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Publisher
Distributed by PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A two-hour documentary looking at this important historic event from several perspectives, the American, Canadian, British and Native American. Contains some limited reenactments and major historians, authors, and experts.
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
The true story of five castaways abandoned on the Falkland Islands during the War of 1812 -- a tale of treachery, shipwreck, isolation, and the desperate struggle for survival. Fraught with misunderstandings and mistrust, the incident left three British sailors and two Americans, including the captain of the sealer, Charles H. Barnard, abandoned in the barren, windswept, and inhospitable Falklands for a year and a half. With deft narrative skill and...
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