{"product_id":"alone-gerard-daboville-9781611451122","title":"Alone: The True Story of the Man Who Fought the Sharks, Waves, and Weather of the Pacific and Won","description":"This is the incredible true story of one man's heroic battle against impossible odds, a tale of pain and anguish, bravery and utter solitude, a tale that ends in a victory not only over the implacable ocean but over himself as well. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the age of forty-five, Gerard d'Aboville set out to row across the Pacific Ocean from Japan to the United States. Taking his rowboat the \u003ci\u003eSector\u003c\/i\u003e, which had a living compartment thirty-one inches high, containing a bunk, one-burner stove, and a ham radio, d'Aboville made his way across an ocean 6,200 miles wide. Though he rowed twelve hours a day, battled cyclones and headwinds that kept him in one place for days at a time, was capsized dozens of times forty-foot waves that hit him like cannonballs, he never quit; even when he was trapped upside down inside his cabin for almost two hours while nearly depleting his oxygen trying to right the boat. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne hundred and thirty-four days after his departure, d'Aboville arrived in the little fishing village of Ilwaco, Washington, leaving his body bruised and battered, and weighing thirty-seven pounds less. This is his story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gerard D'Aboville\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1611451124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781611451122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcade Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.70d","brand":"Gerard D'Aboville","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43938784706815,"sku":"9781611451122","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_0fe50c31-3172-4919-bc30-23c163a26761.jpg?v=1681437700","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/alone-gerard-daboville-9781611451122","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}