438 days, an extraordinary true story of survival at sea, Jonathan Franklin
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Label
438 days, an extraordinary true story of survival at sea, Jonathan Franklin
Language
eng
resource.biographical
individual biography
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
438 days
Oclc number
915043925
Responsibility statement
Jonathan Franklin
Sub title
an extraordinary true story of survival at sea
Summary
The miraculous account of the man who survived alone and adrift at sea longer than anyone in recorded history. For fourteen months, Alvarenga survived constant shark attacks. He learned to catch fish with his bare hands. He built a fish net from a pair of empty plastic bottles. Taking apart the outboard motor, he fashioned a huge fishhook. Using fish vertebrae as needles, he stitched together his own clothes. Based on dozens of hours of interviews with Alvarenga and interviews with his colleagues, search and rescue officials, the medical team that saved his life and the remote islanders who nursed him back to health, this is an epic tale of survival. Print run 75,000
Table Of Contents
The sharkers -- A stormy tribe -- Ambushed at sea -- Search and no rescue -- Adrift -- Hunter gatherers -- A fight for life -- Swimming with sharks -- Encounters with a whale -- The birdman -- A year at sea -- Another slow death -- The rooster -- Who is this wildman? -- Found but lost -- Attacked by cockroaches -- Call of the sea -- Epilogue: A journey of dignity
resource.variantTitle
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