{"product_id":"custom-of-the-sea","title":"Custom of the Sea","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eCustom of the Sea\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eNeil Hanson\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780471399773\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eJohn Wiley \u0026amp; Sons Inc\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2001\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003e1\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e336\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\"The nightmarish events of the shipwreck are reported with real power.\"-New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Adrift at sea, your food and water gone, you are slowly starving to death: what would you do to survive?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e On May 19, 1884, the yacht Mignonette set sail from Southampton, England, bound for Australia. Halfway through the voyage, the crew were beset by a monstrous storm off the coast of West Africa, and the Mignonette was sunk by a massive forty-foot wave. Cast adrift a thousand miles from landfall with no food or water and faced with almost certain death, the captain resorted to a grisly practice common among seamen of the time: the \"custom of the sea.\" While the others watched, the captain killed the weakest of them, the cabin boy, and his body was eaten. In this riveting account of the ordeal of the crew and the sensational trial that followed, Hanson recreates the shocking events that held a nation spellbound. Drawing from newspaper accounts, personal letters, court proceedings, and first-person accounts, he has brilliantly told a tale rife with moral dilemmas.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Custom of the Sea | Neil Hanson | Paperback | 9780471399773 | Used: Very Good | True Crime 1716372","offer_id":50863143354626,"sku":"1716372","price":21.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/51c4dJsyKiL.jpg?v=1792854600","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/custom-of-the-sea","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}