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The Lost Raft

John Haslett

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Description: “You won’t be able to put it down.”–National Geographic AdventureInspired by explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his voyage aboard the raft Kon-Tiki, author John Haslett sets out on a modern-day expedition that quickly turns into a fast-paced journey filled with sharks, shipwrecks, and discovery. “ … harrowing, grueling, breathtaking … to describe (The Lost Raft), the word riveting works best.” –Wend MagazineHaslett’s narrative begins with the launching of a thirty-five thousand-pound balsa raft, the Illa-Tiki, and then follows up by thrusting the reader into life on the Pacific Ocean. Over the next five years the author and his crews alternate between living aboard primitive rafts and being marooned in alien worlds.“Haslett’s prose vibrates with energy … [he] makes you feel the lash of the sail and hear the breakers exploding against the rocks … This is a loud, insistently physical read … ”–San Francisco ChronicleUltimately, Haslett learns the hard lessons of leadership, human frailty, and the secret history of a lost culture. An adventure book as well as a story of survival, The Lost Raft is a revealing look inside two extraordinary expeditions of the late 1990s.“Beautifully written … ”¬–Dallas Morning News“Haslett’s two most important characters are the sea and the raft, and they come alive on almost every page.”–Publisher’s Weekly “John Haslett has brilliantly combined the expeditionary toughness or Ernest Shackleton and the cutting prose of Ernest Hemmingway to fashion an instant classic of adventure.”—P.J. Capelotti, author of Sea Drift Book </b&gt: BookWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Lost Raft. To get started finding The Lost Raft, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 400

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Great Adventures Press

Release: 2013

ISBN: 0615808050

Description: “You won’t be able to put it down.”–National Geographic AdventureInspired by explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his voyage aboard the raft Kon-Tiki, author John Haslett sets out on a modern-day expedition that quickly turns into a fast-paced journey filled with sharks, shipwrecks, and discovery. “ … harrowing, grueling, breathtaking … to describe (The Lost Raft), the word riveting works best.” –Wend MagazineHaslett’s narrative begins with the launching of a thirty-five thousand-pound balsa raft, the Illa-Tiki, and then follows up by thrusting the reader into life on the Pacific Ocean. Over the next five years the author and his crews alternate between living aboard primitive rafts and being marooned in alien worlds.“Haslett’s prose vibrates with energy … [he] makes you feel the lash of the sail and hear the breakers exploding against the rocks … This is a loud, insistently physical read … ”–San Francisco ChronicleUltimately, Haslett learns the hard lessons of leadership, human frailty, and the secret history of a lost culture. An adventure book as well as a story of survival, The Lost Raft is a revealing look inside two extraordinary expeditions of the late 1990s.“Beautifully written … ”¬–Dallas Morning News“Haslett’s two most important characters are the sea and the raft, and they come alive on almost every page.”–Publisher’s Weekly “John Haslett has brilliantly combined the expeditionary toughness or Ernest Shackleton and the cutting prose of Ernest Hemmingway to fashion an instant classic of adventure.”—P.J. Capelotti, author of Sea Drift Book </b&gt: BookWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Lost Raft. To get started finding The Lost Raft, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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