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A Furnace Afloat: The Wreck of the Hornet and the Harrowing 4,300-Mile Voyage of Its Survivors - Hardcover
Traces the story of an 1866 American clipper ship that accidentally caught on fire and sank, stranding its crews on three small life boats for more than six weeks—with limited resources and under the burning sun—before they resorted to cannibalism and eventually reached Hawaii. 25,000 first printing.
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'By any standards, this is a remarkable tale...' (SUNDAY TIMES )
'Jackson's story contains fascinating detail on sharks, tornadoes, typhoons, waterspouts and other hazards, as well as the minutiae of clipper sailing, but it is the dreadful pages describing agonising death, madness from drinking seawater and painful bowel movements by those who ate wood and the leather of their boots that really make us take notice... Jackson's conclusion is almost thermonuclear in its devastation.' (NEW STATESMAN )
'A FURNACE AFLOAT is richly written and its author seems to have something interesting to say on virtually every topic raised by his harrowing story... His book manages to combine the high authority of an encyclopedic work of history with the page-turning excitement of an adventure story.' (Andrew Rosenheim DAILY MAIL )
'Jackson's tale is beautifully rendered. In a story crammed with intriguing detail, there is breathing space for lyricism... But Jackson never allows the writing to get in the way of the story... In a gripping story of disaster and triumph, pain and renewal, prayer and perfidy, the most chilling aspect is that in the most awful of circumstances, man clings to the differences of life as he faces the ultimate democracy of death.' (THE HERALD (GLASGOW) )
'Jackson has done an impressive job of fleshing out the bones of a story that has been drawn almost entirely from diary entries. Being able to transform a month of monotony into a book that continually holds your attention is no mean feat, and A Furnace Afloat is an intriguing testament to both the author's skill and the human spirit.' (GEOGRAPHICAL )
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'Jackson's story contains fascinating detail on sharks, tornadoes, typhoons, waterspouts and other hazards, as well as the minutiae of clipper sailing, but it is the dreadful pages describing agonising death, madness from drinking seawater and painful bowel movements by those who ate wood and the leather of their boots that really make us take notice... Jackson's conclusion is almost thermonuclear in its devastation.' (NEW STATESMAN )
'A FURNACE AFLOAT is richly written and its author seems to have something interesting to say on virtually every topic raised by his harrowing story... His book manages to combine the high authority of an encyclopedic work of history with the page-turning excitement of an adventure story.' (Andrew Rosenheim DAILY MAIL )
'Jackson's tale is beautifully rendered. In a story crammed with intriguing detail, there is breathing space for lyricism... But Jackson never allows the writing to get in the way of the story... In a gripping story of disaster and triumph, pain and renewal, prayer and perfidy, the most chilling aspect is that in the most awful of circumstances, man clings to the differences of life as he faces the ultimate democracy of death.' (THE HERALD (GLASGOW) )
'Jackson has done an impressive job of fleshing out the bones of a story that has been drawn almost entirely from diary entries. Being able to transform a month of monotony into a book that continually holds your attention is no mean feat, and A Furnace Afloat is an intriguing testament to both the author's skill and the human spirit.' (GEOGRAPHICAL )
A four time Pulitzer Prize nominee, Joe Jackson is author of the Edgar Award Nominated LEAVENWORTH TRAIN (Carol & Graf, 2002), and is co-author of DEAD RUN (Canongate, 1999), which is in development as a feature film with HBO.
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- PublisherFree Pr
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 074323037X
- ISBN 13 9780743230377
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages288
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