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Review - In Victorian times, going to seawas not only a grand adventure but often a lethal one, as merchants and ship owners overloaded vessels in an attempt to boost profits. Worse, as Nicolette Jones notes in this lively account, some over- insured in the hope their boats would sink: these were coffin- ships. Enter MP Samuel Plimsoll, who fought relentlessly to save seafarers lives and invented the line painted on ships that delineates the maximum load allowed. As a whistleblower, Plimsoll was peerless; as a person, near insufferable. He thrived on righteous outrage, Jones writes.
Publisher
Abacus,Clays Ltd
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ISBN
9780349117201, 0349117209
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| Call Number | Copies | Material | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| HE 569 .P55 J66 2007 | 1 | BOOK | AUTOSTORE |
