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438 Days - An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea (Paperback, Main Market Ed.)
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438 Days - An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea (Paperback, Main Market Ed.)
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The incredible true survival story of one man's record-breaking
fourteen months lost at sea. On 17th November, 2012, Salvador
Alvarenga left the coast of Mexico for a two-day fishing trip. A
vicious storm killed his engine and the current dragged his boat
out to sea. The storm picked up and carried him West, deeper into
the heart of the Pacific Ocean. Alvarenga would not touch solid
ground again for fourteen months. When he was washed ashore on
January 30th, 2014, he had drifted over 9,000 miles. Three dozen
cruise ships and container vessels passed nearby. Not one stopped
for the stranded fisherman. He considered suicide on multiple
occasions - including offering himself up to a pack of circling
sharks. But Alvarenga developed a method of survival that kept his
body and mind intact long enough for the Pacific Ocean to spit him
up onto a remote palm-studded island. Crawling ashore, he was saved
by a local couple living in their own private castaway paradise.
Based on dozens of hours of interviews with Alvarenga and his
colleagues, search and rescue officials, the medical team that
saved his life and the remote islanders who nursed him back to
normality, 438 Days by Jonathan Franklin is an epic tale of
survival and one man's incredible story of beating the ultimate
odds.
General
Imprint: |
Pan Books
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
June 2016 |
Authors: |
Jonathan Franklin
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Dimensions: |
197 x 130 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - B-format
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Pages: |
274 |
Edition: |
Main Market Ed. |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-5098-0019-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
True stories >
Endurance & survival
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LSN: |
1-5098-0019-0 |
Barcode: |
9781509800193 |
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