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For those who enjoyed endurance, this book is for you! Fascinating tale and very well writte. This book is absolutely thrilling. It reads like an action novel, but is well researched.
The story of a small crew of sailors who are shipwrecked off the coast of west africa in the early 1800s. What happens to the crew after they are rescued is what will hold the readers attention. They discover what it is like to become slaves in a coun... Read More
The story is told with compassion for both the muslim and christian groups. The pacing makes this book eminently readable. For the survivors to have kept their wits, their courage and their faith through this ordeal is incredible.
Cons
King lays it on thick enough for it to become humdrum.
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This really made me value my quality of life and kept me up with some crazy dreams one night
For managainstnature and managainstman epics this book ranks with the most biting of all
I would like to think i would act the sameshowing courage and wisdom beyond question but who really knows what they would do fa... Read More
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- This product had a total of 1,041 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 21 2022.
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It was based on an actual event
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A merchant ship wrecks on the west coast of africa some 40ish miles away from morocco where a treaty provided for ransoming white infidels
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Unfortunately for these men they instead were taken as slaves by the bedouin and thus embarked upon a harrowing journey of slow starvation and desiccation
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I thought it was fitting that captain riley became an abolitionist after returning to the us to fight against slavery after having experienced the horrors of it himself
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Its hard to believe anyone survived this ordeal
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I dont read a lot of books twice
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A low budget history channel doc
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