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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 796.332092
EAN: 9780061993992
ISBN: 0061993999
Label: William Morrow
Manufacturer: William Morrow
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: March 01, 2010
Publisher: William Morrow
Release Date: March 02, 2010
Studio: William Morrow
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- ISBN13: 9780061993992
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
On February 28, 2009, Nick Schuyler, a twenty-four-year-old personal trainer, left for a deep-sea fishing trip with three friends: NFL players Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith, and Will Bleakley, his best friend, who once played football for the University of South Florida.
It was supposed to be a day of fun and relaxation aboard Cooper's twenty-one-foot boat, which anchored seventy miles west of Tampa, Florida, in the Gulf of Mexico. The friends were out to catch some amberjack and grouper and maybe a few sharks. They planned to drink a few beers, have some laughs, and get home before an approaching cold front hit.
As the seas began to swell and the winds picked up in the late afternoon, they packed their gear and decided to head to shore. One problem. The anchor was stuck.
Inexperienced boaters, they made what would become a fatal mistake, tying the anchor rope to the stern of the boat and hitting the throttle. The anchor did not yank free. Instead, the stern sank and filled with water, and the boat capsized.
And so the nightmare began. The men had to forage for life jackets beneath the boat. They had no emergency beacon to alert authorities, and their cell phones didn't work so far out in the Gulf. With no food or water, the men clung to the overturned hull through the night as the seas roughened and the cloudy sky became inky black. They were continuously tossed from the boat by brutal waves, and sometimes found each other only by swimming toward their friends' voices.
During the rare lull, they would pray and talk about the ones they loved, what they would've done differently with their lives, and what they would do once they returned home. As the hours passed, the four friends, who had grown up as athletes, worked as a team in their desperate bid to survive. They battled hypothermia, hallucinations, hunger, dehydration, and huge waves.
A witness to incredible heroism and unspeakable tragedy, Nick remained at sea for more than forty hours, holding on, hoping against hope and clinging to the thought that he couldn't bear to have his mother attend his funeral.
Not Without Hope is much more than a story of survival. It is an inspiring story of friendship, resolve, and courage.
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- GeorgiagirlI absolutely could NOT put this book down! My heart hurt so much for these men that I've had a hard time sleeping since I started reading it. What a TRAGEDY for 4 sweet, innocent men to have to endure what they did. My husband fishes in the Gulf of Mexico so I couldn't stop thinking about how this could happen to him. I have really come down HARD on him to make sure he is completely prepared for an emergency situation. He is now purchasing an epirb for his boat because of what happened to Nick and ... Read More
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- Great read, wish it kept going!This was one of the best non-fiction books I've read in a long time. It's disturbing, but truthful. You know the ending, but this explains how everything went down that weekend. I cried a few days, and laughed a few, but mostly read it so intensely that I couldn't help from turning page after page despite the fact that my clock read 3:00 a.m. just a few pages from the end of the book.
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- FortitudeNot without hope was an interesting and inspiring account of survival. It was a very easy read and a real page turner. Only Nick knows what happened out there and I can only hope for his sanity that his accounts were accurate. I would have a difficult time going on with my life after such a tragic ordeal.
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- Don't waste your money!I purchased this book and hated it! A total waste of money!This was a terrible book!
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- surviving life on life's termsI was hooked on page one. This is definitely in my top five list of the most loved books. It tells of disaster, life's elements and what people are made of. I picked this book up from the "okay" pile at a grocery store. It should be number one! I was captivated from the very begining...four friends take on some "bonding" and innocently intended fishing time. Young men who had their whole lives ahead of them. It tells of the past and future of promising careers, their relationship to each other. ... Read More
