A Furnace Afloat: The Wreck of the Hornet and the Harrowing 4,300-mile Voyage of Its Survivors

Traces the story of an 1866 American clipper ship that accidentally caught on fire and sank, stranding its crews on three small life boats for more than six weeks—with limited resources and under the burning sun—before they resorted to cannibalism and eventually reached Hawaii. 25,000 first printing.