83 days;: The survival of Seaman Izzi,

by Mark Murphy

1943, hardcover, Dutton, NY, 124 pages, b&w photos throughout. A true story of a naval seaman who was aboard a ship that was torpedoed and sunk in the South Atlantic. Izzi was stranded on a heavy wooden raft, which eventually drifted over 2,400 miles. 83 days later, he and his few surviving comrades were picked up at sea.

124 pages, Hardcover