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Sole survivor The true account of 133 days adrift.
- Title
- Sole survivor [electronic resource] : The true account of 133 days adrift. Ruthanne Lum McCunn.
- Author
- McCunn, Ruthanne Lum.
- Publication
- Ashland : Blackstone Audio, Inc., and Buck 50 Productions, LLC, 2004.
- Supplementary Content
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- Description
- 1 online resource (6 audio files) : digital
- Summary
- On November 23, 1942, German U-Boats torpedoed the British ship Benlomond, and it sank in the Atlantic in two minutes. The sole survivor was a second steward named Poon Lim, who, with no knowledge of the sea, managed to stay alive for 133 days on a small wooden raft. Sole Survivor, based on three years of interviews with Poon, reconstructs his remarkable ordeal. We learn of a ship's crew that saw him but refused to pick him up; his ingenious ways of trapping water and catching fish (later used in U.S. Navy training films); his reaching land, only to find it an impenetrable jungle. When he was finally rescued at the mouth of the Amazon River, Poon was hailed as the "World's Champion Survivor." He still holds the Guinness world record for survival at sea. His story is an amazing tale of a young man's fortitude in the face of overwhelming odds.
- Genre/Form
- Audiobooks.
- Note
- Unabridged.
- System Details (note)
- Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 186446 KB).
- ISBN
- 9781481561945
- OCLC
- ODN0000062002
- Author
- McCunn, Ruthanne Lum.
- Title
- Sole survivor [electronic resource] : The true account of 133 days adrift. Ruthanne Lum McCunn.
- Imprint
- Ashland : Blackstone Audio, Inc., and Buck 50 Productions, LLC, 2004.
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Playing Time
- 06:37:21
- Type of Content
- spoken word
- Type of Medium
- audiocomputer
- Type of Carrier
- online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
- audio file
- Performer
- Narrator: Johanna Ward.
- Audience
- Text Difficulty 7 - Text Difficulty 12
- System Details
- Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 186446 KB).
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- Added Author
- Ward, Johanna.OverDrive, Inc., distributor.
- Branch Call Number
- eNYPL Audio