{"product_id":"9781501116308","title":"438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea","description":"\u003cp\u003e“The best survival book in a decade” (\u003ci\u003eOutside\u003c\/i\u003e magazine), \u003ci\u003e438 Days\u003c\/i\u003e is the true story of the fisherman who survived fourteen months in a small boat drifting seven thousand miles across the Pacific Ocean.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn November 17, 2012, a pair of fishermen 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 waves pummeled their small, open boat from all sides and nearly capsized them, captain Salvador Alvarenga and his crewmate cut away a two-mile-long fishing line and began a desperate dash through crashing waves as they sought the safety of port.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFourteen months later, on January 30, 2014, Alvarenga, now a hairy, wild-bearded and half-mad castaway, washed ashore on a nearly deserted island on the far side of the Pacific. He could barely speak and was unable to walk. He claimed to have drifted from Mexico, a journey of some seven thousand miles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e438 Days\u003c\/i\u003e is the first-ever account of one of the most amazing survival stories in modern times. Based on dozens of hours of exclusive interviews with Alvarenga, his colleagues, search-and-rescue officials, the remote islanders who found him, and the medical team that saved his life, \u003ci\u003e438 Days\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable study of the resilience, will, ingenuity and determination required for one man to survive more than a year lost and adrift at sea.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47038954143984,"sku":"9781501116308","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781501116308_p0.jpg?v=1763707696","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781501116308","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}