The Raft: The Courageous Struggle of Three Naval Airmen Against the Sea

Trumbull, Robert

ISBN 10: 0786199326 ISBN 13: 9780786199327

Verlag: BLACKSTONE PUB, 1998

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Book by Trumbull Robert Parker Tom

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This story of three men adrift in the Pacific, with few resources except courage and indomitable human spirit, is not only inspiring reading but a tribute to the human species and its will to survive.

-- "Captain John M. Waters, USCG (Ret.), author of Rescue at Sea"

"[The story of] how these men maintained their sanity, their spirits, and the spark of life is a classic."

-- "Chicago News"

Engaging...[Grover Gardner] lets events speak for themselves, without adding gratuitous melodrama. His qualities as a seasoned reader make for effortless listening.

-- "AudioFile"

"Listeners of any age will find this unbelievable gripping account of human resourcefulness and survival difficult to turn off...This tribute to human endurance is spellbinding."

-- "Kliatt"

Reseña del editor:

"The sinking of the plane was like a magician's trick. It was there and then it was gone, and there was nothing left in our big, wet, darkening world but the three of us and a piece of rubber that was not yet a raft."

In 1942, three men on an antisubmarine patrol flight became lost and pitched into the Pacific. The plane sank beneath them, carrying most of the survival gear down with it. For thirty-four scorching days and shivering nights, they faced the ocean terrors on a four-by-eight-foot rubber raft. They had no water, food, compass, or paddles--only their will to survive. But by feats of super endurance, they made their way to the South Sea isle of Puka Puka, having meandered 1,200 miles.

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• Verlag: BLACKSTONE PUB
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0786199326
• ISBN 13: 9780786199327
• Einband: CD de audio