Adrift : seventy-six days lost at sea - paperback: 9780618257324

from dypaloh

After the 21-foot sloop Napoleon Solo sank in the mid-Atlantic, its skipper, Steven Callahan, survived 76 days at sea in a small rubber raft because more than anything else he refused to be The Man Who Cried U.N.C.L.E. If you recognize and are groaning at that allusion to Ilya Kuryakin's partner,...

from Lynn_Barker

Remarkable, highly readable, interesting, true account based on the author's journal kept during the 76 days he spent in a tiny life raft in the Atlantic. He recalls that in keeping the journal, he used the pages of one side to record happenings and the facing page to record his thoughts and idea...

from Schmerguls

5460. Adrift Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea, by Steven Callahan (read 10 Apr 2017) This book is on the National Geographic's list of the 100 Greatest Adventure Books and is the 25th book on that list I have read. The author in February 1982 set out alone from the Canary Islands for the West Indies....

from jyasinchuk

A truly inspiring read. While at times it drags, Callahan's description from the capsizing, his over-confidence, fear of death and unique 'relationship' with the dorados is amazingly! This is right up there with "Into the Wild" and "Into Thin Air" for curricular possibilities. The strength, will,...

from veranasi

I read this when I was eight. I haven't read it since. I'm afraid that if I do, I won't appreciate it as much. When I was eight I wrote a song about the boat "Napoleon Solo." I still sing it in my head from time to time. The story was an awesome survival story (if you are into that) and Callahan ...