A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea
Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9781400166862 (1400166861)
Publish date: April 19th 2010
Publisher: Tantor Media
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
History,
Survival,
Media Tie In,
Movies,
War,
Military
People who loved the feelgood story of a courageous sea captain fighting against pirates and heroically sacrificing himself for the greater good will probably want to skip this review. People with a low tolerance for high-handed arrogance would do well to skip this book. First off, I read it becau...
I read this book as I wanted to compare it to the movie "Captain Phillips", which I thoroughly enjoyed. Quite frankly, from reading other reviews, I wasn't expecting too much from this book. However, I did actually enjoy it! The reason that I gave this book 3 stars was because it could be massively ...
11/10/13** After seeing the movie, I was very interested in reading the book. The movie left out parts of the backstory - how Rich Phillips progressed up the career ladder, where he started. It also left out how his wife was coping while he was a hostage. I read this in a day and thoroughly enjoye...