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Island of the lost : an extraordinary story of survival at the edge of the world

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  • Description

    "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."-_Back cover.

  • Place
    Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
  • Other Id

    G525 DRU (Library of Congress Call Number)

    91904 (Cat ID)

    91707 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

    Publications

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Catalogue

  • Object Type

    book

  • Name/Title
    Island of the lost : an extraordinary story of survival at the edge of the world
  • Primary Maker

    Joan Druett

  • Contributor/Publisher
    Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
  • Place
    Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
  • Date
    2019
  • Production date notes
    ©2007
  • Physical Description

    284 pages : map ; 21 cm

  • ISBN/ISSN
    9781616209704
    1616209704
  • Language
    English
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

    1 item in this collection. View all items.

  • Edition/State/Version
    First paperback edition
  • Subject Category

    Invercauld (Ship)

    Shipwrecks--New Zealand--Auckland Islands

    Auckland Islands (N.Z.)--Description and travel/Library of Congress subject headings

    New Zealand--Auckland Islands

  • Content
    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.
  • Public Access Text

    [Keywords: Musgrave, Thomas, 1832-1891; Raynal, F.-E; Grafton (Schooner); Shipwreck survival--New Zealand--Auckland Islands; Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.--New Zealand--Auckland Islands]

    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.--Publisher information.

  • Subject Notes
    Joan Druett is a maritime historian and the award-winning author of several books, including Petticoat Whalers, She Was a Sister Sailor, Hen Frigates, Tupaia, and The Discovery of Tahiti.
  • Collection Type
    Reading Room
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    06 Dec 2024
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