The true story of one man's record-breaking 438 days lost at sea.

The incredible true survival story of fisherman Salvador Alvarenga - and his record-breaking fourteen months lost at sea. Based on extensive interviews with Alvarenga, his colleagues, search and rescue officials, and the people who saved his life.

On 17th November, 2012, Salvador Alvarenga left the coast of Mexico for a two-day fishing trip. A vicious storm killed his engine and the current dragged his boat out to sea. The storm picked up and carried him West, deeper into the heart of the Pacific Ocean. Alvarenga would not touch solid ground again for fourteen months.

When he was washed ashore on January 30th, 2014, he had drifted over 9,000 miles.

Three dozen cruise ships and container vessels passed nearby. Not one stopped for the stranded fisherman. He considered suicide on multiple occasions - including offering himself up to a pack of circling sharks. But Alvarenga developed a method of survival that kept his body and mind intact long enough for the Pacific Ocean to spit him up onto a remote palm-studded island. Crawling ashore, he was saved by a local couple living in their own private castaway paradise.

**438 Days by Jonathan Franklin is an epic tale of survival - and one man's incredible story of beating the ultimate odds.

'A fascinating, action-packed account of long-term survival on the open seas' - Kirkus Reviews**

Vorwort
The incredible true survival story of one man's record-breaking 438 days lost at sea.

Autorentext
Based in Santiago, Chile, Jonathan Franklin regularly reports for The Guardian, Washington Post, National Geographic and Esquire. He also works with the team at 'Retro Report' producing documentaries broadcast by the New York Times. Franklin's books include The 33, the exclusive account of the Chilean miners trapped nearly a kilometres underground, and 438 Days, the astonishing story of a fisherman stranded at sea for fourteen months.

Zusammenfassung
The true story of one man's record-breaking 438 days lost at sea.