Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World

Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World

The true story of five castaways abandoned on the Falkland Islands during the War of 1812―a tale of treachery, shipwreck, isolation, and the desperate struggle for survival. The best-selling author of…

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