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Title Into the raging sea : thirty-three mariners, one megastorm, and the sinking of El Faro / Rachel Slade.
Author Slade, Rachel, author.
Publication Info. New York : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2018]
© 2018.
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 North Orange  910.9163 SLA    Check Shelves
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Fourth Floor  910.9163 SLA    Check Shelves
 Southwest  910.9163 SLA    Check Shelves
Edition First Edition.
Description [xix], 391 pages ; 24 cm
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unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Summary "In the tradition of The Perfect Storm and Into Thin Air, Rachel Slade's Into the Raging Sea is a nail-biting account of the sinking of the American container ship El Faro, the crew of 33 who perished onboard, and the destructive forces of globalization that put the ship in harm's way"-- Provided by publisher.
Note Includes index.
Contents Cast of characters -- Chain of command aboard El Faro -- El Faro plans and cross-section -- A note on the text -- Part 1. The clock is ticking -- Blount Island -- Tropical storm Joaquin -- Third mate Jeremie Riehm -- A hurricane is not a point on a map -- Second mate Danielle Randolph -- Collision course -- Hull number 670 -- Afternoon -- Captain Michael Davidson -- Question authority? -- The Jones Act -- Evening -- Night -- Necesitamos la mercancía -- Dawn -- The raging sea -- We're gonna make it -- Part 2. We've lost communication -- Search and rescue -- Flight to Jacksonville -- Ships don't just disappear -- Profit and loss -- The truth is out there -- How to sink a ship -- Admiral Greene clears the air -- Portrait of incompetence -- Mission number two -- The proof is in the pudding -- Voices -- Twenty-four minutes -- Spirits -- Epilogue -- Crew list.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject El Faro (Cargo ship)
El Faro (Cargo ship.)
Shipwrecks -- Bahamas.
Merchant ships -- United States.
Merchant marine -- United States.
Search and rescue operations -- North Atlantic Ocean.
Merchant marine -- United States.
Shipwrecks -- Bahamas.
Merchant ships -- United States.
Search and rescue operations -- North Atlantic Ocean.
Merchant marine. (OCoLC)fst01016936
Merchant ships. (OCoLC)fst01017038
Search and rescue operations. (OCoLC)fst01110359
Shipwrecks. (OCoLC)fst01116638
Bahamas. (OCoLC)fst01205834
North Atlantic Ocean. (OCoLC)fst01242477
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Transportation.
NATURE / Natural Disasters.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity.
Genre Fiction.
Related To Online version: Slade, Rachel, author. Into the raging sea First edition. New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2018] 9780062699718 (DLC) 2018037130
ISBN 9780062699701 (hardcover) : $27.99
0062699709 (hardcover)
9780062870322 (international edition)
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