"The Wreck Of The Dumaru. A Story of Cannibalism in an Open Boat", by Lowell Thomas, illustrated with photographs and wood engravings by Kurt Wise, published by Collier & Son, copyright 1930 by the author.

The Dumaru was a Hough-type wooden steam ship launched on April 17, 1918, in Portland, Oregon, as part of the United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation. On October 16, 1918, during her maiden voyage, the Dumaru was struck by lightning off the coast of Guam, igniting her munitions cargo and destroying the ship.

Lowell Jackson Thomas (April 6, 1892 - August 29, 1981) was an American writer, broadcaster, and traveler, best known as the man who made Lawrence of Arabia famous. Thomas was born in Woodington, Darke County, Ohio, to Harry and Harriet (Wagner) Thomas. His father was a doctor, his mother a teacher. In 1900, the family moved to the mining town of Victor, Colorado. Thomas worked there as a gold miner, a cook, and a reporter on the newspaper.

From the internationally renowned journalist Lowell Thomas comes the story of the ill-starred ship The Dumaru and the fate of her crew.

Contents:

The Man with the Scarred Face;
There Was a Curse Upon Her;
Captain, Mate, and Engineer;
Graveyard Shaw and George the Greek;
From Quarter Deck to Fire Hole They Cursed and Fought;
Quiet Prelude Before Catastrophe; She Blows Up Off Guam;
The Change of the Trade Wind;
We Give Up Hope;
The Thirteenth Day-The Madness and Death of Graveyard Shaw;
The Body of the Chief Engineer;
Honolulu Pete, and the Suicide of Holmes;
There Can't Be Any Land-It's All Gone Under the Sea;
Safe on the Island of Samar;
We Decide to Keep Our Secret;
Big Karl Gives Us Away;
and The Return of the Survivors.

US: Priority (c 2-4 days) -------- $8.50
Canada: 1st Class (c. 2-6 weeks) - $18.50
World: 1st Class (c. 2-8 weeks) -- $27.50

Hard boards, original publisher's cloth decorated in white and gold [a little wear and soiling], 5.1/2" x 8.1/2"; bumped bottom corner of the half-title page, 271 pages + 7 wood engravings by Kurt Wise + photographs of the ship and her crew on glossy paper, yellowish stains on glossy photographs [see pictures], very good binding and condition.