Skeletons on the Zahara - A Spectacular Odyssey, an Unforgettable Tale of Survival

Informationen zum Autor Dean King is the author of a biography of Patrick O'Brian, 'a model of how these things should be' - Telegraph 'Books of the Year', as well as other historical adventure novels. He lives in Richmond, Virginia with his wife and two daughters. Klappentext Dean King is the author of a biography of Patrick O'Brian, 'a model of how these things should be' - Telegraph 'Books of the Year', as well as other historical adventure novels. He lives in Richmond, Virginia with his wife and two daughters. Zusammenfassung The western Sahara is a baking hot and desolate place, home only to nomads and their camels, and to locusts, snails and thorny scrub. On 28 August 1815 the US brig Commerce was dashed against Mauritania's Cape Bojador and lost, although through bravery and quick thinking the ship's captain, James Riley, managed to lead all of his crew to safety.

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• Autori: Dean King, King Dean
• Editore: Arrow
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 02.06.2005
• EAN: 9780099435921
• ISBN: 978-0-09-943592-1
• Pagine: 368
• Dimensioni: 129 mm x 198 mm x 23 mm
• Categorie: Libri per bambini e per ragazzi > Saggi / saggi illustrati > Storia, politica; Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Biografie, autobiografie; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Survival, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, HISTORY / Africa / West, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, c 1810 to c 1819, Western Sahara