{"product_id":"b00udchz3k","title":"438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea","description":"\u003cp\u003eDeclared “the best survival book in a decade” by Outside Magazine , 438 Days is the true story of the man who survived fourteen months in a small boat drifting seven thousand miles across the Pacific Ocean.\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n On November 17, 2012, two men left the coast of Mexico for a weekend fishing trip in the open Pacific. That night, a violent storm ambushed them as they were fishing eighty miles offshore. As gale force winds and ten-foot waves pummeled their small, open boat from all sides and nearly capsized them, captain Salvador Alvarenga and his crewmate cut away a two-mile-long fishing line and began a desperate dash through crashing waves as they sought the safety of port.\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n Fourteen months later, on January 30, 2014, Alvarenga, now a hairy, wild-bearded and half-mad castaway, washed ashore on a nearly deserted island on the far side of the Pacific. He could barely speak and was unable to walk. He claimed to have drifted from Mexico, a journey of some seven thousand miles.\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n A “gripping saga,” ( Daily Mail ), 438 Days is the first-ever account of one of the most amazing survival stories in modern times. Based on dozens of hours of exclusive interviews with Alvarenga, his colleagues, search-and-rescue officials, the remote islanders who found him, and the medical team that saved his life, 438 Days is not only “an intense, immensely absorbing read” ( Booklist ) but an unforgettable study of the resilience, will, ingenuity and determination required for one man to survive more than a year lost and adrift at sea.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":52714553737432,"sku":"YSL430","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0835\/3356\/2072\/files\/91T72S3xm8L._SY1500.jpg?v=1792393994","url":"https:\/\/www.bookmebay.com\/products\/b00udchz3k","provider":"BookMebay","version":"1.0","type":"link"}