Sale price
$1800
12 Years a Slave
Ages 18–+ · 1853
Bookroo's summary
Poon Lim, a second steward, faces the ultimate test of endurance after his ship is torpedoed. Stranded on a wooden raft in the vast Atlantic, he must survive against all odds for 133 days. As he drifts towards the Amazon River, each day brings new challenges and the hope of rescue. Can he defy the ocean's wrath and become the world's champion survivor?
From the publisher
On November 23, 1942, German U-Boats torpedoed the British ship Benlomond and it sank in the Atlantic in two minutes. The sole survivor was a second steward named Poon Lim, who, with no knowledge of the sea, managed to stay alive for 133 days on a small wooden raft. Finally rescued at the mouth of the Amazon River, Poon was hailed as the “World’s Champion Survivor.” He still holds the Guinness World Record for survival at sea.
At a glance
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 238
- Audience
- Adult
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Book details
Publication
- Published
- January 15, 2013
- First published
- January 1, 1985
Edition
- Language
- English
- Type
- Chapter Book
Identifiers
- ISBN
- 9780932538888
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