{"product_id":"9781565124080","title":"Island of the Lost","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Riveting.”\u003c\/i\u003e —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHundreds of miles from civilization, two ships wreck on opposite ends of the same deserted island in this true story of human nature at its best—and at its worst.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It is 1864, and Captain Thomas Musgrave’s schooner, the \u003ci\u003eGrafton\u003c\/i\u003e, has just wrecked on Auckland Island, a forbidding piece of land 285 miles south of New Zealand. Battered by year-round freezing rain and constant winds, it is one of the most inhospitable places on earth. To be shipwrecked there means almost certain death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Incredibly, at the same time on the opposite end of the island, another ship runs aground during a storm. Separated by only twenty miles and the island’s treacherous, impassable cliffs, the crews of the \u003ci\u003eGrafton\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eInvercauld\u003c\/i\u003e face the same fate. And yet where the \u003ci\u003eInvercauld\u003c\/i\u003e’s crew turns inward on itself, fighting, starving, and even turning to cannibalism, Musgrave’s crew bands together to build a cabin and a forge—and eventually, to find a way to escape. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Using the survivors’ journals and historical records, award-winning maritime historian Joan Druett brings to life this extraordinary untold story about leadership and the fine line between order and chaos.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Joan Druett","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":57021414932640,"sku":"9781565124080","price":15.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/files\/BNCImageAPI_9fd93697-d3c8-4c81-96e5-9e583ff8d831.jpg?v=1778889071","url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/products\/9781565124080","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}