Joan Druett

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Island of the Lost: An Extraordinary Story of Survival at the Edge of the WorldPaperback, 6 August 2019

Island of the Lost: An Extraordinary Story of Survival at the Edge of the World
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304 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Algonquin Books
Date Published
6 Aug 2019
ISBN-10
1616209704
ISBN-13
9781616209704

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"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.

Product Details

Author:
Joan Druett
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
6 August 2019
Dimensions:
20.83 x 13.72 x 1.78 cm
ISBN-10:
1616209704
ISBN-13:
9781616209704
Language:
English
Pages:
304
Publisher:
Weight:
249.48 gm

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