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Graveyard of the Pacific

Shipwreck and Survival on America’s Deadliest Waterway

Randall Sullivan

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24 October 2023
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 18th century. Since then, the commercial importance of the Columbia River has only grown, and the bar remains a site of shipwrecks and dramatic rescues as well as power struggles between small fishermen, powerful shipowners, local communities, the Coast Guard and the Columbia River Bar Pilots - a small group of highly skilled navigators.

When Randall Sullivan and a friend set out to cross the bar in a two-man kayak, they're met with scepticism and concern. But on a clear day in July 2021, when the tides and weather seem right, they embark. As they plunge through the currents that have taken so many lives, Randall commemorates the brave sailors that made the crossing before him - including his own abusive father - and reflects on toxic masculinity, fatherhood and what drives men to extremes.

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Imprint:   Atlantic
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   Main
Dimensions:   Height: 222mm,  Width: 145mm,  Spine: 25mm
Weight:   455g
ISBN:   9781804710364
ISBN 10:   1804710369
Pages:   272
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Randall Sullivan was a contributing editor to Rolling Stone for over twenty years. He is the author of Dead Wrong, The Price of Experience, LAbyrinth, The Miracle Detective and Untouchable. His work has been published in, among many other places, Esquire, Outside, Men's Journal, Washington Post and the Guardian. He lives in Oregon.

Reviews for Graveyard of the Pacific: Shipwreck and Survival on America’s Deadliest Waterway

A riveting story of maritime tragedies and a personal passage...it is Sullivan's gripping, vividly detailed accounts of nautical disasters at the Columbia Bar that make the book such an achievement for the three-time Pulitzer Prize nominee...A strikingly rendered tale of the hard and lasting costs of courage. * Kirkus Reviews * Vividly evoking Sullivan's deep fascination with the Pacific Northwest and thirst for friendship and adventure, this is a thrill ride * Publishers Weekly *


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