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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2005, c2004
Physical Desc
xi, 351 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Everywhere hailed as a masterpiece of historical adventure, this enthralling narrative recounts the experiences of twelve American sailors who were shipwrecked off the coast of Africa in 1815, captured by desert nomads, sold into slavery, and subjected to a hellish two-month journey through the bone-dry heart of the Sahara. The ordeal of these men -- who found themselves tested by barbarism, murder, starvation, death, dehydration, and hostile tribes...
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