Shipwrecks of the Delaware Coast
Shipwrecks of the Delaware Coast

Author: Pam George

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2010-04-02

Total Pages: 117

ISBN-13: 1614231621

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Discover the thrilling, mysterious history of the shipwrecks found beneath the waves of Rehoboth Beach. Under the hot summer sun, vacationers stroll the Rehoboth Beach boardwalk, chewing saltwater taffy and listening to the gulls' raucous cackle. Few realize that under the sparkling water rests a graveyard. Horrific nor'easters, treacherous shoals and simple human error caused the demise of countless ships, giving birth to legends of treasure and terror. There is De Braak, rumored to hold millions of dollars in gold; the Mohawk, which burned like a torch in the Delaware Bay; and the vessels that fell victim to the Great White Hurricane, which froze dead men to the mast. Journey with local author Pam George as she deftly picks her way through the history of Delaware's most intriguing and mysterious shipwrecks.

Shipwrecks, Sea Raiders, and Maritime Disasters Along the Delmarva Coast, 1632–2004
Shipwrecks, Sea Raiders, and Maritime Disasters Along the Delmarva Coast, 1632–2004

Author: Donald G. Shomette

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2007-12-17

Total Pages: 460

ISBN-13: 9780801886706

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Featuring the accounts of twenty-five ill-starred vessels -- some notorious and some forgotten until now -- this anthology provides a fascinating history of a local maritime culture and charts how the catastrophic events along the Delmarva coast significantly affected U.S. merchant shipping as a whole.

Shipwrecks Disaster Of The Delaware Coast
Shipwrecks Disaster Of The Delaware Coast

Author: Mathilda Arzaga

Publisher:

Published: 2021-03-27

Total Pages: 126

ISBN-13:

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There are countless shipwrecks beneath the world's oceans as well as stranded on beaches -- here are their stories. In this book, you'll discover the thrilling, mysterious history of the shipwrecks found beneath the waves of Rehoboth Beach.

Perils Of The Atlantic
Perils Of The Atlantic

Author: William Flayhart

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2003-05-27

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 9780393041552

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"Perils of the Atlantic" captures the stories of a number of vessels that experienced adventure on the high seas, from the tragic loss of the liner "Arctic" in 1854 to the swift sinking of the Italian "Andrea Doria" in 1956.

Disaster Of Shipwrecks Under Delaware Coast
Disaster Of Shipwrecks Under Delaware Coast

Author: Lesha Hanafin

Publisher:

Published: 2021-03-27

Total Pages: 126

ISBN-13:

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There are countless shipwrecks beneath the world's oceans as well as stranded on beaches -- here are their stories. In this book, you'll discover the thrilling, mysterious history of the shipwrecks found beneath the waves of Rehoboth Beach.

Pirates & Patriots, Tales of the Delaware Coast
Pirates & Patriots, Tales of the Delaware Coast

Author: Michael Morgan

Publisher: Algora Publishing

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 0875863388

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Libraries, archives, and museums reveal clues to the colorful characters lining the history of Delaware, from its earliest colonial days to the invention of the "beach resort" and the founding of the nation's "Summer Capital" to World War II and the present. Author Michael Morgan brings together this kaleidoscopic view of the men of the sea and the beachfront tycoons who shaped Delaware and its role in the development of America, in war, politics, and business, from the Europeans' arrival at Cape Henlopen until modern times. While the intrepid patriot Henry Fisher and the infamous serial killer Patty Cannon are not known beyond the boundaries of southern Delaware, others such as William Penn, Captain Kidd and the DuPonts enjoy more widespread reputations. Here, tales of shipwrecks and rumrunners combine with the politics of slavery and suffrage to illuminate the history of one corner of the United States, a microcosm that synthesizes light on various facets of the development of the United States in a broader context. * Michael Morgan pens a weekly column, "Delaware Diary," in the Delaware Coast Press and has authored many stories for The Baltimore Sun, Maryland Magazine, Civil War Times Illustrated, America's Civil War and other periodicals for the past 15 years. He is a frequent guest speaker at historical societies in Lewes, Georgetown, and other towns along the Delaware coast.

Shipwrecked
Shipwrecked

Author: Jamin Wells

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2020-10-07

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 1469660911

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Reframing the American story from the vantage point of the nation's watery edges, Jamin Wells shows that disasters have not only bedeviled the American beach--they created it. Though the American beach is now one of the most commercialized, contested, and engineered places on the planet, few people visited it or called it home at the beginning of the nineteenth century. By the twentieth century, the American beach had become the summer encampment of presidents, a common destination for millions of citizens, and the site of rapidly growing beachfront communities. Shipwrecked tells the story of this epic transformation, arguing that coastal shipwrecks themselves changed how Americans viewed, used, and inhabited the shoreline. Drawing on a broad range of archival material--including logbooks, court cases, personal papers, government records, and cultural ephemera--Wells examines how shipwrecks laid the groundwork for the beach tourism industry that would transform the American beach from coastal frontier to oceanfront playspace, spur substantial state and private investment alongshore, reshape popular ideas about the coast, and turn the beach into a touchstone of the American experience.

World War II and the Delaware Coast
World War II and the Delaware Coast

Author: Michael Morgan

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2016-08-01

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 162585711X

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Within weeks of Pearl Harbor, German U-boats arrived off the Delaware coast and attacked numerous ships along the vital shipping lanes to Philadelphia and Wilmington. On February 28, 1942, two German torpedoes hit the destroyer Jacob Jones, which was carrying more than one hundred American sailors. It sank in less than an hour. A center for military activity, Lewes became a refuge for many survivors from such attacks. The dunes along Cape Henlopen hid the massive artillery batteries of Fort Miles. Residents of the beachfront communities rallied amid the blackout regulations and air raid drills with rationing and scrap drives. Spotters watched for enemy warships in concrete towers that still line the coast. Author Michael Morgan tells the remarkable story of a coast at war.

The Wreck of the Faithful Steward on Delaware's False Cape
The Wreck of the Faithful Steward on Delaware's False Cape

Author: Michael Dougherty

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2023-04-24

Total Pages: 149

ISBN-13: 1439677654

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On the first of September 1785, with night coming on and the weather deteriorating, the crew of the ship Faithful Steward sailed toward Delaware's notorious False Cape. In the summer of 1785, a group of Irish migrants took to the Atlantic to escape the abuse and persecution of the ruling classes at home. They sought a new life in the United States, a place "where the banner of freedom waved proudly" and "every good was possessed." Their ship was new and sturdy, and its captain had a good reputation. On this voyage, however, it was overloaded with migrant families and a massive cargo of counterfeit coins. By the first of September the ship was lost, somewhere off the mid-Atlantic coast. Michael Timothy Dougherty tells the story of the wreck and the people on board.