^Lot 339 Kiley: Albatross

Kiley, Deborah Scaling. ALBATROSS. Bantam Books, New York. 1995. 16mo. x, 210, (4) pages. original pictorial card covers. Bantam Books reprint edition. Appendix. English text. Very Good. This book is a harrowing biographical memoir detailing the 1982 sinking of the luxury yacht Trashman during a violent Atlantic storm. The narrative follows five crew members crammed into an ill-equipped rubber life raft without food or fresh water, surrounded by aggressive tiger sharks. As dehydration and severe exposure trigger intense hallucinations, the crew rapidly deteriorates; ultimately, only author Deborah Scaling Kiley and fellow sailor Brad Cavanagh survive the five-day ordeal to be rescued by a passing freighter. Lot weight: 0 lbs 4oz. Subject(s): Maritime History, Shipwrecks, Memior.