438 days : an extraordinary true story of survival at sea / Jonathan Franklin.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781501116292
- ISBN: 1501116290
- ISBN: 9781501116308
- ISBN: 1501116304
- Physical Description: 274 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Atria Books edition
- Publisher: New York : Atria Books, 2015.
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 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.
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- Alvarenga, Salvador, approximately 1977-
Survival at sea > Pacific Ocean.
Shipwrecks > Marshall Islands.
Fishers > Mexico > Chiapas > Biography.
Fishing villages > Mexico > Chiapas > Social life and customs.
Fishing boats > Mexico > Chiapas.
Fisheries > Mexico > Chiapas > History.
Salvadorans > Mexico > Chiapas > Biography.
Noncitizens > Biography.
Chiapas (Mexico) > Biography. - Genre:
- Biographies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Main Library | 910.9164 FRA (Text) | 36015000799177 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Andrews Public Library | B ALVARENGA (Text) | 80605000721919 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Beaufort Main | 910.4 FRANK (Text) | 34208203128177 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Belhaven Public Library | 910.9164 (Text) | 38344400196331 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Bethlehem Branch | 910.9164 Franklin (Text) | 34269000874553 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Bordeaux Library | 910.9164 F (Text) | 31781061757967 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Canton Library | 910.916 Franklin (Text) | 33115007624841 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Enka-Candler Library | 910.9164 FRA (Text) | 0020510889395 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Etowah Branch | 910.9164 F (Text) | 33258007937472 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Farmville Public Library | 910.91 FRA (Text) | 23900000015033 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
