Survival Stories
Posted by PAUL on January 10, 2002 at 21:13:06:
I just finished reading "In the Heart of the Sea" by Philbrick. As a survival story, it rates with the Bennett-Manly Party. All good survival stories are based in fundemental miscalculations. For example, the Bennett-Manly Party failing to heed Captain Jefferson Hunt's advice. In the Essex disaster, Pollard and Chase decided to sail southeast, rather than an easy cruise to the Marquesa Islands.
MENDO PAUL