Title: A quite fascinating book
Product review: This review is based on Cornish Shipwrecks: The South Coast, but can obviously speak for The North Coast edition as well. I truly found this book to be fascinating. It recounts the story of scores of shipwrecks from the earlies know to just prior to the books publication (1969--reprinted in 1973 as a pocketbook by Pan). The stories are tragic, harrowing, and at times downright bizarre. Each chapter deals with a section of the coast, and as each section has seen numerous wrecks, only a few can be discussed in any depth. The book is well written and keeps the reader's attention by not becoming mired in trivial fact and exhaustive description. I personally found it very informative, and it has given me a better understanding of the perils of sailing, something easily forgotten in our day and age.
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