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Skeletons on the Zahara : a true story of survival /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: King, Dean, 1962- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Back Bay Books, [2005]
Edition:1st Back Bay pbk. ed.
Subjects:
Commerce (Brig)
Slavery > Africa, North.
Africa, North > Description and travel.
Sahara > Description and travel.
Afrique du Nord > Descriptions et voyages.
Sahara > Descriptions et voyages.
Slavery.
Travel.
North Africa.
Sahara.
Table of Contents:
  • Acts of God
  • Ships of the sand
  • Journeys and sandstorms
  • A slow rush to Swearah
  • Epilogue: Homecomings
  • Appendix: The publishing of Riley's narrative
  • Glossary of Arabic terms.