The Wreck of the Maid of Athens: Being the Journal of Emily Woolbridge, 1869-1870

141 pp. Woodcut illustrations by Laurence Irving. "Here is a story for everyone who remembers and enjoyed the Tom Hanks film Cast Away. This book is the true account, through a diary, of a 29-year-old woman who, along with others, spent 6 weeks stranded on a remote, rugged island. This book tells of an intense fight for survival, a 6-week disaster that was grueling in the extreme. Finally, the people who survived made a longboat trip across 500 miles of open sea to redemption at the Falkland Islands."