First Title value, for Searching:
Save our souls : the true story of a castaway family, treachery, and murder
First Author value, for Searching:
Pearl, Matthew, author.
Format:
Libros
BOOKLIST:
NEW-BISBEE
Abstract:
In this true story, on December 10, 1887, the Walker family's shark fishing boat was split in two by a storm, and they awoke in the morning on an island inhabited by a ragged man named Hans who seemed helpful but had a dark secret.
Contents:
Prologue: February 3, 1888 -- The voyage begins: Fall 1887 -- The first mate's story -- The skies darken : the new year: 1888 -- The edge of the world: February 4, 1888 -- State, war, navy -- The stranger: February 1888 -- Shipwreck of faith: March 1888 -- Hans's story, Part I: 1886 -- Hans's story, Part II: 1887 -- The monarch of all: May 1888 -- Tempests: August 1888 -- Lights: Fall 1888 -- Master of misdirection: October 15, 1888 -- Wail of lost souls: Winter 1888-89 -- Riddles: January 1889 -- Racing time: February 1889 -- Letter in a bottle: February 1889 -- Wreckages and renewals -- Author's note and acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.
Tema:
| Castaways -- Midway Islands. |
| Shipwrecks -- Midway Islands. |
| Survival at sea -- Midway Islands. |
| Criminals -- Midway Islands. |
| Betrayal. |
| HISTORY / United States / 19th Century. |
| HISTORY / Maritime History & Piracy. |
| BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Aviation & Nautical. |
| BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Survival. |
| TRUE CRIME / Historical. |
| True crime stories. |
| Walker family. |
| OPIUM BUFF HISTORY TEACHER GIFTS COLLEGE AUTOBIOGRAPHY DESER PRISON CAPTAIN GRAD FBI CASTAWAY BIOGRAPHIES JANUARY SAILING MYSTERIOUS MAN HISTORICAL NONFICTION MYSTERY BIOGRAPHY U OCEAN |
Summary:
In this true story, on December 10, 1887, the Walker family's shark fishing boat was split in two by a storm, and they awoke in the morning on an island inhabited by a ragged man named Hans who seemed helpful but had a dark secret.
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