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| Title Statement | Island of the lost: an extraordinary story of survival at the edge of the world / Joan Druett. |
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| Author | Druett, Joan |
| Publication | Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill,2019.©2007 |
| Edition | First paperback edition. |
| Extent of Item | 284 pages |
| ISBN | 1616209704 (pbk.) 9781616209704 (pbk.) |
| Other Number | 3560498 |
| Contents | A Sturdy Vessel -- Open Sea -- The Islands -- Wrecked -- Shelter -- Prey -- The Cabin -- Democracy -- Routine -- Dire Necessity -- The Jaws of Hell -- Privation -- The Hunt -- Equinox -- Summer -- Raynal's Forge -- Boats -- Escape -- Deliverance -- A Sentiment of Humanity -- Rescue -- Reunion -- Answers -- Aftermath. |
| Summary | The true story of two similar shipwreck tragedies off Auckland Island in 1864 that have drastically different outcomes. Award-winning maritime historian Druett tells a gripping cautionary tale about leadership, endurance, human ingenuity, and the tenuous line between order and chaos. |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | Shipwrecks--New Zealand--Auckland Islands |
| Shipwreck survival--New Zealand--Auckland Islands | |
| By Name | Musgrave, Thomas,1832-1891 |
| Grafton (Schooner) | |
| Raynal, F.-E | |
| Invercauld (Ship) | |
| By Location | Auckland Islands (N.Z.)--Description and travel |
