Bibliograph

Island of the lost, shipwrecked at the edge of the world, Joan Druett

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Island of the lost, shipwrecked at the edge of the world, Joan Druett

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

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mapsillustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Island of the lost

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

71779010

Responsibility statement

Joan Druett

Sub title

shipwrecked at the edge of the world

Summary

"In the winter of 1864, five seamen aboard the schooner Grafton wreck on the remote and icy Auckland Island, 285 miles south of New Zealand. An isolated speck in the Southern Ocean, it is a godforsaken place, with winds howling at sixty miles an hour, rain three hundred days a year, and an almost impenetrable coastal forest. Under the leadership of Captain Thomas Musgrave, these men defy their slim chance of survival. With their bare hands they build a cabin and, incredibly, a forge, where they manufacture every single nail as well as most of their tools. Meanwhile, on the opposite end of the same island-- twenty miles of impassable cliffs and chasms away-- another ship wrecks during a horrible gale. Nineteen men struggle ashore. They succumb to utter anarchy, and only three survive, while all the Grafton men survive for nearly two years before finally building a vessel and setting off on one of the most courageous sea voyages ever."--Publisher's description

Target audience

adult

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