title: Island in a Storm: A Rising Sea, a Vanishing Coast, and a Nineteenth-Century Disaster that Warns of a Warmer World
author:  Abby Sallenger 
description: <b>Lisa Fasulo,<i> Naples Daily News</i></b> <br>&quot;I simply could not put the book down. It is a riveting story, made... more so because it is fully factual... With the threat of global warming and our sea levels rising, the potential for this is very real.&quot;<br /><br /><b>Susan Larson, <i>New Orleans Times Picayune</i></b><br><span>&quot;[F]ast-moving narrative... He makes it all vivid and immediate and very human...&quot;</span></span><br /><br /><span><b>Jeff Masters, PhD, Director of Meteorology, <i>Weather Underground</i></b></span><span><b>, <i>Wunder Blog</i></b></span> <span></span><br> <span>&quot;Sallenger's first-class story-telling of the remarkable tales of survival ... make this a book well worth reading.&quot;</span><br /><br /><b>Erin R. Wayman, <i>Earth Magazine</i></b> <br>&quot;[A]n absorbing book that reads more like fiction than fact. The book is a great read for geo-novices, fans of science history and anyone who likes a good adventure tale.&quot;<br /><br /><b>Chere Coen, <i>Lafayette Advertiser</i></b><br><span>&quot;Sallenger provid(es) us with a window into the tragedy as if we are standing on the beach feeling the sand sting our eyes and the waters rise up our bodies... a riveting account of a horrible disaster.&quot;</span>
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  # Titanic and Other Ships
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Charles Herbert Lightoller
  
  
  This page formatted 2005 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  CHAPTER ONE. OFF TO SEA
  
  
  CHAPTER TWO. 65 DEGREES SOUTH
  
  
  CHAPTER THREE. 'FRISCO IN THE EIGHTIES
  
  
  CHAPTER FOUR. FLYING FISH WEATHER
  
  
  CHAPTER FIVE. THE “HOLT HILL”
  
  
  CHAPTER SIX. RIO AND REVOLUTIONS
  
  
  CHAPTER SEVEN. SMALLPOX
  
  
  CHAPTER EIGHT. WRECKED ON ST. PAUL'S
  
  
  CHAPTER NINE. A DESERT ISLAND
  
  
  CHAPTER TEN. A FIGHT WITH ALBATROSSES
  
  
  CHAPTER ELEVEN.
  
  
  CHAPTER ELEVEN. A TIMELY RESCUE
  
  
  CHAPTER TWELVE. HOME IN A TEA CLIPPER
  
  
  CHAPTER THIRTEEN. SEA FIGHTS AND CYCLONES
  
  
  CHAPTER FOURTEEN. “SHARKS”
  
  
  CHAPTER FIFTEEN. I GET MY “TICKET”
  
  
  CHAPTER SIXTEEN. FIRE AT SEA
  
  
  CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. THE NITRATE COAST
  
  
  CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. DERELICTS
  
  
  CHAPTER NINETEEN. “BULLY” WATERS
  
  
  CHAPTER TWENTY. A SURFBOAT TRAGEDY
  
  
  CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE. TRAIL OF '98
  
  
  CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO. CROSSING THE ATHABASKA
  
  
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