| Edition |
First Ecco paperback edition. |
| Description |
[xix], 391 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm |
| Note |
"A hardcover edition of this book was published in 2018 by Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cast of characters -- Chain of command aboard El Faro -- El Faro plans and section -- Map of the final voyage of El Faro -- A note on the text -- The clock is ticking -- Blount Island -- Tropical Storm Joaquin -- Third Mate Jeremie Riehm -- A hurricane is not a point on a map -- Second Mate Danielle Randolph -- Collision course -- Hull number 670 -- Afternoon -- Captain Michael Davidson -- Question authority? -- The Jones Act -- Evening -- Night -- Necesitamos la mercancía -- Dawn -- The raging sea -- We're gonna make it -- We've lost communication -- Search and rescue -- Flight to Jacksonville -- Ships don't just disappear -- Profit and loss -- The truth is out there -- How to sink a ship -- Admiral Greene clears the air -- Portrait of incompetence -- Mission number two -- The proof is in the pudding -- Voices -- Twenty-four minutes -- Spirits. |
| Summary |
On 1 October 2015, Hurricane Joaquin barreled into the Bermuda Triangle and swallowed the container ship El Faro whole, resulting in one of the worst shipping disaster in decades. No one could fathom how a vessel equipped with satellite communications, a sophisticated navigation system and cutting-edge weather forecasting could suddenly vanish--until now. Relying on hundreds of exclusive interviews with family members and maritime experts, as well as the words of the crew members themselves--whose conversations were captured by the ships data recorder--Rachel Slade unravels the mystery of the sinking of El Faro. As she recounts the final twenty-four hours onboard, Slade vividly depicts the officers' anguish and fear as they struggled to carry out Captain Michael Davidson's increasingly bizarre commands, which they knew would steer them straight into the eye of the storm. Taking a hard look at America's aging merchant marine fleet, Slade also reveals the truth about modern shipping--a cut-throat industry plagued by razor-thin profits and ever more violent hurricanes fueled by global warming. A richly reported account of a singular tragedy, Into the Raging Sea takes us into the heart of an age-old industry, casting new light on the hardworking crew of El Faro who paid the ultimate price in the name of profit. |
| Language |
Text in English. |
| Subject |
El Faro (Cargo ship)
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Shipwrecks -- Bahamas.
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Merchant ships -- United States.
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Merchant marine -- United States.
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Hurricane Joaquin, 2015.
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Search and rescue operations -- North Atlantic Ocean.
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El Faro (Cargo ship) (OCoLC)fst02009840
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Search and rescue operations. (OCoLC)fst01110359
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North Atlantic Ocean. (OCoLC)fst01242477
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Transportation.
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Merchant marine. (OCoLC)fst01016936
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Merchant ships. (OCoLC)fst01017038
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Shipwrecks. (OCoLC)fst01116638
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Bahamas. (OCoLC)fst01205834
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Hurricane Joaquin (2015) (OCoLC)fst02003286
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| ISBN |
0062699873 |
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9780062699879 |
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