438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea

by Jonathan Franklin and Jonathan Franklin

Book Overview

Declared "the best survival book in a decade" by Outside Magazine, 438 Days is the true story of the man who survived fourteen months in a small boat drifting seven thousand miles across the Pacific Ocean.

On November 17, 2012, two men left the coast of Mexico for a weekend fishing trip in the open Pacific. That night, a violent storm ambushed them as they were fishing eighty miles offshore. As gale force winds and ten-foot...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501116304
• ISBN13: 9781501116308
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Atria Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Blown away

My son flew through this book. I love a good survival story and this was one crazy one. I could not put this book down, in awe of the grit, the ingenuity and adapting to such a dire situation. Appreciated the snippets from professionals who explained why he experienced some of the things he did, how he managed to cope etc.

Unbelievable Story, very well written!

This book really moved me. It places a close second to (in my opinion)The greatest Non-Fiction survival account ever, "Into Thin Air". Some books have too much buildup to the real event, or series of events, but this book is not one of those books. The balance of explanation-to-adventure was perfect. There were even pictures! The inner 6 year old in me rejoiced when she figured that out. A must read, even if you dont neccesarily enjoy survival accounts, this put things in perspective for me. And I truly believe everyone these days needs a little of that.