Title:
Into the raging sea : thirty-three mariners, one megastorm, and the sinking of El Faro / Rachel Slade.
Author:
Slade, Rachel, author.
Publication Information:
New York : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2018]
©2018
Call Number:
G530.E39 S53 2018
Abstract:
"In the tradition of The Perfect Storm and Into Thin Air, Rachel Slade's Into the Raging Sea is a nail-biting account of the sinking of the American container ship El Faro, the crew of 33 who perished onboard, and the destructive forces of globalization that put the ship in harm's way"-- Provided by publisher.
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780062699701
9780062699879
9780062869098
Physical Description:
[xix], 391 pages ; 24 cm.
General Note:
Includes index.
Corporate Subject:
Contents:
Cast of characters -- Chain of command aboard El Faro -- El Faro plans and cross-section -- A note on the text -- Part 1. 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 -- Part 2. 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 -- Epilogue -- Crew list.
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