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Skeletons On The Zahara

Af: Dean King Engelsk Paperback

Skeletons On The Zahara

Af: Dean King Engelsk Paperback
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The western Sahara is a baking hot and desolate place, home only to nomads and their camels, and to locusts, snails and thorny scrub. On 28 August 1815 the US brig Commerce was dashed against Mauritania''s Cape Bojador and lost, although through bravery and quick thinking the ship''s captain, James Riley, managed to lead all of his crew to safety.

What followed was an extraordinary and desperate battle for survival in the face of human hostility, hunger, dehydration and despair, as the crew were captured, robbed and enslaved. They were reduced to drinking urine (their own and the camels''), flayed by the sun, crippled by walking miles across burning stones and sand. Over time James Riley and Sidi Hamet, slave and captor, came to recognise in each other men worthy of respect... Soon the ransom not only of Riley himself but also of a handful of his crew suddenly seemed possible. But Sidi Hamet had enemies of his own, and to reach safety the sailors had to overcome not only the desert but also the greed and anger of those who would keep them in captivity. Skeletons on the Zahara is a thrilling true story of shipwreck, adventure, and the limits of man.

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The western Sahara is a baking hot and desolate place, home only to nomads and their camels, and to locusts, snails and thorny scrub. On 28 August 1815 the US brig Commerce was dashed against Mauritania''s Cape Bojador and lost, although through bravery and quick thinking the ship''s captain, James Riley, managed to lead all of his crew to safety.

What followed was an extraordinary and desperate battle for survival in the face of human hostility, hunger, dehydration and despair, as the crew were captured, robbed and enslaved. They were reduced to drinking urine (their own and the camels''), flayed by the sun, crippled by walking miles across burning stones and sand. Over time James Riley and Sidi Hamet, slave and captor, came to recognise in each other men worthy of respect... Soon the ransom not only of Riley himself but also of a handful of his crew suddenly seemed possible. But Sidi Hamet had enemies of his own, and to reach safety the sailors had to overcome not only the desert but also the greed and anger of those who would keep them in captivity. Skeletons on the Zahara is a thrilling true story of shipwreck, adventure, and the limits of man.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 368
ISBN-13: 9780099435921
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0099435926
Kategori: 1810 til 1819
Udg. Dato: 2 jun 2005
Længde: 23mm
Bredde: 131mm
Højde: 198mm
Forlag: Cornerstone
Oplagsdato: 2 jun 2005
Forfatter(e): Dean King
Forfatter(e) Dean King

Kategori 1810 til 1819

ISBN-13 9780099435921

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 368

Udgave

Længde 23mm

Bredde 131mm

Højde 198mm

Udg. Dato 2 jun 2005

Oplagsdato 2 jun 2005

Forlag Cornerstone

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