A Furnace Afloat : The Wreck of the 'Hornet' and the 4,300-Mile Voyage of Its Survivors by Joe Jackson, Joe Jackson

A Furnace Afloat : The Wreck of the 'Hornet' and the 4,300-Mile Voyage of Its Survivors

Joe Jackson, Joe Jackson

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When an accident with an open oil lantern set the American clipper Hornet alight in 1866, the 31 passengers and crew were forced to abandon ship. Cast adrift in three small lifeboats, they had less than 10 days rations to share between them. They ...

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