Seized! - A Sea Captain s Adventures Battling Pirates Recovering Stolen Ships

Max Hardberger has worked as a ship captain, newspaper reporter, English and history teacher, crop duster, private investigator, maritime lawyer, flight instructor, ship surveyor, commercial aircraft pilot, sailing instructor, insurance adjuster, vessel repossession specialist, filmmaker, oilfield mud engineer, stuntman, ship breaker, drummer in a blues band, and now the subject of a Hollywood film. He is the author of Deadweight: Owning the Ocean Freighter (1994), a textbook on ship ownership, and the novel, Freighter Captain (1998), a semi-autobiographical account of his adventures as a ship captain in the Caribbean. Visit his website at www.maxhardberger.com An action-packed thrill ride through the criminal underworld of shipping, recounting the adventures of Hardberger as he repossesses ships and sneaks them out of lawless, third-world countries, often under the threat of death or imprisonment. Often shunning the use of force, Hardberger has worked with witch doctors and even rented a brothel in an attempt to thwart the ship-thieves. Capt. Max Hardberger uses every trick, tool and tactic at his disposal to right wrongs and out-pirate pirates in this action-packed exposé of the seedy underworld of international shipping. Zusammenfassung Capt. Max Hardberger uses every trick, tool and tactic at his disposal to right wrongs and out-pirate pirates in this action-packed exposé of the seedy underworld of international shipping.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Max Hardberger, Hardberger Max
• Editore: Brealey, Nicholas
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 17.06.2010
• EAN: 9781857885569
• ISBN: 978-1-85788-556-9
• Pagine: 304
• Dimensioni: 137 mm x 215 mm x 23 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Biografie, autobiografie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia contemporanea (dal 1945 al 1989); Viaggi > Reportage di viaggio, racconti di viaggio > Mondo, Artide, Antartide; TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Survival, Travel writing, True stories of heroism, endurance & survival, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival