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Author:

Slade, Rachel, author.

Title:

Into the raging sea : thirty-three mariners, one megastorm, and the sinking of El Faro / Rachel Slade.

Edition:

First HarperLuxe edition.

Publisher:

HarperLuxean imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xvii, 514 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm

Subject:

El Faro (Cargo ship)
Shipwrecks--Bermuda Triangle.
Merchant ships--United States.
Hurricane Joaquin, 2015.
Large type books.
Nonfiction.

Notes:

"Larger print"--Page 4 of cover. Includes bibliographical references (pages 511-514).

Contents:

The clock is ticking -- Blount Island -- Tropical Storm Joaquin -- Third Mate Jeremie Riehm -- A hurricane is not a point on a map -- Second Mate Danielle Randolph -- Collision course -- Hull number 670 -- Afternoon -- Captain Michael Davidson -- Question authority? -- The Jones Act -- Evening -- Night -- Necesitamos la mercancía -- Dawn -- The raging sea -- We're gonna make it -- We've lost communication -- Search and rescue -- Flight to Jacksonville -- Ships don't just disappear -- Profit and loss -- The truth is out there -- How to sink a ship -- Admiral Greene clears the air -- Portrait of incompetence -- Mission number two -- The proof is in the pudding -- Voices -- Twenty-four minutes -- Spirits.

Summary:

Recounts the sinking of El Faro, a container ship that was swallowed by Hurricane Joaquin in the Bermuda Triangle, examining America's merchant marine fleet and revealing the truth about modern shipping.

ISBN:

0062869094
9780062869098

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1035639422

Locations:

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

WHPE115 -- Storm Lake Public Library (Storm Lake)

CXPC586 -- Keck Memorial Library (Wapello)