{"product_id":"438-days","title":"438 Days","description":"\u003cb\u003eDeclared \"the best survival book in a decade\" by \u003ci\u003eOutside Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e 438 Days\u003c\/i\u003e is the true story of the man who survived fourteen months in a small boat drifting seven thousand miles across the Pacific Ocean.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn November 17, 2012, two men left the coast of Mexico for a weekend fishing trip in the open Pacific. That night, a violent storm ambushed them as they were fishing eighty miles offshore. As gale force winds and ten-foot waves pummeled their small, open boat from all sides and nearly capsized them, captain Salvador Alvarenga and his crewmate cut away a two-mile-long fishing line and began a desperate dash through crashing waves as they sought the safety of port. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fourteen months later, on January 30, 2014, Alvarenga, now a hairy, wild-bearded and half-mad castaway, washed ashore on a nearly deserted island on the far side of the Pacific. He could barely speak and was unable to walk. He claimed to have drifted from Mexico, a journey of some seven thousand miles. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A \"gripping saga,\" (\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003e438 Days\u003c\/i\u003e is the first-ever account of one of the most amazing survival stories in modern times. Based on dozens of hours of exclusive interviews with Alvarenga, his colleagues, search-and-rescue officials, the remote islanders who found him, and the medical team that saved his life, \u003ci\u003e438 Days\u003c\/i\u003e is not only \"an intense, immensely absorbing read\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e) but an unforgettable study of the resilience, will, ingenuity and determination required for one man to survive more than a year lost and adrift at sea.","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50803015287016,"sku":"9781501116308","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0810\/9539\/3512\/files\/imageloader_a003cfcd-8c52-4bc1-8347-f6f0f0397b73.jpg?v=1790288207","url":"https:\/\/kuumba-47muwsn1.myshopify.com\/products\/438-days","provider":"Kuumba","version":"1.0","type":"link"}