Robert Holding, a young English sailor, was only twenty-three in 1864 when he and nineteen others were shipwrecked on the windswept, inhospitable Auckland Islands in the sub-Antarctic Ocean south of New Zealand. When rescued a year later, he was one of only three survivors, the rest having died from starvation and exposure. Written by Holding's great-granddaughter, Wake of the Invercauld is an outstanding - and sometimes hair-raising - tale of adventure and survival, a testament to the courage and resourcefulness of the ...
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Robert Holding, a young English sailor, was only twenty-three in 1864 when he and nineteen others were shipwrecked on the windswept, inhospitable Auckland Islands in the sub-Antarctic Ocean south of New Zealand. When rescued a year later, he was one of only three survivors, the rest having died from starvation and exposure. Written by Holding's great-granddaughter, Wake of the Invercauld is an outstanding - and sometimes hair-raising - tale of adventure and survival, a testament to the courage and resourcefulness of the survivors.
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As New in As New jacket. pp. 256, color photographs throughout. "Robert Holding, a young English adventurer, was only 23 when in 1864 he was shipwrecked with 19 others on the windswept, inhospitable Auckland islands in the sub-Antarctic Ocean south of New Zealand. By the time he was rescued a year later, only two of his shipmates were taken off the… Larger 8vo.
