The wreck of the Medusa
(Book)
Author:
Published:
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2007.
Format:
Book
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Desc:
309 pages 24 cm
Status:
Basalt Non Fiction
910.916 MIL
Description
A "thrilling . . . captivating" account of the most famous shipwreck before the Titanic —a tragedy that inspired an unforgettable masterpiece of Western art ( The Boston Globe ). In June 1816, the Medusa set sail. Commanded by an incompetent captain, the frigate ran aground off the desolate West African coast. During the chaotic evacuation a privileged few claimed the lifeboats, while 147 men and one woman were herded aboard a makeshift raft that was soon cut loose by the boats that had pledged to tow it to safety. Those on the boats made it ashore and undertook a two-hundred-mile trek through the sweltering Sahara, but conditions were far worse on the drifting raft. Crazed, parched, and starving, the diminishing band fell into mayhem. When rescue arrived thirteen days later, only fifteen were alive. Among the handful of survivors were two men whose bestselling account of the maritime disaster scandalized Europe and inspired promising artist Théodore Géricault, who threw himself into a study of the Medusa tragedy, turning it into a vast canvas in his painting, The Raft of the Medusa . Drawing on contemporaneously published accounts and journals of survivors, The Wreck of the Medusa is "a captivating gem about art's relation to history" ( Booklist ) and ultimately "a thrilling read" ( The Guardian ).
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Basalt Non Fiction
910.916 MIL
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Mar 30, 2024
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Street Date:
0707
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780871139597, 0871139596
Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Miles, J. (2007). The wreck of the Medusa. New York, Atlantic Monthly Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Miles, Jonathan, 1952-. 2007. The Wreck of the Medusa. New York, Atlantic Monthly Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Miles, Jonathan, 1952-, The Wreck of the Medusa. New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 2007.
MLA Citation (style guide)Miles, Jonathan. The Wreck of the Medusa. New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 2007.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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