Four Short Blasts: The Gale of 1898 and the Loss of the Steamer Portland - Softcover

Bachelder, Peter Dow; Smith, Mason Philip

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0931675065 ISBN 13: 9780931675065

Publisher: Provincial Pr, 1998

Synopsis

The book tells the story of the Great Gale of 1898 and the loss of the steamer Portland and its 192 passengers and crew in the Thanksgiving gale of 1898. Over 500 other vessels, large and small, were either sunk or destroyed in the storm, which ravaged the sea, the coast, and shoreline areas from Connecticut to Maine.

This Discovery Edition contains a special appaendix of words and images about the 2002 discovery of the actual wreckage of the Portland on the Steelwagen Bank in Massacachuetts Bay.

The book and co-author Mason Philip Smith were recently featured on the History Channel show "Deep Sea Detectives, which dealt with the loss of the Portland and the 2002 discovery of the ship's wreckage.

About this title

About the Author:

A Maine native, Mason Philip Smith has been a writer and photographer for over 30 years and has been the author or editor of books about Maine, about cycling in Holland and about northwestern Russia. He is currently working on a book about World War II espionage.

Peter Dow Bachelder is a former tourism official and also a former newspaper columist who specialized in writing about Maine lighthouses and Maine shipwrecks. In additional, he is the author of several books dealing with shipwrecks and lighthouse.

About this edition

• Publisher: Provincial Pr
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0931675065
• ISBN 13: 9780931675065
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 147