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Product Identifiers
PublisherAtria Books
ISBN-101501116304
ISBN-139781501116308
eBay Product ID (ePID)221985077
Product Key Features
Book Title438 Days : an Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicEcosystems & Habitats / Oceans & Seas, Adventurers & Explorers, Fishing
Publication Year2016
GenreNature, Sports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorJonathan Franklin
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight8.7 Oz
Item Length8.4 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsThis riveting adventure has us in its grip, spellbound and eager to know more about the mysterious Salvador Alvarenga...His story of resilience, ingenuity, and grit is an unforgettable true-life adventure., This riveting adventure has us in its grip, spellbound and eager to know more about the mysterious Salvador Alvarenga…His story of resilience, ingenuity, and grit is an unforgettable true-life adventure., As this old world pursues its endless journey round the sun, many are the tales of death and disaster on the high seas. Few indeed are those that tell of near-miraculous survival, fed by human courage, faith, strength and intelligence. This is one such., Jonathan Franklin is an American journalist, but it is with a novelist's eye for detail, rather than a reporter's matter-of-factness, that he gives this gripping saga the chronicle it deserves...it unfolds like a rollicking adventure story...remarkable...reminded me of both Yann Martel's Life Of Pi and William Golding's Pincher Martin , yet tells a tale that is nothing if not astoundingly, engrossingly singular.
Dewey Decimal910.9164
SynopsisDeclared "the best survival book in a decade" by Outside Magazine , 438 Days is the true story of the man who survived fourteen months in a small boat drifting seven thousand miles across the Pacific Ocean. On November 17, 2012, two men left the coast of Mexico for a weekend fishing trip in the open Pacific. That night, a violent storm ambushed them as they were fishing eighty miles offshore. As gale force winds and ten-foot waves pummeled their small, open boat from all sides and nearly capsized them, captain Salvador Alvarenga and his crewmate cut away a two-mile-long fishing line and began a desperate dash through crashing waves as they sought the safety of port. Fourteen months later, on January 30, 2014, Alvarenga, now a hairy, wild-bearded and half-mad castaway, washed ashore on a nearly deserted island on the far side of the Pacific. He could barely speak and was unable to walk. He claimed to have drifted from Mexico, a journey of some seven thousand miles. A "gripping saga," ( Daily Mail ), 438 Days is the first-ever account of one of the most amazing survival stories in modern times. Based on dozens of hours of exclusive interviews with Alvarenga, his colleagues, search-and-rescue officials, the remote islanders who found him, and the medical team that saved his life, 438 Days is not only "an intense, immensely absorbing read" ( Booklist ) but an unforgettable study of the resilience, will, ingenuity and determination required for one man to survive more than a year lost and adrift at sea.
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- 25. Apr. 2024
Pretty sure that the book I received is brand new. No creases, staining, etc.
Pretty sure that the book I received is brand new. No creases, staining, etc.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 27. Aug. 2017
LOST AT SEA
Very engrossing and believable, right on par with "the perfect storm".Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
- 20. Jul. 2021
Perfect tittle
Great story of courageBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
- 12. Jun. 2017
scary
hard to put downBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
