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Island of the Lost : An Extraordinary Story of Survival at the Edge of the World by Joan Druett (2019, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherAlgonquin Books of Chapel Hill
ISBN-101616209704
ISBN-139781616209704
eBay Product ID (ePID)2309428309
Product Key Features
Book TitleIsland of the Lost : an Extraordinary Story of Survival at the Edge of the World
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicModern / 19th Century, Ships & Shipbuilding / General, Oceania
Publication Year2019
IllustratorYes
GenreTransportation, History
AuthorJoan Druett
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight9.9 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2019-303417
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"One of the finest survival stories I've read." -- Seattle Times "If the southern part of Auckland Island is all Robinson Crusoe , the northern part is more Lord of the Flies . . . Druett is an able and thorough guide . . . [She] shows that real leadership is rare and powerful." -- The New York Times Book Review "Druett's well-researched account earns its place in any good collection of survival literature." -- Entertainment Weekly "Those yearning for a classic man vs. nature, triumph-over-terrible-odds story, get ready to set sail." -- Paste "Swashbuckling maritime history reanimated by a noted naval enthusiast . . . Druett excels at recreating the men's struggles and desperation (tempered by boundless hope)." -- Kirkus Reviews "This is a fine addition to the genre of survival tales like Endurance or In the Heart of the Sea ." -- Publishers Weekly, "A compelling fact-upon-fact style that lets the men's incremental accomplishments and unlikely survival supply the drama."--News & Observer
Dewey Decimal919.399
Synopsis"Riveting." -- The New York Times Book Review Hundreds of miles from civilization, two ships wreck on opposite ends of the same deserted island in this true story of human nature at its best--and at its worst. It is 1864, and Captain Thomas Musgrave's schooner, the Grafton , has just wrecked on Auckland Island, a forbidding piece of land 285 miles south of New Zealand. Battered by year-round freezing rain and constant winds, it is one of the most inhospitable places on earth. To be shipwrecked there means almost certain death. Incredibly, at the same time on the opposite end of the island, another ship runs aground during a storm. Separated by only twenty miles and the island's treacherous, impassable cliffs, the crews of the Grafton and the Invercauld face the same fate. And yet where the Invercauld 's crew turns inward on itself, fighting, starving, and even turning to cannibalism, Musgrave's crew bands together to build a cabin and a forge--and eventually, to find a way to escape. Using the survivors' journals and historical records, award-winning maritime historian Joan Druett brings to life this extraordinary untold story about leadership and the fine line between order and chaos.
LC Classification NumberG525.D78 2019
