A captain's duty : Somali pirates, Navy SEALs and dangerous days at sea
Phillips, Richard, 1955-2013
Books, Manuscripts
8th April 2009 was just an ordinary day for Richard Phillips, captain of an United States-registered cargo vessel headed towards the port of Mombasa. Ordinary that is until, 200 or so miles off the east coast of Africa, armed Somali pirates attacked and boarded the freighter. It was the first time an American cargo ship had been hijacked in over 200 years. What the pirates didn't expect was that the crew would fight back, nor did they expect Captain Phillips to offer himself as a hostage in exchange for the safety of his crew. This is the story an ordinary man who did what he saw as his duty and in so doing became a hero.
Main title:
A captain's duty : Somali pirates, Navy SEALs and dangerous days at sea / Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty.
Author:
Phillips, Richard, 1955-, authorTalty, Stephan, author
Imprint:
London : Bantam Books, 2013.
Collation:
286 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9780857502469 (pbk)
Dewey class:
364.164364.164 PHI364.164PHI
Local class:
364.164 PHI
Language:
English
BRN:
1180573