Shipwrecks Along The Great Ocean Road
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Along the wild and treacherous coastline of Victoria's Great Ocean Road lies a graveyard of vessels — a harrowing testament to the sea's unrelenting power — and Jack Loney's Shipwrecks Along The Great Ocean Road chronicles each tragic story with meticulous historical authority. This definitive regional maritime history documents the wrecks that litter the Victorian west coast from Point Lonsdale to Portland, recounting the storms, navigational failures, and human dramas that sent ships and their crews to a watery grave along one of Australia's most dramatic stretches of coastline. Now in its tenth edition — a remarkable publishing achievement that speaks to the book's enduring significance — Loney's work stands as the authoritative record of Australia's rich and often devastating maritime heritage. His prose is precise and unflinching, presenting each wreck with careful documentation while never losing sight of the human stories beneath the historical record. Whether you are a maritime historian, a coastal explorer, or simply captivated by the romance and peril of the sea, this volume leaves you wondering just how many more secrets the deep still keeps.
Author: Jack Loney
Format: Paperback
Published: 1996
Genre: Maritime history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Along the wild and treacherous coastline of Victoria's Great Ocean Road lies a graveyard of vessels — a harrowing testament to the sea's unrelenting power — and Jack Loney's Shipwrecks Along The Great Ocean Road chronicles each tragic story with meticulous historical authority. This definitive regional maritime history documents the wrecks that litter the Victorian west coast from Point Lonsdale to Portland, recounting the storms, navigational failures, and human dramas that sent ships and their crews to a watery grave along one of Australia's most dramatic stretches of coastline. Now in its tenth edition — a remarkable publishing achievement that speaks to the book's enduring significance — Loney's work stands as the authoritative record of Australia's rich and often devastating maritime heritage. His prose is precise and unflinching, presenting each wreck with careful documentation while never losing sight of the human stories beneath the historical record. Whether you are a maritime historian, a coastal explorer, or simply captivated by the romance and peril of the sea, this volume leaves you wondering just how many more secrets the deep still keeps.