Riders of the Storm - Cameron, Ian
The Story of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution
KORTE INHOUD
Saving lives from the waters around the coasts of Britain and all Ireland doesn't get any less hazardous. For more than 175 years rescuing sailors from shipwrecks or holidaymakers from small boats has been in the hands of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), which remains a wholly voluntary-funded, non-Government organisation. No matter how sophisticated ships have become storms are as bad as ever and ships, it seems, just as likely to get into difficulties. The lives of crews are still at risk: it is only 20 years since the small Cornish fishing village of Penlee lost half the adult menfolk when its lifeboat sank at sea. 1999 saw an average of 18 lifeboat launches daily around Britain and Ireland, with 18 people brought to safety and 3 people saved from death. Cameron's account is not the first, but this account puts the story into a political and social perspective, and still thrills with the stirring and often poignant narrative of the rescues themselves. That crews continue to risk their own li...
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2002Uitgever: Weidenfeld & Nicolson138 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0297607901ISBN-13: 9780297607908Koop dit boek tweedehands
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2002 London, hardcover with dustjacket 138 pages. Illustrated with photo's and illustrations. ISBN 0297607901 [Auteur: Cameron, Ian] [Pagina's: 138] [Jaar: 2002] [Ondertitel: The Story of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution] [Titel: Riders of the Storm]
