Graveyard of the Pacific : (Record no. 376564)

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005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
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010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2023003700
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency DLC
Language of cataloging eng
Description conventions rda
Transcribing agency DLC
Modifying agency GK8
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780802162403
Qualifying information hardcover
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0802162401
Qualifying information hardcover
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (OCoLC)1356450851
042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE
Authentication code pcc
043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE
Geographic area code n-us-or
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092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC)
Classification number 979.7
Item number S951
049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC)
Holding library NFGA
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Sullivan, Randall,
Relator term author.
9 (RLIN) 71443
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Graveyard of the Pacific :
Remainder of title shipwreck and survival on America's deadliest waterway /
Statement of responsibility, etc Randall Sullivan.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement First edition.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE STATEMENTS
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture New York :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Atlantic Monthly Press,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture 2023.
264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE STATEMENTS
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture ©2023
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xix, 245 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
Other physical details illustrations (some color), maps ;
Dimensions 24 cm
336 ## - CONTENT TYPE
Content Type Term text
Content Type Code txt
Source rdacontent
337 ## - MEDIA TYPE
Media Type Term unmediated
Media Type Code n
Source rdamedia
338 ## - CARRIER TYPE
Carrier Type Term volume
Carrier Type Code nc
Source rdacarrier
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc "A vivid portrait of the Columbia River Bar that combines maritime history, adventure journalism, and memoir, bringing alive the history--and present--of one of the most notorious stretches of water in the world. Off the coast of Oregon, the Columbia River flows into the Pacific Ocean and forms the Columbia River Bar: a watery collision so turbulent and deadly that it's nicknamed the Graveyard of the Pacific. Two thousand ships have been wrecked on the bar since the first European ship dared to try to cross it in the late eighteenth century. For decades ships continued to make the bar crossing with great peril, first with native guides and later with opportunistic newcomers, as Europeans settled in Washington and Oregon, displacing the natives and transforming the river into the hub of a booming region. Since then, the commercial importance of the Columbia River has only grown, and despite the construction of jetties on either side, the bar remains treacherous, even today a site of shipwrecks and dramatic rescues as well as power struggles between small fishermen, powerful shipowners, local communities in Washington and Oregon, the Coast Guard, and the Columbia River Bar Pilots--a small group of highly skilled navigators who help guide ships through the mouth of the Columbia. When Randall Sullivan and a friend set out to cross the bar in a two-man kayak, they're met with skepticism and concern. But on a clear day in July when the tides and weather seem right, they embark. As they plunge through the waves, Sullivan ponders the generations of sailors that made the crossing before him--including his own abusive father, a sailor himself who also once dared to cross the bar--and reflects on toxic masculinity, fatherhood, and what drives men to extremes. Rich with exhaustive research and propulsive narrative, Graveyard of the Pacific follows historical shipwrecks through the moment-by-moment details that often determined whether sailors would live or die, exposing the ways in which boats, sailors, and navigation have changed over the decades. As he makes his way across the bar, floating above the wrecks and across the same currents that have taken so many lives, Randall Sullivan faces the past, both in his own life and on the Columbia River Bar"--
Assigning source Provided by publisher.
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Columbia River Estuary (Or. and Wash.)
General subdivision History.
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Columbia River Bar (Or. and Wash.)
General subdivision History.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Shipwrecks
Geographic subdivision Columbia River Estuary (Or. and Wash.)
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Sullivan, Randall
General subdivision Travel.
655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM
Genre/form data or focus term Travel writing.
Source of term lcgft
9 (RLIN) 6889
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Holdings
Withdrawn status Lost status Damaged status Not for loan Collection code Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Source of acquisition Total Checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Date checked out Cost, replacement price Price effective from Koha item type
        NonFiction Main Library Main Library New 11/15/2023 1 3 979.7 S951 33111011211477 06/14/2024 06/03/2024 30.00 10/19/2023 Adult Book

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