| Into the raging sea: thirty-three mariners, one megastorm, and the sinking of El Faro
Book 2827/Completed: 11/8/2018
| Author: | Slade, Rachel, author. megastorm, and the sinking of El Faro / Rachel Slade. | | Edition: | First Edition. | | Description: | [xix], 391 pages ; 24 cm | | LC Call No.: | G530.E39S53 2018 | | Dewey No.: | 910.9163/63 23 | | ISBN: | 9780062699701 (hardcover) | | 9780062870322 (international edition) | | 9780062699879 | | 9780062869098 | | 9780062865410 | | Notes: | "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. | | Includes index. | | 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 mercanc?a -- 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. | | Subjects: | El Faro (Cargo ship) | | Shipwrecks -- Bahamas. | | Merchant ships -- United States. | | Merchant marine -- United States. | | Search and rescue operations -- North Atlantic Ocean. |
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