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Hostage : a year at gunpoint with Somali pirates / Paul and Rachel Chandler ; with Sarah Edworthy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chandler, Paul, 1950 September 28-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kidnapping--Somalia--21st century.
- Kidnapping.
- Hostages--Somalia--21st century.
- Hostages.
- Pirates--Somalia--21st century.
- Pirates.
- Chandler, Paul, 1950 September 28-.
- Chandler, Paul.
- Chandler, Rachel, 1953-.
- Chandler, Rachel.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (394 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st US ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : Chicago Review Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- <P style=""MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"" class=MsoNormal>On October 23, 2009, Somali pirates kidnapped Paul and Rachel Chandler from their sailing boat, the <I>Lynn Rival</I>, in the Seychelles, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean. In this remarkable memoir, the Chandlers recount their terrifying ordeal, revealing the inspiring and poignant story behind the dramatic headlines. The book chronicles the aftermath of the attack, and how the Chandlers' captors held them in Somalia for more than a year while trying to extort millions of dollars from their middle-class family. It goes on to describe how despi
- Contents:
- Front Cover; About the Authors; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Glossary; Prologue; Pirate attack; Aboard Kota Wajar; Safari in Somalia; Life in the bush; Threats and lies; Alone but defiant; Not a merry Christmas; Whipped and separated; Three desperate months; Unbeknownst to Paul and Rachel . . .; False hopes; The long haul; Passage to freedom; Lynn Rival; Behind the scenes; 2011: The ex-hostage learning curve; Organisations and areas referred to; Acknowledgements; Back Cover
- Notes:
- Originally published as: Hostage : a year at gunpoint with Somali gangsters. Edinburgh : Mainstream Publishing Company, 2011.
- ISBN:
- 1-61374-443-9
- OCLC:
- 804847657
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