Left For Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, And Survival At The Edge Of The World

Left For Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, And Survival At The Edge Of The World

The True Story Of Five Castaways Abandoned On The Falkland Islands During The War Of 1812-A Tale Of Treachery, Shipwreck, Isolation, And The Desperate Struggle For Survival.The Best-Selling Author Of Black Flags, Blue Waters Tells The Story Of A Wild Encounter Between An American Sealing Vessel, A Shipwrecked British Brig, And A British Warship In The Falkland Islands During The War Of 1812. Fraught With Misunderstandings And Mistrust, The Incident Left Three British Sailors And Two Americans-Including The Captain Of The Sealer, Charles H. Barnard-Abandoned In The Falklands For Eighteen Months. A Tale Of Intriguing Complexity, With Surprising Twists And Turns Throughout-Involving Greed, Lying, Bullying, A Hostile Takeover, Stellar Leadership, Ingenuity, Severe Privation, Endurance, Banishment, The Great Value Of A Dog, The Birth Of A Baby, A Perilous Thousand-Mile Open-Ocean Journey In A Seventeen-Foot Boat, An Improbable Rescue Mission, And Legal Battles Over A Dubious And Disgraceful Wartime Prize- Left For Dead Shows Individuals In Wartime Under Great Duress Acting Both Nobly And Atrociously, And Offers A Unique Perspective On An Important Moment In American History. 8 Pages Of Full-Color Illustrations