C.Walter Hodges
The Overland Launch
Hardcover
(Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society Feb. 26, 2010)
This is a true story retold in fictional form. InJanuary 1899 the Forest Hall, a three-masted fullriggedship floundered in the Bristol Channel inthe worst storms of a lifetime.The lifeboatmenwere unable to put to sea at Lynmouth.Theironly chance to save the crew of the Forest Hallwas to tow their boat overland to Porlock,thirteen miles away...Available again for the first time in decade,C.Walter Hodges' classic book is a tale of humanendeavour and bravery, of courage anddetermination in the face of ferocious weather,set against the background of Exmoor's beautifulcoastline, so placid in summertime but soterrifying in winter.
- ISBN
- 0861834089 / 9780861834082
- Weight
- 14.1 oz.
- Dimensions
- 5.9 x 0.7 in.
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