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Island of the Lost

An Extraordinary Story of Survival at the Edge of the World

Joan Druett

Algonquin Books
Publication date : 2007-06-08

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“Riveting.” —The New York Times Book Review

Hundreds of miles from civilization, two ships wreck on opposite ends of the same deserted island in this true story of human nature at its best—and at its worst.

It is 1864, and Captain Thomas Musgrave’s schooner, the Grafton, has just wrecked on Auckland Island, a forbidding piece of land 285 miles south of New Zealand. Battered by year-round freezing rain and constant winds, it is one of the most inhospitable places on earth. To be shipwrecked there means almost certain death.

Incredibly, at the same time on the opposite end of the island, another ship runs aground during a storm. Separated by only twenty miles and the island’s treacherous, impassable cliffs, the crews of the Grafton and the Invercauld face the same fate. And yet where the Invercauld’s crew turns inward on itself, fighting, starving, and even turning to cannibalism, Musgrave’s crew bands together to build a cabin and a forge—and eventually, to find a way to escape.

Using the survivors’ journals and historical records, award-winning maritime historian Joan Druett brings to life this extraordinary untold story about leadership and the fine line between order and chaos.

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Author

Joan Druett

Imprint

Algonquin Books

Collection

n.c

Publication date

2007-06-08

Pages

304 pages

Print ISBN

9781616209704

Language

English

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9781565126510

Price

£8.49

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File size 3267 Ko

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