Wake of the Invercauld: Shipwrecked in the Sub-Antarctic: A Great Granddaughter's Pilgrimage
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| Rating | : | 4.85 (922 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0908988028 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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Madelene Ferguson Allen was a geographer, teacher and writer who lived in Ontario, Canada. She died in 2003.. She travelled widely, spending considerable time in New Zealand and the sub-Antarctic islands, researching for this book and for another book about a famous shipwreck that will be published by Exisle in 2006. Madelene was married with tw
A year later he was rescued, along with only two of his shipmates. Allen intersperses her narrative with extracts from Holding's own journal, revealing an extraordinary tale of survival, in which conflict, cannibalism and cunning all play a part. This is the story of Robert Holding, a young English adventurer who was only 23 when he was shipwrecked with 19 others on the Auckland Islands in the sub-Antarctic Ocean in 1864. The survivors' rescue is in itself a hair-raising tale of intrigue and deception. It was when Madelene Ferguson Allen was researching the history of her birth family that she discovered she was Holding's great-granddaughter. Then she learned of the existence of his account of the shipwreck and his enforced stay on the Aucklands, so she decided to retrace his footsteps. This book is an account of her journey, not only tracing the voyage of the Invercauld, but also the life of Robert Holding. Wake of the Invercauld is a gripping story that will enthral anyone interested in true adventure at sea.. The others had perished from starvation and exposure
Robert Holding's chronicle is interwoven with his great-granddaughter's story, as she visits the original home of the Invercauld in Scotland, follows the young sailor's trail from England, through Australia, to the tragic encounter with the bleak Auckland Islands, and finally to his resting place in Canada. . This is the extraordinary story of how the three survived, and why their companions did not. Holding's great-granddaughter Madelene Ferguson Allen had her relationship to the sailor revealed when she was researching the history of her birth family. By the time he was rescued a year later, only two of his shipmates were taken off the island with him, the rest having perished from starvation and exposure. From the Back Cover Robert Holding, a young English adventurer, was only 23 when in 1864 he was shipwrecked with 19 others on the win
Wake of the Invercauld: Shipwrecked in the Sub-Antarctic Marion Blau I did not actually read this book, I purchased the Hard Cover because I was so impressed with "Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World. Wake of the Ivercauld is written by the great granddaughter of one of the Captains that survived, I just wanted to own the True Events. Photographs, tell so much to the story.