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438 Days
- Author
- Jonathan Franklin
- Narrator
- George Newbern
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 19 January 2023
- Run Time
- 7 hours 7 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, Autobiography: adventurers and explorers, Memoirs, Sea fishing, Boats
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
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The incredible true survival story of fisherman Salvador Alvarenga – and his record-breaking fourteen months lost at sea.
On 17th November, 2012, Salvador Alvarenga left the coast of Mexico for a two-day fishing trip. A vicious storm killed his engine and the current dragged his boat out to sea. The storm picked up and carried him West, deeper into the heart of the Pacific Ocean. Alvarenga would not touch solid ground again for fourteen months.
When he was washed ashore on January 30th, 2014, he had drifted over 9,000 miles.
Not one ship stopped for him. He considered suicide on multiple occasions – including offering himself up to a pack of circling sharks. But Alvarenga developed a method of survival that kept his body and mind intact long enough for the Pacific Ocean to spit him up onto a remote palm-studded island.
Based on extensive interviews with Alvarenga, his colleagues, search and rescue officials, and the people who saved his life, 438 Days by Jonathan Franklin is an epic, inspirational tale of survival – and one man's incredible story of beating the ultimate odds.
For readers of Touching the Void and In the Heart of the Sea.
'A fascinating, action-packed account of long-term survival on the open seas' – Kirkus Reviews
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Details
- Author
- Jonathan Franklin
- Narrator
- George Newbern
- Duration
- 7 hours 7 minutes
- Release Date
- 19 January 2023
- ISBN
- 9781035023547
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, Autobiography: adventurers and explorers, Memoirs, Sea fishing, Boats
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
The incredible true survival story of fisherman Salvador Alvarenga – and his record-breaking fourteen months lost at sea.On 17th November, 2012, Salvador Alvarenga left the coast of Mexico for a two-day fishing trip. A vicious storm killed his engine and the current dragged his boat out to sea. The storm picked up and carried him West, deeper into the heart of the Pacific Ocean. Alvarenga would not touch solid ground again for fourteen months.When he was washed ashore on January 30th, 2014, he had drifted over 9,000 miles.Not one ship stopped for him. He considered suicide on multiple occasions – including offering himself up to a pack of circling sharks. But Alvarenga developed a method of survival that kept his body and mind intact long enough for the Pacific Ocean to spit him up onto a remote palm-studded island.Based on extensive interviews with Alvarenga, his colleagues, search and rescue officials, and the people who saved his life, 438 Days by Jonathan Franklin is an epic, inspirational tale of survival – and one man's incredible story of beating the ultimate odds.For readers of Touching the Void and In the Heart of the Sea.'A fascinating, action-packed account of long-term survival on the open seas' – Kirkus Reviews
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