Fiction can show us lives and worlds that don’t exist, or that we have no access to. History can help us understand our world. Biographies can help us understand the people in it. But many books are written at a remove—no matter how well-researched or how well-written, the author didn’t actually experience what they’re writing […]
Before The Perfect Storm, before In the Heart of the Sea, Steven Callahan’s dramatic tale of survival at sea was on the New York Times bestseller list for more than thirty-six weeks. In some ways the model for the new wave of adventure books, Adrift is an undeniable seafaring classic, a riveting firsthand account by the only man known to have survived more than a month alone at sea, fighting for his life in an inflatable raft after his small sloop capsized only six days out. "Utterly absorbing” (Newsweek), Adrift is a must-have for any adventure library.
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Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea
Before The Perfect Storm, before In the Heart of the Sea, Steven Callahan’s dramatic tale of survival at sea was on the New York Times bestseller list for more than thirty-six weeks. In some ways the model for the new wave of adventure books, Adrift is an undeniable seafaring classic, a riveting firsthand account by the only man known to have survived more than a month alone at sea, fighting for his life in an inflatable raft after his small sloop capsized only six days out. "Utterly absorbing” (Newsweek), Adrift is a must-have for any adventure library.
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ISBN-13: | 9780547526560 |
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Publication date: | 10/17/2002 |
Sold by: | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 256 |
Sales rank: | 44,035 |
File size: | 5 MB |
Age Range: | 14 - 18 Years |
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