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    Lost!: A Harrowing True Story of Disaster at Sea
    Lost!: A Harrowing True Story of Disaster at Sea
    Lost!: A Harrowing True Story of Disaster at Sea
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    Lost!: A Harrowing True Story of Disaster at Sea

    Written by Thomas Thompson

    Narrated by Shawn Compton

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    In July 1973, Bob Tininenko; his wife, Linda; and his brother in-law, Jim Fisher, set sail from Tacoma, Washington, on a thirty-one-foot trimaran down the West Coast to Costa Rica. The journey was expected to take a matter of weeks, but ten days into the cruise, the party encountered a freak storm off the coast of northern California. When gale-force winds and fifty-foot waves capsized their boat, the voyage became a nightmare.

    For seventy-two days, the trio was lost at sea. Challenged by nature and compromised by a bitter rivalry, their courage and will to live was put to the ultimate test. Jim, the owner and skipper of the boat, was a devout fundamentalist whose recognition of God's will in every event brought him into increasing conflict with his brother-in-law. As the two men battled to take control of a dire situation, Linda kept a secret that would lead to heartrending tragedy.

    A "hair-raising" (Houston Chronicle) account of shipwreck and survival and a searing portrait of faith without reason, Lost! is an unforgettable true story from "a writer of tremendous power and achievement" (Detroit Free Press).
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateApr 16, 2019
    ISBN9781541403543
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    Thomas Thompson

    Thomas Thompson (1933–1982) was a bestselling author and one of the finest investigative journalists of his era. Born in Forth Worth, Texas, he graduated from the University of Texas at Austin and began his career at the Houston Press. He joined Life as an editor and staff writer in 1961 and covered many major news stories for the magazine, including the assassination of John F. Kennedy. As Paris bureau chief, Thompson reported on the Six-Day War and was held captive by the Egyptian government along with other Western journalists. His first two books—Hearts (1971), about the rivalry between two famous Houston cardiovascular surgeons, and Richie (1973), the account of a Long Island father who killed his drug-addicted son—established Thompson’s reputation as an originator, along with Truman Capote, of the “nonfiction novel.” In 1976, Thompson published Blood and Money, an investigation into the deaths of Texas socialite Joan Robinson Hill and her husband, John Hill. It sold four million copies in fourteen languages and won the Edgar Award and the Texas Institute of Letters prize for best nonfiction book. To research Serpentine (1979), an account of convicted international serial killer Charles Sobhraj, Thompson flew around the world three times and spent two years in Asia. His other books include Lost! (1975), a true story of shipwreck and survival, and the novel Celebrity (1982), a six-month national bestseller. Among numerous other honors, Thompson received the National Headliner Award for investigative reporting and the Sigma Delta Chi medallion for distinguished magazine writing.  

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    • 5/5
      This is a sad story. I hope everyone that reads or hears it understands what I got out of it. Jim lied about everything. Jim put these people in this mess. And then sat back and said this is the Lord’s Will. The Lord will bring us through in His time. I don’t know what else to say. But this is not the way God works. Jim you’ve left a terrible witness to others. My God have mercy on your soul.
    • 5/5
      This was spell binding . It’s a tragic tell that is told by the only survivor
    • 5/5
      Very captivating story -- well told! Personal familarity with Pacific NW setting added interest.
    • 3/5
      I read this sometime in the 1970s. My impression at that time was: Well now, here is a tragedy of the first water, deserving of a treatment by Tom Stoppard. Everything a good tragedy requires is here. We see here the death of a true believer after he witnesses the death of an innocent victim of his hubris, incompetence and willful ignorance. And it is the atheistic apostate who lives to tell the tale. Amazing.