In 1866 the clipper ship Hornet caught fire and sank, leaving the passengers and crew adrift in three small boats in the Pacific Ocean. This is the account of those men as they struggled for survival for an astonishing forty-three days on less than ten days of rations.
In a fascinating twist, it is this story that first made then-newspaper reporter Samuel Clemens (a.k.a. Mark Twain) famous.
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