A Furnace Afloat: The Wreck of the Hornet and the 4,300-mile Voyage of Its Survivors

Jackson, Joe

ISBN 10: 0297846183 ISBN 13: 9780297846185

Verlag: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, United Kingdom, 2004

Sprache: Englisch

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A Furnace Afloat: The Wreck of the Hornet and the 4,300-mile Voyage of Its Survivors

Verlag

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, United Kingdom

Erscheinungsjahr

2004

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN-10

0297846183

ISBN-13

9780297846185

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Hardcover

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Good

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When an accident with an open oil lantern set the American clipper Hornet alight in 1866, the 31 passengers and crew were forced to abandon ship. Cast adrift in three small lifeboats, they had less than 10 days rations to share between them. They were over 1000 miles from the nearest island. Over the next six weeks they were to encounter every danger the Pacific could throw at them. They were attacked by sharks and swordfish. They endured storms, and even tornadoes. Their hunger became so intense that they resorted to eating their clothes, and later, half-mad from the effects of drinking sea-water, were driven to the edge of cannibalism. A FURNACE AFLOAT tells the story of their 4000-mile voyage through the eyes of three men, who kept journals throughout their ordeal. It is one of the rare, great historical survival stories, and yet it also transcends its genre: the boatful of castaways becomes a microcosm of 1866 America - a diverse mix of immigrants struggling to overcome class divisions, and to recover from the recent Civil War.

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A four time Pulitzer Prize nominee, Joe Jackson is author of the Edgar Award Nominated LEAVENWORTH TRAIN (Carol & Graf, 2002), and is co-author of DEAD RUN (Canongate, 1999), which is in development as a feature film with HBO.

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