Bibliograph

438 days, an extraordinary true story of survival at sea, Jonathan Franklin

Type

Label

438 days, an extraordinary true story of survival at sea, Jonathan Franklin

Language

eng

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

438 days

Medium

text large print

Oclc number

922913476

Responsibility statement

Jonathan Franklin

Sub title

an extraordinary true story of survival at sea

Summary

The miraculous account of the man who survived alone and adrift at sea longer than anyone in recorded history. For fourteen months, Alvarenga survived constant shark attacks. He learned to catch fish with his bare hands. He built a fish net from a pair of empty plastic bottles. Taking apart the outboard motor, he fashioned a huge fishhook. Using fish vertebrae as needles, he stitched together his own clothes. Based on dozens of hours of interviews with Alvarenga and interviews with his colleagues, search and rescue officials, the medical team that saved his life and the remote islanders who nursed him back to health, this is an epic tale of survival

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Four hundred thirty eight daysFour hundred and thirty eight days

Classification