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Sufferings in Africa: The Incredible True Story of a Shipwreck, Enslavement, and Survival on the Sahara

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Sufferings in Africa: The Incredible True Story of a Shipwreck, Enslavement, and Survival on the Sahara - Riley, James, and King, Dean (Introduction by)
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Listed by Abraham Lincoln, alongside the Bible and Pilgrim's Progress , as one of the books that most influenced his life, few true tales of adventure and survival are as astonishing as this one. Shipwrecked off the western coast of North Africa in August of 1815, James Riley and his crew had no idea of the trials awaiting them as they gathered their beached belongings. They would be captured by a band of nomadic Arabs, herded across the Sahara Desert, beaten, forced to witness astounding brutalities, sold into slavery, ...

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Sufferings in Africa: The Incredible True Story of a Shipwreck, Enslavement, and Survival on the Sahara 2007, Skyhorse Publishing, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9781602390423

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