438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea by Jonathan Franklin (E

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438 Days

by Jonathan Franklin

The incredible true survival story of one man's record-breaking 438 days lost at sea

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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 14 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, this is an epic tale of survival and one man's incredible story of beating the ultimate odds.

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An epic tale of survival and beating the ultimate odds. In 2012 Salvador Alvarenga left the coast of Mexico for a two day fishing trip, but was dragged out to the Pacific Ocean, where he survived for 14 months, before washing up on a Pacific island. Now in paperback.

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On 17 November 2012, Salvador Alvarenga left the coast of Mexico for a two-day fishing trip. A vicious storm killed his engine and carried him west, deep into the heart of the Pacific. When he was washed ashore on 30 January 2014, he had drifted for fourteen months, covering over 9,000 miles.Not one of the three dozen cruise and cargo ships which passed nearby stopped for the stranded fisherman. Despite often contemplating suicide, he developed a survival strategy that kept him alive and alert until his boat eventually drifted to a remote palm-studded island. Crawling ashore, he was saved by a local couple living in their own private castaway paradise.Based on hours of interviews with Alvarenga, his close colleagues, search and rescue officials, the medical team that saved his life and the remote islanders who nursed him back to normality, 438 Days is one man's incredible survival story of beating the ultimate odds.

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On 17 November 2012, Salvador Alvarenga left the coast of Mexico for a two-day fishing trip. A vicious storm killed his engine and carried him west, deep into the heart of the Pacific. When he was washed ashore on 30 January 2014, he had drifted for fourteen months, covering over 9,000 miles. Not one of the three dozen cruise and cargo ships which passed nearby stopped for the stranded fisherman. Despite often contemplating suicide, he developed a survival strategy that kept him alive and alert until his boat eventually drifted to a remote palm-studded island. Crawling ashore, he was saved by a local couple living in their own private castaway paradise. Based on hours of interviews with Alvarenga, his close colleagues, search and rescue officials, the medical team that saved his life and the remote islanders who nursed him back to normality, 438 Days is one man's incredible survival story of beating the ultimate odds.

Author Biography

Based in Santiago, Chile, Jonathan Franklin regularly reports for the Guardian, Washington Post, National Geographic and Esquire. He also works with the team at 'Retro Report' producing documentaries broadcast by the New York Times. Franklin's previous books include 33 Men, the exclusive account of the Chilean miners trapped nearly a kilometre underground. 33 Men became a bestseller in the UK and US, and was translated into 19 languages. He can be followed at @FranklinBlog

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Details ISBN1509800190 Pages 300 Publisher Pan Macmillan ISBN-10 1509800190 ISBN-13 9781509800193 Format Paperback Media Book Imprint Pan Books Subtitle An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 910.9164 Audience Age 18 Year 2016 Publication Date 2016-06-16 Edition Main Market Ed. Author Jonathan Franklin Language English UK Release Date 2016-06-16 Audience General AU Release Date 2016-06-27 NZ Release Date 2016-06-27

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  • Condition: Brand new
  • ISBN-13: 9781509800193
  • Publication Year: 2016
  • Format: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Book Title: 438 Days: an Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea
  • Item Height: 197mm
  • Author: Jonathan Franklin
  • Publisher: Pan Macmillan
  • Genre: Biographies & True Stories
  • Topic: Memorials
  • Item Width: 130mm
  • Item Weight: 222g
  • Number of Pages: 300 Pages

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