03532cam a2200373 4500 584504042 TxAuBib 20220519120000.0 ||||||s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780316372602 0316372609 B003D20RSW Amazon 72364862-21e8-4880-b788-b57fed47f1ae OverDrive (Reserve ID) 317055 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Phillips, Richard. A Captain's Duty [Libby eBook] : Somali Pirates, Navy Seals, and My Dangerous Days at Sea. Hachette Books, 2010. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 463kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:"I share the country's admiration for the bravery of Captain Phillips and his selfless concern for his crew. His courage is a model for all Americans."<br /> —President Barack Obama<br /> It was just another day on the job for fifty-three-year-old Richard Phillips, captain of the Maersk Alabama, the United States-flagged cargo ship which was carrying, among other things, food and agricultural materials for the World Food Program. That all changed when armed Somali pirates boarded the ship. The pirates didn't expect the crew to fight back, nor did they expect Captain Phillips to offer himself as hostage in exchange for the safety of his crew. Thus began the tense five-day stand-off, which ended in a daring high-seas rescue when U.S. Navy SEALs opened fire and picked off three of the captors.<br /> "It never ends like this," Captain Phillips said.<br /> And he's right.<br /> A Captain's Duty tells the life-and-death drama of the Vermont native who was held captive on a tiny lifeboat off Somalia's anarchic, gun-plagued shores. A story of adventure and courage, it provides the intimate details of this high-seas hostage-taking—the unbearable heat, the death threats, the mock executions, and the escape attempt. When the pirates boarded his ship, Captain Phillips put his experience into action, doing everything he could to safeguard his crew. And when he was held captive by the pirates, he marshaled all his resources to ensure his own survival, withstanding intense physical hardship and an escalating battle of wills with the pirates. This was it: the moment where training meets instinct and where character is everything. Richard Phillips was ready. Biography & Autobiography. True Crime. Nonfiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-17 20:00:03. Talty, Stephan. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0017-1/723/648/62/CaptainsDuty9781401395117.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=72364862-21E8-4880-B788-B57FED47F1AE&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0017-1/723/648/62/CaptainsDuty9781401395117.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=72364862-21E8-4880-B788-B57FED47F1AE&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0017-1/723/648/62/CaptainsDuty9781401395117.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=72364862-21E8-4880-B788-B57FED47F1AE&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)