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Shipwreck
Shipwreck is part of Survivalist and/or Disaster fiction. It can be set partially or completely at sea under the Maritime genre. Sometimes the time spent at sea is brief, where Shipwreck instead focuses on the time trapped on an island or land waiting for rescue and survival.
When fighting for survival after becoming stranded on a deserted island or similar location became popular (starting with Robinson Crusoe), a new genre was spawned: Robinsonade.
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When fighting for survival after becoming stranded on a deserted island or similar location became popular (starting with Robinson Crusoe), a new genre was spawned: Robinsonade.
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“
There is a shipwreck somewhere inside me
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There were eighty-four men aboard the Ocean Ranger when it sank. Of these, sixty-nine were Canadians and fifteen were Americans. Of the sixty-nine Canadians, fifty-six were from Newfoundland, five from Alberta, four from Ontario, three from Nova Scotia and one from Qu茅bec. Not a single one was rescued.
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― Against the Wind: Hope Sees The Invisible
― Against the Wind: Hope Sees The Invisible
