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Graveyard of the Pacific: Shipwreck and Survival on Americas Deadliest Waterway Audiobook by Randall Sullivan
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ID: 656228
Title: Graveyard of the Pacific: Shipwreck and Survival on Americas Deadliest Waterway
Author: Randall Sullivan
Narrator: Lynch Travis
Format: Unabridged
Length: 09:12:44
Language: English
Release date: 06-06-23
Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC
Genres: History, Sports & Recreation, North America, Travel, United States, Outdoor Recreation
Summary:
Off the coast of Oregon, the Columbia River flows into the Pacific Ocean and forms the Columbia River Bar: a watery collision so turbulent and deadly that its nicknamed the Graveyard of the Pacific. Two thousand ships have been wrecked on the bar since the first European ship dared to try to cross it. Since then, the commercial importance of the Columbia River has only grown, but despite the construction of jetties on either side, the bar remains treacherous. When Randall Sullivan and a friend set out to cross the bar in a two-man kayak, theyre met with skepticism and concern. But on a clear day in July 2021, when the tides and weather seem right, they embark. As they plunge through the currents that have taken so many lives, Randall commemorates the brave sailors that made the crossing before himincluding his own abusive father, a sailor himself who also once dared to cross the barand reflects on toxic masculinity, fatherhood, and what drives men to extremes. Rich with exhaustive research and propulsive narrative, Graveyard of the Pacific follows historical shipwrecks through the moment-by-moment details that often determined whether sailors would live or die, exposing the ways in which boats, sailors, and navigation have changed over the decades. As he makes his way across the bar, floating above the wrecks and across the same currents that have taken so many lives, Randall Sullivan faces the past, both in his own life and on the Columbia River Bar.
Contact: [email protected]
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ID: 656228
Title: Graveyard of the Pacific: Shipwreck and Survival on Americas Deadliest Waterway
Author: Randall Sullivan
Narrator: Lynch Travis
Format: Unabridged
Length: 09:12:44
Language: English
Release date: 06-06-23
Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC
Genres: History, Sports & Recreation, North America, Travel, United States, Outdoor Recreation
Summary:
Off the coast of Oregon, the Columbia River flows into the Pacific Ocean and forms the Columbia River Bar: a watery collision so turbulent and deadly that its nicknamed the Graveyard of the Pacific. Two thousand ships have been wrecked on the bar since the first European ship dared to try to cross it. Since then, the commercial importance of the Columbia River has only grown, but despite the construction of jetties on either side, the bar remains treacherous. When Randall Sullivan and a friend set out to cross the bar in a two-man kayak, theyre met with skepticism and concern. But on a clear day in July 2021, when the tides and weather seem right, they embark. As they plunge through the currents that have taken so many lives, Randall commemorates the brave sailors that made the crossing before himincluding his own abusive father, a sailor himself who also once dared to cross the barand reflects on toxic masculinity, fatherhood, and what drives men to extremes. Rich with exhaustive research and propulsive narrative, Graveyard of the Pacific follows historical shipwrecks through the moment-by-moment details that often determined whether sailors would live or die, exposing the ways in which boats, sailors, and navigation have changed over the decades. As he makes his way across the bar, floating above the wrecks and across the same currents that have taken so many lives, Randall Sullivan faces the past, both in his own life and on the Columbia River Bar.
Contact: [email protected]