Gilmore, John classicist

The fragments of the Persika of Ktesias by Ctesias( Book )

10 editions published between 1880 and 2010 in English and Greek, Ancient and held by 54 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Storm warriors; or, Life-boat work on the Goodwin Sands by John Gilmore( )

1 edition published in 2013 in English and held by 0 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

For centuries, a 10-mile-long sandbank off the coast of Kent, England posed a perilous and often fatal threat to sailors, causing thousands of shipwrecks and untold numbers of fatalities. In the early 1800s, however, a number of forward-thinking inventors began to dabble with the idea of a "lifeboat"--an unsinkable rescue vessel designed to save the survivors of shipwrecks. This fascinating volume of maritime history recounts early rescue efforts in the region of the Goodwin Sands