Rainbow Warriors : legendary stories from Greenpeace ships / Maite Mompó.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mompó, Maite, author.

Newborn, Susi, 1950- author of foreword.

McDiarmid, Bunny, author of preface.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmentalism--Anecdotes.

Environmentalism.

Rainbow Warrior (Ship)--Anecdotes.

Rainbow Warrior (Ship).

Greenpeace International--Anecdotes.

Greenpeace International.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 pages) : color illustrations, photographs

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : New Internationalist, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Following the lives of the three ships with the name Rainbow Warrior, this book, written by a long-serving Greenpeace activist, tells the inside stories of life on board and recounts some of the ship's most exciting adventures and actions. It is at once a narrative of real life on board, a history of some of the most famous vessels in the world, and also a history of Greenpeace itself, which goes beyond the oceans and touches on many aspects of the organization's work. In the end though it aims to bring out the personal stories and firsthand accounts of the ships' adventures--tales from the high seas, full of action and daring but also of humanity and great compassion. Starting with the early life of Greenpeace and the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior I by the French secret service through to the imprisonment of the Arctic 30 by the Russians, the stories are brought to life with photos from the Greenpeace archives, maps, and nautical charts."--Provided by publisher

Contents:

Foreword / by Susi Newborn Preface / by Bunny McDiarmid Beginnings The nuclear madness Between the harpoon and the whale Poison and hope In defense of forests Expect the unexpected Prestige War and walls Pirates! The planet we live on The circle of life

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 7, 2015).

ISBN:

1-78026-188-8

OCLC:

923310711