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What is Skeletons on the Zahara about?
**A masterpiece of historical adventure, __Skeletons on the Zahara__ chronicles the true story of twelve American sailors who were shipwrecked off the coast of Africa in 1815, captured by desert nomads, sold into slavery, and subjected to a hellish two-month journey through the perilous heart of the Sahara.** The western Sahara is a baking hot and desolate place, home only to nomads and their camels, and to locusts, snails and thorny scrub—and its barren and ever-changing coastline has baffled sailors for centuries. In August 1815, the US brig __Commerce__ was dashed against Cape Bojador and lost, although through bravery and quick thinking the ship's captain, James Riley, managed to lead all of his crew to safety. What followed was an extraordinary and desperate battle for survival in the face of human hostility, starvation, dehydration, death and despair. Captured, robbed and enslaved, the sailors were dragged and driven through the desert by their new...
Who reads Skeletons on the Zahara?
It is typically read by collectors seeking rare, out-of-print or specialist editions.
Common subject areas: rare and out-of-print works.
- Author
- Dean King
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780759509702
- Category
- hobbies
- Subjects
- Engineering, Memoir, Biography
- Rating
- 4.4 / 5 (2,125 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14