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Publisher
Dreamscape Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In 1916, the HMHS Britannic, the last of the line of vessels that produced the Titanic, was sunk by a mine off the Greek Island of Kea. This program recounts the event, reconstructing from historic documents and artifacts the ship's final hour, and includes interviews with the decendants of survivors.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Frederick Douglass recalled that slaves living along Chesapeake Bay longingly viewed sailing ships as "freedom's swift-winged angels." In 1813 those angels appeared in the bay as British warships coming to punish the Americans for declaring war on the empire. Over many nights, hundreds of slaves paddled out to the warships seeking protection for their families from the ravages of slavery. The runaways pressured the British admirals into becoming...
5) Half a man
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Follows the experiences of a young man who after years of being told not to ask his World War II veteran grandfather about his injuries learns how his grandfather survived a torpedo attack on his ship.
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"On January 25, 1917, HMS Laurentic struck two German mines off the coast of Ireland and sank. The ship was carrying 44 tons of gold bullion to the still-neutral United States via Canada in order to finance the war effort for Britain and its allies. Britain desperately needed that sunken treasure, but any salvage had to be secret since the British government dared not alert the Germans to the presence of the gold. Lieutenant Commander Guybon Damant...
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