Books with title Men Against the Sea

A thrilling, heartfelt adventure.An action packed tale of daring, courage, overcoming insurmountable odds, and the strength of friendship. When the world turns its back on Alex Thompson, the son of a fisherman, his life is shattered. He meets Jack, a retired Navy mechanic, and his granddaughter Maureen who’s past is her own dark secret. Together they stumble on a sunken Navy ship worth millions. Join them as they journey from the depths of despair to the depths of the ocean, battling the perils of wind, waves and a ruthless corporation who will stop at nothing to get the wreck first. With the help of a group of old veterans with nothing to lose, they plot a course straight into harm’s way. When two damaged souls come together to salvage a wreck, can they salvage themselves in the process? Will they find the healing they so desperately need, or will they, too be swallowed whole by the Atlantic?

Unsurpassed as a gripping tale of historical adventure, Men Against the Sea is the epic account of the eighteen loyal men set adrift on the high seas after the mutiny on the Bounty. With Captain Bligh at the helm of a 23-foot open launch, the loyal sailors are alone on uncharted waters, struggling to survive on scant rations and taking pains to avoid war canoes and inhabited islands under cover of night. Their 3,600-mile voyage from the island of Tofoa in the Friendly Archipelago to the Dutch East Indies remains to this day one of the greatest feats of courage and endurance in maritime history. "Splendid...Nordhoff and Hall have done a magnificent job in narrative Captain Bligh's remarkable feat." --Chicago Tribune

James Norman Hall (1887–1951) was an American author best known for the novel Mutiny on the Bounty with co-author Charles Bernard Nordhoff (1887–1947) an English-born American novelist and traveler. Mutiny on the Bounty is the title of the 1932 novel by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall, based on the mutiny against Lieutenant William Bligh, commanding officer of the Bounty in 1789. It has been made into several films and a musical. It was the first of what became "The Bounty Trilogy", which continues with Men Against the Sea, and concludes with Pitcairn's Island.