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The Wreck of the Memphis

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A vivid account of the tsunami waves that demolished the Memphis in Santo Domingo Harbor in August 1916 and the court-martial that followed.
Hardcover, 328 pages
Published May 28th 1998 by US Naval Institute Press (first published June 1st 1980)
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Matt
I need to give full disclosure I'm not an impartial voice on reviewing Edward Beach. I met him once at a book signing and found him to be gracious, warm and someone to strive to be like. Yes waiting to meet him I was like a teen waiting to meet their favorite star or singer. Simply Captain Beach was the Naval Historian I would love to be. To me Edward Beach was a rock star.

The Wreck of the Memphis is about the destruction of the U.S.S. Memphis CA-10 which was commanded by Edward ...more
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