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Robert Parsons
Softcover
288 pages
Out of Print.
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Committed to the Deep: Stories and Memoirs
$52.00
Read, as they tell it, yarns and anecdotes about: collision at sea, disappearances, house wrecked by a boat, fire and explosion, driven across the ocean and into Scotland, lighthouses, St. Pierre, rescue in mid-ocean, a kedgie’s work, a woman’s heroics, the Greenland armed escort and much more.
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| Weight | 0.476 kg |
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| Dimensions | 21.6 × 14 × 2 cm |
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