During one of his several adventurous voyages in the 1600s, an Englishman becomes the sole survivor of a shipwreck and lives for nearly thirty years on a deserted island. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.

From the author of Mayflower, Valiant Ambition, and In the Hurricane's Eye—the riveting bestseller tells the story of the true events that inspired Melville's Moby-Dick.
Winner of the National Book Award, Nathaniel Philbrick's book is a fantastic saga of survival and adventure, steeped in the lore of whaling, with deep resonance in American literature and history.
In 1820, the whaleship Essex was...

When their whale-watching trip goes horribly wrong, Skylar, Gabby, and Miles find themselves on an inflatable raft in the middle of the ocean. With no food, a small amount of water, and only a small first-aid kit to help them, they must spend three treacherous days on the waves, hoping desperately for help to arrive. Sharks circle, their water supply dwindles, and Gabby begins to hallucinate. Will they survive, or are they lost at sea forever?

Their captain's insane vision of a Northwest Passage has kept the crewmen of HMS Terror trapped in Arctic ice for two years without a thaw. But the real threat to their survival isn't the ever-shifting landscape of white, the provisions that have turned to poison, or the ship slowly buckling in the grip of the frozen ocean. The real threat is whatever is out in the frigid darkness, stalking their ship, snatching and brutally killing their fellow seamen....

Uncovers mysteries of the sea, looking into sunken ships and the secrets they reveal about years gone by. Explores the wreckage of the Loralie, a German ship that disappeared under mysterious circumstances during World War II, shipwrecked artifacts from the eighteenth century, and as far back as a 2000-year-old shipwreck in the Red Sea.

Uncovers mysteries of the sea, looking into sunken ships and the secrets they reveal about years gone by. Explores the wreckage of the Loralie, a German ship that disappeared under mysterious circumstances during World War II, shipwrecked artifacts from the eighteenth century, and as far back as a 2000-year-old shipwreck in the Red Sea.

Uncovers mysteries of the sea, looking into sunken ships and the secrets they reveal about years gone by. Explores the wreckage of the Loralie, a German ship that disappeared under mysterious circumstances during World War II, shipwrecked artifacts from the eighteenth century, and as far back as a 2000-year-old shipwreck in the Red Sea.

After a deadly ship explosion, nine people, adrift in a raft, struggle to survive at sea and pull a strange man from the sea who claims to be the Lord. Adrift in a raft after a deadly ship explosion, nine people struggle for survival at sea. Three days pass. Short on water, food and hope, they spot a man floating in the waves and pull him in. The man, strange and quiet, claims to be the Lord. Is the man who he claims to be? What actually caused the...

"Against the backdrop of the extraordinary history of Great Lakes shipping, Too Much Sea for Their Decks chronicles shipwrecked schooners, wooden freighters, early steel-hulled steamers, passenger vessels, whalebacks, and bulk carriers-some well known, some unknown or forgotten-all lost in the frigid waters of Lake Superior"-- Provided by publisher.