"FICTION Action & Adventure." . . "Fiction." . . . . "Haaksirikkoiset. Suomentanut Seppo Virtanen" . "Sea stories"@en . . . . . . . . "Historical fiction"@en . . . . . . "L'Isola Boon" . . . . . . . . "This classic tale of shipwreck and survival is reprinted with essays that provide a historical perspective and trace the sources from which Kenneth Roberts (1885-1957) drew his tale. A native Mainer, Roberts, whose historical novels include Northwest Passage and Arundel, was intrigued by the story of the December 1710 wreck of the Nottingham. After running aground a dozen miles offshore, the ship broke up, stranding her crew with minimal tools, scant shelter, and a few pieces of cheese. The men survived nearly a month of screeching gales, sub-freezing temperatures, and driving snowstorms. During their ordeal they resorted to cannibalism and were finally rescued after one of them made it ashore on a crude raft. Included here are contemporary accounts from crew members, offering dramatically different versions of the true-life traumatic event and a fascinating counterpoint to Roberts' fictionalized version. A bestseller when published in 1956, Boon Island is a story of the ways that crisis can inspire the best'and worst'in human nature."@en . . . . "Boon Island" . "Boon Island"@en . "Boon Island--Another issue"@en . "English survivors of a shipwreck refuse to be defeated by the hardships they encounter on Maine's rocky coast in the winter of 1710."@en . "Boon island"@en . "Boon island" . "Skeppsbrottet vid Boon Island" . "Skeppsbrottet vid Boon Island"@sv . . . . . "Adventure stories"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "Adventure fiction"@en . . . . "Fiction"@en . "Fiction" . . . "25 døgn. \"Boon Island\". Overs. fra amerikansk efter \"Boon Island\" af georgjedde. Omslagstegning af Svend Otto"@da . . . "25 døgn \"Boon island\" : (Overs. fra amerikansk efter Boon island af Georgjedde)"@da . . . . "25 Døgn. \"Boon Island.\"" . . . "L'Île de Miséricorde : roman" . . "Biographical fiction"@en . "Biographical fiction" . "History"@en . . . "Electronic books"@en . . . . . . . . "L'île de miséricorde : roman" . . . "Haaksirikkoiset"@fi . "Boon Island (Me.)" . . "HUMOR General." . . . .