Sale!

Ghost Ship The Mysterious True Story of the Mary Celeste and Her Missing Crew 2004th Edition by Brian Hicks ISBN 0345463919 9780345463913

Original price was: $50.00.Current price is: $35.00.

Ghost Ship The Mysterious True Story of the Mary Celeste and Her Missing Crew 2004th Edition Brian Hicks Digital Instant Download

Author(s): Brian Hicks
ISBN(s): 9780345463913, 0345463919
Edition: 2004
File Details: PDF, 20.82 MB
Language: english
SKU: EB-11802778 Category: Tag:

Ghost Ship The Mysterious True Story of the Mary Celeste and Her Missing Crew 2004th Edition by Brian Hicks – Ebook PDF Instant Download/Delivery: 0345463919, 9780345463913
Full download Ghost Ship The Mysterious True Story of the Mary Celeste and Her Missing Crew 2004th Edition after payment

Product details:

ISBN 10: 0345463919 
ISBN 13: 9780345463913
Author: Brian Hicks

On December 4th, 1872, a 100-foot brigantine was discovered drifting through the North Atlantic without a soul on board. Not a sign of struggle, not a shred of damage, no ransacked cargo—and not a trace of the captain, his wife and daughter, or the crew. What happened on board the ghost ship Mary Celeste has baffled and tantalized the world for 130 years. In his stunning new book, award-winning journalist Brian Hicks plumbs the depths of this fabled nautical mystery and finally uncovers the truth.

The Mary Celeste was cursed as soon as she was launched on the Bay of Fundy in the spring of 1861. Her first captain died before completing the maiden voyage. In London she accidentally rammed and sank an English brig. Later she was abandoned after a storm drove her ashore at Cape Breton. But somehow the ship was recovered and refitted, and in the autumn of 1872 she fell to the reluctant command of a seasoned mariner named Benjamin Spooner Briggs. It was Briggs who was at the helm when the Mary Celeste sailed into history.

In Brian Hicks’s skilled hands, the story of the Mary Celeste becomes the quintessential tale of men lost at sea. Hicks vividly recreates the events leading up to the crew’s disappearance and then unfolds the complicated and bizarre aftermath—the dark suspicions that fell on the officers of the ship that intercepted her; the farcical Admiralty Court salvage hearing in Gibraltar; the wild myths that circulated after Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published a thinly disguised short story sensationalizing the mystery. Everything from a voodoo curse to an alien abduction has been hauled out to explain the fate of the Mary Celeste. But, as Brian Hicks reveals, the truth is actually grounded in the combined tragedies of human error and bad luck. The story of the Mary Celeste acquired yet another twist in 2001, when a team of divers funded by novelist Clive Cussler located the wreck in a coral reef off Haiti.

Written with the suspense of a thriller and the vivid accuracy of the best popular history, Ghost Ship tells the unforgettable true story of the most famous and most fascinating maritime mystery of all time.

Ghost Ship The Mysterious True Story of the Mary Celeste and Her Missing Crew 2004th Table of contents:

Part 1: The Ship’s Troubled Early Life (The Amazon)

  • Chapter 1: Genesis and Curses: Details the ship’s construction in Nova Scotia, its original name “Amazon,” and any early misfortunes or “curses” associated with it (e.g., the death of its first captain, early accidents).
  • Chapter 2: Changes and Transformations: Covers the ship’s transfer to American ownership, its renaming to “Mary Celeste,” and any refits or changes made to the vessel.

Part 2: The Ill-Fated Voyage of the Mary Celeste

  • Chapter 3: Captain Briggs and Crew: Introduces Captain Benjamin Spooner Briggs, his family (wife and daughter often mentioned as being on board), and the crew of the Mary Celeste. Discusses their backgrounds and the preparations for the voyage.
  • Chapter 4: Departure from New York: Describes the Mary Celeste’s departure from New York City, bound for Genoa with a cargo of industrial alcohol.
  • Chapter 5: The Discovery (Derelict at Sea): The dramatic account of the brigantine Dei Gratia encountering the Mary Celeste adrift in the Atlantic, seemingly abandoned but largely intact. Details the initial observations of the Dei Gratia crew.

Part 3: The Aftermath and Investigation

  • Chapter 6: The Salvage Hearings in Gibraltar: A detailed account of the formal inquiries and legal proceedings in Gibraltar to determine the fate of the Mary Celeste and her crew, and to adjudicate the salvage claim. This would cover the suspicions that fell on the Dei Gratia crew.
  • Chapter 7: Witness Testimonies and Theories: Discusses the various testimonies given, the lack of clear evidence, and the initial theories that emerged regarding the disappearance.

Part 4: Explanations, Myths, and Legacy

  • Chapter 8: Explanations and Speculations (Foul Play): Explores theories of foul play, such as mutiny, piracy, or murder.
  • Chapter 9: Explanations and Speculations (Natural Phenomena): Examines theories involving natural events like waterspouts, submarine earthquakes, or issues with the cargo (alcohol fumes). This is where Hicks likely presents his own favored theory grounded in “human error and bad luck.”
  • Chapter 10: The Missing Lifeboat: A dedicated discussion of the missing lifeboat and its significance in various theories.
  • Chapter 11: The Enduring Mystery and Pop Culture: Looks at how the Mary Celeste story became a legend, including its retelling in fiction (e.g., by Arthur Conan Doyle) and various outlandish myths (voodoo curses, alien abduction).
  • Chapter 12: Later Career and Final Voyage: The unfortunate later life of the ship under new owners, leading to its eventual deliberate wrecking off Haiti as part of an insurance fraud scheme.
  • Chapter 13: Recent Discoveries and Reflections: Potentially includes details about the 2001 expedition funded by Clive Cussler to locate the wreck.

People also search for Ghost Ship The Mysterious True Story of the Mary Celeste and Her Missing Crew 2004th:

ghost ship the mysterious
    
most mysterious ghost ship in the world
    
ghost ship in the ocean
    
ghost ship in the arctic

ghost ship

 

Tags: Brian Hicks, Mysterious, Mary