{"product_id":"adrift-seventy-six-days-lost-at-sea-steven-callahan-ballantine-1987","title":"Adrift Seventy-Six Days Lost At Sea by Steven Callahan","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSteven Callahan's Bestselling 1986 True Survival Masterpiece of 76 Days Alone at Sea\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1986, \u003cem\u003eAdrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea\u003c\/em\u003e by naval architect and sailor Steven Callahan is one of the most remarkable, harrowing true survival memoirs ever written. A classic \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller, the book captures human resilience and resourcefulness pushed to its absolute physical and mental limit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn February 1982, while sailing solo across the Atlantic aboard his hand-built 21-foot sloop \u003cem\u003eNapoleon Solo\u003c\/em\u003e, Callahan's vessel was struck and ruptured during a midnight storm 450 miles off the Canary Islands. Escaping into a six-foot inflatable rubber raft with minimal emergency gear, Callahan began a grueling 76-day ordeal, drifting 1,800 nautical miles across open ocean. Relying on his engineering ingenuity, he rigged solar stills to distill drinking water, speared mahi-mahi and triggerfish, repaired leaks under constant shark attacks, and survived blinding sunburn and starvation before finally washing ashore in the Caribbean. Callahan records not only the visceral realities of maritime survival, but also the profound spiritual and psychological transformation born of absolute solitude.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy You'll Love This Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUniversally hailed as a cornerstone of adventure writing, \u003cem\u003eAdrift\u003c\/em\u003e is a gripping tribute to the human spirit. (Callahan's extraordinary firsthand knowledge later earned him the role of chief survival consultant on Ang Lee's film \u003cem\u003eLife of Pi\u003c\/em\u003e.) Readers who love maritime history, true survival sagas, and books like Alfred Lansing's \u003cem\u003eEndurance\u003c\/em\u003e, Jon Krakauer's \u003cem\u003eInto Thin Air\u003c\/em\u003e, Sebastian Junger's \u003cem\u003eThe Perfect Storm\u003c\/em\u003e, and Nathaniel Philbrick's \u003cem\u003eIn the Heart of the Sea\u003c\/em\u003e will find Callahan's account unforgettable.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fehmerling Books","offers":[{"title":"Good \/ Paperback","offer_id":67670139404442,"sku":"0345340833","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0642\/3455\/3498\/files\/steven-callahan-adrift-seventy-six-days-lost-at-sea-ballantine-1987-front-cover.jpg?v=1791604009","url":"https:\/\/www.fehmerlingbooks.com\/products\/adrift-seventy-six-days-lost-at-sea-steven-callahan-ballantine-1987","provider":"Fehmerling Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}