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Download or read book A Deathless Story of the Birkenhead and Its Heroes written by Albert Christopher Addison and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book DEATHLESS STORY OR THE BIRKENH written by A. C. (Albert Christopher) Addison and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Download or read book A Deathless Story Or the Birkenhead and Its Heroes Being the Only Full Authentic Account of the Famous Shipwreck Extant Founded on Collected Official Documentary and Personal Evidence With Map Facsimiles of Letters and Over Sixty Illustrations written by Albert Christopher ADDISON (and MATTHEWS (William Henry)) and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Deathless Story written by A. C. Addison and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-24 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Deathless Story: Or the "Birkenhead" And Its Heroes; Being the Only Full and Authentic Account of the Famous Shipwreck Extant, Founded on Collected, Official, Documentary, and Personal Evidence, and Containing the Narratives and Lives of Actors, in the Most Glorious Ocean At the close of 1902, the 50th anniversary year of the shipwreck, appeared The Story of the "Birkenhead" a work which received everywhere a warm and patriotic welcome as commemorating an event the memory and moral of which will never die. The circulation of the book naturally led to further discoveries in connection with a subject of such attractive and worldwide interest. Each additional piece of information or clue, as it came to hand, was carefully sifted or followed up. For more than two years this process of ingathering and investigating went steadily on. It involved an immense correspondence. It extended to all parts of the United Kingdom, to the Cape, and to districts of South Africa. Not only did Military materials accumulate, but on the Naval side also new matter of value to the subject and its associations began early to collect. It was then that W. H. Matthews, the son of a late Naval survivor, with whom the story, more particularly in its maritime aspects, had been a lifelong study, joined forces with the author of the first book, and the work of research and absorption was continued in unison with the happiest results. Fresh ground has been broken in many directions, and paths are now trod the existence of which was not before suspected. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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