adventures of a shipwrecked Swiss family as they make a new life on a tropical island that is void of human life but abundant in flora and fauna.

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HUT

In Harm's Way

Doug Stanton

Tells the story of the "USS Indianapolis," a battle cruiser torpedoed in the South Pacific by a Japanese submarine shortly after delivering parts of the atom bomb that would be dropped on Hiroshima; a

940.54
STA

In Harm's Way

Doug Stanton

Tells the story of the "USS Indianapolis," a battle cruiser torpedoed in the South Pacific by a Japanese submarine on July 30, 1945, shortly after delivering parts of the atom bomb that would be dropp

CD
940.54
STA

The Perfect Storm

Sebastian Junger

974.4
Jun

Lusitania

Diana Preston

Describes the 1915 sinking of the Lusitania by a German submarine's torpedo, which claimed 1,200 casualties and moved the United States away from neutrality and toward participation in World War I.

940.4
Pre

Voyage On the Great Titanic

Ellen Emerson White

In her diary in 1912, thirteen-year-old Margaret Ann describes how she leaves her lonely life in a London orphanage to become a companion to a wealthy American woman, sails on the Titanic, and experie

FIC
Whi

A Night to Remember

Walter Lord

The story of the "unsinkable" Titanic which went down with 1,503 men, women, and children aboard.

910
LOR

Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe

As the sole survivor of a shipwreck, an Englishman lives for nearly thirty years on a deserted island.

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DEF

A Night to Remember

Walter Lord

The story of the "unsinkable" Titanic which went down with 1,503 men, women, and children aboard.

910
LOR

Ghosts of the Titanic

Charles R. Pellegrino

Firsthand accounts and oceanic findings help chronicle the events that took place the night the Titanic sank and offer new insights as to why the boat sank.

910
PEL
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