Displaying 1 of 1 2004 Title: Skeletons on the Zahara : a true story of survival Author: King, Dean, author. Edition: First edition. Format: Book Publisher, Date: New York : Little, Brown and Company, [2004] ©2004 Description: ix, 353 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm Summary: Chronicles the hardships encountered by twelve American sailors who, in 1815, were shipwrecked on the coast of North Africa, captured, sold into slavery, and sent on a difficult odyssey through the perilous heart of the Sahara. Subjects: Commerce (Brig) Slavery -- Africa, North. Africa, North -- Description and travel. Sahara -- Description and travel. Genre: Travel writing. Reading Level: Accelerated Reader AR UG 8.6 20.0 Contents: The officers and crew of the Connecticut merchant Brig Commerce, 1815 -- Places -- 1812 -- Acts of God. A good Yankee crew ; Omens ; Shipwreck on Cape Bojador ; A hostile welcome ; Misery in an open boat -- Ships of the sand. Purgatory ; Captured ; Thirst ; The sons of the father of lions ; Sidi Hamet's feast -- Journeys and sandstorms. Is it sweet? ; Honor among thieves ; Skeletons ; Wednoon and the atlas ; Valley of the locusts -- A slow rush to Swearah. Sheik Ali ; The captain has long been dead ; From the mouth of a Moor ; The road to Swearah -- Homecomings -- The publishing of Riley's narrative -- ISBN 0316835145 Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Find It Map It Suggestions and more Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
