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438 days : an extraordinary true story of survival at sea, Jonathan Franklin

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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
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First Atria Books Hardcover edition.
Extent
274 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
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
  • On the road to nowhere
  • A year at sea
  • Another slow death
  • The rooster
  • Who is this wildman?
  • Found but lost
  • Ambushed by cockroaches
  • Call of the sea
Isbn
9781501116292
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438 days : an extraordinary true story of survival at sea
Title
438 days
Title remainder
an extraordinary true story of survival at sea
Statement of responsibility
Jonathan Franklin
Title variation
  • Four hundred thirty eight days, an extraordinary tale of survival at sea
  • Four hundred and thirty eight days, an extraordinary tale of survival at sea
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Author
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Language
eng
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
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Tone
Biography type
individual biography
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10457349
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DLC
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1964-
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Franklin, Jonathan
Dewey number
910.9164
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
  • plates
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
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True
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  • Alvarenga, Salvador
  • Survival at sea
  • Shipwrecks
  • Fishers
  • Fishing boats
  • Salvadorans
  • Noncitizens
  • Fishing villages
  • Fisheries
  • Chiapas (Mexico)
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an extraordinary true story of survival at sea
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438 days : an extraordinary true story of survival at sea, Jonathan Franklin
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rdacarrier
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  • txt
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rdacontent
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 -- On the road to nowhere -- A year at sea -- Another slow death -- The rooster -- Who is this wildman? -- Found but lost -- Ambushed by cockroaches -- Call of the sea
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First Atria Books Hardcover edition.
Extent
274 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781501116292
Isbn Type
(hb)
Lccn
2015030740
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
color illustrations, maps
Specific material designation
regular print
System control number
  • (OCoLC)915043925
  • ocn915043925
  • OCoLC
Label
438 days : an extraordinary true story of survival at sea, Jonathan Franklin
Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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 -- On the road to nowhere -- A year at sea -- Another slow death -- The rooster -- Who is this wildman? -- Found but lost -- Ambushed by cockroaches -- Call of the sea
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First Atria Books Hardcover edition.
Extent
274 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781501116292
Isbn Type
(hb)
Lccn
2015030740
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
color illustrations, maps
Specific material designation
regular print
System control number
  • (OCoLC)915043925
  • ocn915043925
  • OCoLC

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