Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea
Language: English
Adventure Boating Callahan Ecosystems & Habitats Essays & Travelogues General Napoleon Solo (Yacht) Nature North Atlantic Ocean Oceans & Seas Shipwrecks Special Interest Sports & Recreation Steven Survival after airplane accidents Travel etc
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: Jan 2, 1986
Description:
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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He is the only man in history to have survived more than a month alone at sea in an inflatable raft. How he made it back alive is the subject of Steven Callahan's Adrift, one of the most riveting true-life adventures ever written. 15 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.