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Save our souls : the true story of a castaway family, treachery, and murder / Matthew Pearl.

Pearl, Matthew, (author.).

Summary:

In this true story, on December 10, 1887, the Walker family's shark fishing boat was split in two by a storm, and they awoke in the morning on an island inhabited by a ragged man named Hans who seemed helpful but had a dark secret.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063338067
  • ISBN: 0063338068
  • Physical Description: 254 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2025]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-241) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue: February 3, 1888 -- The voyage begins: Fall 1887 -- The first mate's story -- The skies darken : the new year: 1888 -- The edge of the world: February 4, 1888 -- State, war, navy -- The stranger: February 1888 -- Shipwreck of faith: March 1888 -- Hans's story, Part I: 1886 -- Hans's story, Part II: 1887 -- The monarch of all: May 1888 -- Tempests: August 1888 -- Lights: Fall 1888 -- Master of misdirection: October 15, 1888 -- Wail of lost souls: Winter 1888-89 -- Riddles: January 1889 -- Racing time: February 1889 -- Letter in a bottle: February 1889 -- Wreckages and renewals -- Author's note and acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.
Subject: Walker family.
Castaways > Midway Islands.
Shipwrecks > Midway Islands.
Survival at sea > Midway Islands.
Criminals > Midway Islands.
Betrayal.
Genre: True crime stories.

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  • 1 of 2 copies available at Rockingham County Public Library.

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Summary: In this true story, on December 10, 1887, the Walker family's shark fishing boat was split in two by a storm, and they awoke in the morning on an island inhabited by a ragged man named Hans who seemed helpful but had a dark secret.