The outlaw ocean : journeys across the last untamed frontier / Ian Urbina.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780451492944
- ISBN: 0451492943
- ISBN: 9781524711641
- ISBN: 1524711640
- Physical Description: xiv, 544 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [423]-519) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Storming the Thunder -- The lone patrol -- A rusty kingdom -- The scofflaw fleet -- Adelaide's voyage -- Jail without bars -- Raider of the lost arks -- The middlemen -- The next frontier -- Sea slavery -- Waste away -- Fluid borders -- Armed and dangerous -- The Somali 7 -- Hunting hunters -- Epilogue: a void -- Appendix: reining in the outlaw ocean. |
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Genre: | Travel writing. Travel writing. |
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Homer Public Library | 639.2 URB (Text) | 000152774 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
Author Notes
The Outlaw Ocean : Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier
IAN URBINA is the director of the Outlaw Ocean Project and an investigative reporter who writes regularly for The New York Times, The Atlantic, National Geographic and other venues. He has won a Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News and a George Polk Award for Foreign Reporting. Several of his stories have been developed into major feature films and one was nominated for an Emmy Award. He has degrees in history and cultural anthropology from Georgetown University and the University of Chicago. Before being on staff at the Times for nearly two decades, he wrote about the Middle East and Africa for various outlets, including the Los Angeles Times, Vanity Fair , and Harper's Magazine. He lives in Washington D.C., with his family.www.theoutlawocean.com