Sole Survivor: A Story of Record Endurance at Sea
A Literature, Audiobook, Adventure book. What a human is capable of has always amazed me!...
When German U-boats sank the British Ben Lomond in 1942, its sole survivor was a second steward, Poon Lim, who managed to stay alive for 133 days on a wooden raft. Sole Survivor, based on three years of interviews with Poon and his family, reconstructs his remarkable ordeal and the survival techniques that earned him world celebrity and a listing in the Guiness Book of World Records. "A classic saga of ordeal and survival that reminds us of the courage, strength, and resourceful intelligence of which human beings are capable."-Tillie Olsen, author of Tell Me a Riddle
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- Filetype: PDF
- Pages: 231 pages
- ISBN: 9780807071397 / 807071390
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What a human is capable of has always amazed me! I often try to think if I would have the presence of mind to come up with these ideas. If I ever get stuck on a deserted island or a raft out at sea, I hope some of these stories of true survival inspire me to never give up. ;) *Audio*Overall it was a interesting and enjoyable book. I never thought that my attention could be kept by a story with one main character on a life raft for 133 days but it was. This book is a pretty well written account of an amazing ordeal, what it lacks in literary complexity it makes up in the fact that it was a real story. You can really imagine yourself being stranded and alone in the middle of the sea while reading this. Towards the beginning it is a bit hard to read because you want to scream at Lin...
