Impossible odds : the kidnapping of Jessica Buchanan and her dramatic rescue by SEAL Team Six
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Published
New York : Atria Books, 2013.
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
ISBN
9781476725161 (hbk.), 9781476725161, 1476725160
Physical Desc
vii, 310 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm
Status
Adult Nonfiction (3rd floor)
NF 364.154 BUCHANA 2013
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NF 364.154 BUCHANA 2013
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Published
New York : Atria Books, 2013.
Format
Book
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781476725161 (hbk.), 9781476725161, 1476725160
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 287) and index.
Description
A harrowing and heart-wrenching memoir of humanitarian aid worker Buchanan's kidnapping by Somali land pirates, her three months in captivity, her rescue by the Navy SEALs, and her husband's extraordinary efforts to help bring her home. In 2006, 27-year-old Jessica Buchanan arrived in Nairobi, Kenya, with long-held dreams of helping to educate African children. By 2009, she had met and married a Swede named Erik Landemalm, who worked to coordinate humanitarian aid with authorities in Africa. They moved to Somalia with hopes of starting a family. Then on October 25, 2011, Jessica and a colleague were kidnapped and held for ransom by a band of Somali pirates. For the next three months, Jessica was terrorized by more than two dozen gangsters, held in filthy conditions, and kept on a starvation diet. Every terrifying moment she spent suffering in captivity was matched by that of her adoring husband working behind the scenes to deal with her captors. After 93 days of fruitless negotiations, and with Jessica's medical state becoming a life-or-death issue, President Barack Obama ordered Navy SEAL Team Six to attempt a rescue. On January 25, 2012, the team of twenty-four SEALs attacked and killed all nine heavily armed hostiles. In riveting detail, this book chronicles Jessica and Erik's mutual journey during those torturous months.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Buchanan, J., Landemalm, E., & Flacco, A. (2013). Impossible odds: the kidnapping of Jessica Buchanan and her dramatic rescue by SEAL Team Six (First Atria Books hardcover edition.). Atria Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Buchanan, Jessica, Erik. Landemalm and Anthony Flacco. 2013. Impossible Odds: The Kidnapping of Jessica Buchanan and Her Dramatic Rescue By SEAL Team Six. Atria Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Buchanan, Jessica, Erik. Landemalm and Anthony Flacco. Impossible Odds: The Kidnapping of Jessica Buchanan and Her Dramatic Rescue By SEAL Team Six Atria Books, 2013.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Buchanan, Jessica., Erik Landemalm, and Anthony Flacco. Impossible Odds: The Kidnapping of Jessica Buchanan and Her Dramatic Rescue By SEAL Team Six First Atria Books hardcover edition., Atria Books, 2013.
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