A captain's duty : Somali pirates, navy SEALs, and dangerous days at sea / Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty.
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TextPublication details: Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2010Edition: Large print edDescription: 399 p. (large print) ; 24 cmISBN: 9781410429346 (hardcover); 1410429342 (hardcover)Subject(s): Phillips, Richard, 1956- | Maersk Alabama (Ship) | Large type books | Hijacking of ships -- Aden, Gulf of | Merchant mariners -- United States -- Biography | Ship captains -- United States -- BiographyDDC classification: 364.16/4 | B LOC classification: VK140.P45 | A3 2010bSummary: A Captain's Duty tells the life-and-death drama of Captain Richard Phillips of the Maersk Alabama‚ the career sailor who was held captive on a tiny lifeboat off Somalia's anarchic‚ gun-plagued shores. A story of adventure and courage‚ it details the high-seas hostage-taking - the unbearable heat‚ the mock executions‚ and the escape attempt. This was it: the moment where training meets instinct‚ where character is everything. Richard Phillips was ready.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Large Print | B PHI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111046864516 |
Originally published: New York : Hyperion, c2010.
A Captain's Duty tells the life-and-death drama of Captain Richard Phillips of the Maersk Alabama‚ the career sailor who was held captive on a tiny lifeboat off Somalia's anarchic‚ gun-plagued shores. A story of adventure and courage‚ it details the high-seas hostage-taking - the unbearable heat‚ the mock executions‚ and the escape attempt. This was it: the moment where training meets instinct‚ where character is everything. Richard Phillips was ready.
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