The Resource The desert and the sea : 977 days captive on the Somali pirate coast, Michael Scott Moore
The desert and the sea : 977 days captive on the Somali pirate coast, Michael Scott Moore
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- Summary
- "In January 2012, having covered a Somali pirate trial in Hamburg for Spiegel Online International—and funded by a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting—Michael Scott Moore traveled to the Horn of Africa to write about piracy and ways to end it. In a terrible twist of fate, Moore himself was kidnapped and subsequently held captive by Somali pirates. Subjected to conditions that break even the strongest spirits—physical injury, starvation, isolation, terror—Moore’s survival is a testament to his indomitable strength of mind. In September 2014, after 977 days, he walked free when his ransom was put together by the help of several US and German institutions, friends, colleagues, and his strong-willed mother. Yet Moore’s own struggle is only part of the story: The Desert and the Sea falls at the intersection of reportage, memoir, and history. Caught between Muslim pirates, the looming threat of Al-Shabaab, and the rise of ISIS, Moore observes the worlds that surrounded him—the economics and history of piracy; the effects of post-colonialism; the politics of hostage negotiation and ransom; while also conjuring the various faces of Islam—and places his ordeal in the context of the larger political and historical issues."--Page [2] of cover
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 451 pages
- Note
- Includes glossary of names
- Contents
-
- The rumor kitchen
- Underworld
- Living in civilization keeps us civilized
- The ambiguous Asian fishing boat
- Flight
- No God but God
- The hostage cookbook
- Stronger than dirt
- Fugue
- Isbn
- 9780062449177
- Label
- The desert and the sea : 977 days captive on the Somali pirate coast
- Title
- The desert and the sea
- Title remainder
- 977 days captive on the Somali pirate coast
- Statement of responsibility
- Michael Scott Moore
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In January 2012, having covered a Somali pirate trial in Hamburg for Spiegel Online International—and funded by a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting—Michael Scott Moore traveled to the Horn of Africa to write about piracy and ways to end it. In a terrible twist of fate, Moore himself was kidnapped and subsequently held captive by Somali pirates. Subjected to conditions that break even the strongest spirits—physical injury, starvation, isolation, terror—Moore’s survival is a testament to his indomitable strength of mind. In September 2014, after 977 days, he walked free when his ransom was put together by the help of several US and German institutions, friends, colleagues, and his strong-willed mother. Yet Moore’s own struggle is only part of the story: The Desert and the Sea falls at the intersection of reportage, memoir, and history. Caught between Muslim pirates, the looming threat of Al-Shabaab, and the rise of ISIS, Moore observes the worlds that surrounded him—the economics and history of piracy; the effects of post-colonialism; the politics of hostage negotiation and ransom; while also conjuring the various faces of Islam—and places his ordeal in the context of the larger political and historical issues."--Page [2] of cover
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Moore, Michael Scott
- Dewey number
- 364.15/4092
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- HV6604.S58
- LC item number
- M66 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Moore, Michael Scott
- Kidnapping victims
- Kidnapping
- Hostages
- Pirates
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- HISTORY / Africa / East
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights
- Label
- The desert and the sea : 977 days captive on the Somali pirate coast, Michael Scott Moore
- Note
- Includes glossary of names
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The rumor kitchen -- Underworld -- Living in civilization keeps us civilized -- The ambiguous Asian fishing boat -- Flight -- No God but God -- The hostage cookbook -- Stronger than dirt -- Fugue
- Control code
- ocn967079760
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 451 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062449177
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
- (OCoLC)967079760
- Label
- The desert and the sea : 977 days captive on the Somali pirate coast, Michael Scott Moore
- Note
- Includes glossary of names
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The rumor kitchen -- Underworld -- Living in civilization keeps us civilized -- The ambiguous Asian fishing boat -- Flight -- No God but God -- The hostage cookbook -- Stronger than dirt -- Fugue
- Control code
- ocn967079760
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 451 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062449177
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
- (OCoLC)967079760
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