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Richard phillips memoir of the hijacking, a captains duty. On the oneyear anniversary of his kidnapping by somali pirates and a subsequent headlinegrabbing rescue, captain richard phillips revisits his harrowing. I share the countrys admiration for the bravery of captain phillips and his selfless concern for his crew. The book was later adapted into the 20 film captain phillips starring tom hanks. Up close, that weapon sounded a hell of a lot louder than from down below. Somali pirates, navy seals, and dangerous days at sea was first. A captains duty by richard phillips penguin books new. Maersk alabama hijacking, incident involving the seizure of a u. It is a thrilling true tale of adventure and courage in the face of deprivation, death threats and mock executions and also a compulsively readable firsthand account of the terrors of highseas hostagetaking.
Free shipping on due to covid19, orders may be delayed. Somali pirates, navy seals, and dangerous days at sea is a book by captain richard phillips, the captain of the container ship mv maersk. The biopic is based on these events in the life of captain richard phillips, as conveyed in his book a captains duty. On the oneyear anniversary of his kidnapping by somali pirates and a subsequent headlinegrabbing rescue, captain richard phillips revisits his harrowing highseas adventure in a riveting book, a captains duty. A story of adventure and courage, it provides the intimate details of this highseas hostagetakingthe unbearable heat, the death threats, the mock executions, and the escape attempt. A captains duty by richard phillips with stephan talty is a nonfiction book about the seizure by pirates of the u. When the pirates boarded his ship, captain phillips put his experience into action, doing everything he could to safeguard his crew. Born in 1955, richard phillips is a graduate of the massachusetts maritime academy. Published for the first time in the uk, an astonishing true story of courage, survival and heroism by the sea captain who became a national hero.
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