Skeletons on the Sahara: A True Story of Survival

by Rabie Premier

Everywhere hailed as a masterpiece of historical adventure, this enthralling narrative recounts the experiences of 12 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 bone-dry heart of the Sahara. The ordeal of these men - who found themselves tested by barbarism, murder, starvation, death, dehydration, and hostile tribes that roamed the desert on camelback - is made indelibly vivid in this gripping account of courage, brotherhood, and survival.

Genres: Nonfiction

120 pages, Paperback

Published March 6, 2022

Reviews

[Chris Eck · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fascinating true story of American sailors shipwrecked on the African coast in 1815. A true survival story while enduring starvation, slavery, and dangerous conflicts while transversing the Sahara Desert with Arab rebels. Not for the faint of heart. Pretty disturbing descriptions of the worst kinds of misery and suffering. Loved that this memoir was so accurately preserved, interpreted and verified as true history.The facts were engaging and it read like a story. Epilogue stated that Captain Riley's historical memoir was printed and wildly popular up until the Civil War times. Even read by President Abraham Lincoln. If you liked Shackelton's Endurance, this book is for you, but set in an opposite environment.