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Winter reads: The Team That Hit The Rocks

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The Team That Hit The Rocks by Peter Jerram

The story of the Wahine disaster has been told many times but this time from one of the survivors—a member of the Lincoln College cricket team. Peter Jerram offers a riveting firsthand account of their experiences on that fateful day - drawn from written and oral testimony of his teammates, crew and rescuers.

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