438 Days : An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea (Hardcover)

from Carpe_Librum

Experienced fisherman Salvador Alvarenga was lost off the coast of Mexico on 17 November 2012, and while many of his colleagues and friends were in disbelief about his disappearance, none could have imagined he would survive 438 days at sea and drift all the way to the Marshall Islands. 438 Days ...

from Itzey

Unbelievable courage, creativity and skill! This story of marine survival opens with a lengthy introduction to Salvador Alvarenga before the storm drove his disabled boat deep in the open Pacific. Franklin's careful and detailed research is obvious from the start. His revelations at times, howeve...

from starbox

"What could be worse than being alone at sea?...What further suffering could there be than this?" By sally tarbox on 17 June 2017 Format: Kindle Edition An astonishing true-life adventure of a fisherman lost at sea for fourteen months. Salvador Alvarenga, an El Salvador native, worked for a small...

from Stbalbach

438 Days retells the story of the longest duration castaway in known history. Many castaways die within a week or two, rarely some will make it few months. To go for over a year is incredible. It happened in 2013-2014 when a Mexican fisherman drifted across most of the Pacific ocean. There were s...

from breic

An amazing, and amazingly unlikely, story. I wish Franklin had gotten more into Alvarenga's head.