Coming Back Alive

Coming Back Alive by Spike Walker. Published by St Martin's Press, New York, NY, Aug2001. 1st Stated Edition1st Printing. Hardbound, Paper DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: Fine in Good DJ. 320 Pgs. ISBN 0312269714. LCCN 2001019678. The most harrowing search and rescue mission every attempted on Alaska's high seas. When the fishing vessel La Conte sinks suddenly at night in 100 mi/hr winds and record 90ft seas during a savage storm in January 1998, her 5 crewmen are left to drift without a life raft in the freezing Alaskan waters and survive as best the can. Meticulously researched through hundreds of hours of taped interviews with the survivors, this is the true account of the La Conte's final voyage. Description text copyright 2010 BooksForComfort. Item ID 22479.