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Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of SurvivalSkeletons on the Zahara chronicles the true story of twelve 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 perilous heart of the Sahara. The western Sahara is a baking hot and desolate place, home only to nomads and their camels, and to locusts, snails and thorny scrub and its barren and ever changing coastline has baffled
Skeletons on the Zahara chronicles the true story of twelve 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 perilous heart of the Sahara. The western Sahara is a baking hot and desolate place, home only to nomads and their camels, and to locusts, snails and thorny scrub -- and its barren and ever-changing coastline has baffled sailors for centuries. In August 1815, the US brig Commerce was dashed against Cape Bojador and lost, although through bravery and quick thinking the ship's captain, James Riley, managed to lead all of his crew to safety. What followed was an extraordinary and desperate battle for survival in the face of human hostility, starvation, dehydration, death and despair. Captured, robbed and enslaved, the sailors were dragged and driven through the desert by their new owners, who neither spoke their language nor cared for their plight. Reduced to drinking urine, flayed by the sun, crippled by walking miles across burning stones and sand and losing over half of their body weights, the sailors struggled to hold onto both their humanity and their sanity. To reach safety, they would have to overcome not only the desert but also the greed and anger of those who would keep them in captivity. From the cold waters of the Atlantic to the searing Saharan sands, from the heart of the desert to the heart of man, Skeletons on the Zahara is a spectacular odyssey through the extremes and a gripping account of courage, brotherhood, and survival.Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: 04/12/2005
ISBN: 9780316159357
Pages: 351
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.28h x 6.62w x 1.11d
Review Citations: New York Times 05/01/2005 pg. 28
Ingram Advance 04/01/2005 pg. 96
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 77449 / Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival
Reading Level: 8.6 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 20
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Serves purpose and holds what it was intended to
Color: 2 Tier-Black, Color: 2 Tier-Black
I like it. Keeps things organized and handy in small kitchen. The attachable bin holding my brushes I put on outside of unit not inside as company pics show it. That bin only has one clip to hold it in place. This makes it a little wobbly if you want to place it on the outside like I did. I used 2 trash bag twisties to help tighten it into place. Doing this made it no longer lose and the inside area space larger to hold both of my soaps. Fits everything I need it to. I appreciated the little lever on bottom that moves for water drainage. My sink design doesn’t work for the other drainage design I found these to have online.
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My new kitchen favorite!!! Looks just like picture!
Color: 2 Tier-Black
Love this, looks just like picture. Fits perfect by my sink and the drain spout positions right into sink. Holds quite a few things. A kitchen must have! Well made, stays put, easy to rinse when needed and my room mate loved it too!
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Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Great sink organizer
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I've been searching seems like forever for something to make my kitchen sink look more organized and this caddy solves my problem!! I found a different use for the basket that holds a scrub brush since I don't use one of those. Nice design that fits my kitchen objects and no worries about removing a tray to empty water out. I used the adhesive holder to attach it to the wall behind the sink but one corner is peeling off, causing the basket to hand on that side. :( It would have been nice to have a replacement for that, but overall I'm pretty impressed with this thing!!
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Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2026
★★★★★ 5
looks great in my kitchen
Color: 2 Tier-Black
This goes together easy and works great.
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★★★★★ 5
Worth every penny!!
Color: Black
This kitchen sink caddy was exactly what I wanted. It's well made and small enough to fit on my new sink. It holds soap, dish rag or small sponge, drain stopper, and my two scrub brushes. Looks good, too
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