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Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New. New hardcover in like DJ. Includes B&W photo plates, bibliography, and index. 263 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. A story of tragedy at sea where every desperate act meant life or death The small ship making the Liverpool-to-New York trip in the early months of 1856 carried mail, crates of dry goods, and more than one hundred passengers, mostly Irish emigrants. Suddenly an iceberg tore the ship asunder and five lifeboats were lowered. As four lifeboats drifted into the fog and icy water, never to be heard from again, the last boat wrenched away from the sinking ship with a few blankets, some water and biscuits, and thirteen souls. Only one would survive. This is his story. As they started their nine days adrift more than four hundred miles off Newfoundland, the castaways--an Irish couple and their two boys, an English woman and her daughter, newlyweds from Ireland, and several crewmen, including Thomas W. Nye from Fairhaven, Massachusetts--began fighting over food and water. One by one, though, day by day, they died. Some from exposure, others from madness and panic. In the end, only Nye and the ship's log survived. Using Nye's firsthand descriptions and later newspaper accounts, ship's logs, assorted diaries, and family archives, Brian Murphy chronicles the horrific nine days that thirteen people suffered adrift on the cold gray Atlantic. Adrift brings readers to the edge of human limits, where every frantic decision and desperate act is a potential life saver or life taker.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good+. First Thus. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with a map and with black and white photographs. The survival story of a World War II pilot, Leon Crane, in Alaska's frozen wilderness. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Fine dust. First Edition. Book is in NF condition with trace edge wear noted, light bumping to spine ends else a bright and solid copy. Dust jacket is in FINE condition - bright, intact and whole. FOLCAS 4/21; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Near Fine. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. minor edge wear visible. The hardcover edition of "81 Days Below Zero" is in good condition with a dust jacket that displays minor edge wear. The book is free from any inscriptions or library markings, ensuring a clean presentation for collectors and readers alike.

hardcover. Condizione: Acceptable.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 263 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Scratch on rear panel.; 6.25 X 1.25 X 9.5 inches; 256 pages.

Gebunden. Condizione: New. In the tradition of bestsellers such as Dead Wake and In the Heart of the Sea, Adrift tells of thirteen victims and a tragedy at sea where every desperate act could mean life or deathIn the tradition of bestsellers such as Dead Wake and In .

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 263 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.