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Into the raging sea : thirty-three mariners, one megastorm, and the sinking of El Faro

Author

Slade, Rachel, author.

Title

Into the raging sea : thirty-three mariners, one megastorm, and the sinking of El Faro / Rachel Slade.

Format

Book

Edition

First edition.

Published

New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2018] ©2018

Description

[xix], 391 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Notes

Map on lining paper. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 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 mercancía
• 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.

Summary

"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.

Subject headings

El Faro (Cargo ship) Shipwrecks--Bahamas. Merchant ships--United States. Merchant marine--United States. Search and rescue operations--North Atlantic Ocean.

Genre heading

Fiction.

ISBN

9780062699701 (hardcover) 0062699709 9780062870322 (international edition) 9780062699879 9780062869098 9780062865410 0062699873 9780062699879 0062869094 9780062869098