{"product_id":"island-of-the-lost-joan-druett","title":"Island of the Lost - Joan Druett","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\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\u003cspan\u003eIt is 1864, and Captain Thomas Musgrave’s schooner, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrafton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIncredibly, 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrafton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eInvercauld\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e face the same fate. And yet where the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eInvercauld\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUsing the survivors’ journals and historical records, maritime historian Joan Druett brings to life this untold story about leadership and the fine line between order and chaos.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUsed book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e304 pages, Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published May 17, 2007\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brewberry Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43156599930974,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0631\/0585\/9678\/files\/lost_58b0e35d-8da3-4b7c-877c-70e130bc67ca.jpg?v=1786643547","url":"https:\/\/www.brewberrybooks.ca\/products\/island-of-the-lost-joan-druett","provider":"Brewberry Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}