Impossible odds : the kidnapping of Jessica Buchanan and her dramatic rescue by SEAL Team Six
Buchanan, Jessica2013
Book
In 2006, twenty-seven-year-old Jessica Buchanan arrived in Nairobi, Kenya, with a teaching degree and long-held dreams of helping to educate African children. By 2009, she had met and married the man of her dreams, a native Swede named Erik Landemalm, who worked to coordinate humanitarian aid with local authorities in Africa. But on October 25, 2011, Jessica and a male colleague were kidnapped at gunpoint and held for ransom by an organized band of Somali land pirates. In riveting detail, this book details Jessica and Erik's mutual journey during those torturous months.
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swinton Library | Adult Non Fiction | 364.154092 BUCHardback | Available |
Main title:
Impossible odds : the kidnapping of Jessica Buchanan and her dramatic rescue by SEAL Team Six / Jessica Buchanan and Erik Landemalm with Anthony Flacco.
Author:
Imprint:
New York : Atria Books, 2013.New York : Atria Books, 2013.
Collation:
vii, 310 pages, 8 unnumbered pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes QR code.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781476725161 (hbk)
Dewey class:
364.154092
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1177705