A captain's duty : [large print] Somali pirates, Navy SEALs, and dangerous days at sea / Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty.

A captain's duty : [large print] Somali pirates, Navy SEALs, and dangerous days at sea / Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty.

By
: 
Phillips, Richard, 1956-

Publication Date
: 
2010

Publication Information
: 
Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press/GALE Cengage Learning,

Edition
: 
Large print ed.

Physical Description
: 
399 p. : map.

Subject Term
: 
Hijacking of ships -- Aden, Gulf of.
 
Merchant mariners -- United States -- Biography.
 
Ship captains -- United States -- Biography.
 
Large type books.

Series
: 
THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE PRINT NONFICTION SERIES

Additional Contributors
: 
Talty, Stephan.

Summary
: 
Describes the author's five days as a hostage of Somali pirates who boarded his ship, the Maersk Alabama, in the Gulf of Aden, relating the extreme hardship and dangers he faced and his daring rescue by Navy SEALs.

Language
: 
English

ISBN
: 
9781410429346


LibraryCollectionCollectionCall NumberStatus
Port Au Port (WPE)Adult NFic LPAdult Non-Fiction Large Print364.164 P54Checked In