"Young and in love, their lives ahead of them, Tami Oldham and her fiancé Richard Sharp set sail from Tahiti under brilliant blue skies, with Tami's hometown of San Diego as their ultimate destination. But the two free spirits and avid sailors couldn't anticipate that less than two weeks into their voyage, they would sail directly into one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history. They found themselves battling pounding rain, waves...

"Red Sky in Mourning" is the true story of Tami Oldham Ashcraft's 41-day journey to safety through a killer hurricane at sea, which she survived through fortitude and sheer strength of character. Interspersed with flashbacks to her romance with her doomed fiance Richard who was onboard with her, this survival story offers a triumphant, life-affirming ending.

"On 16 September 1945, Elmer Renner and thirty-one shipmates aboard a U.S. Navy minesweeper off the coast of Okinawa endured one of the worst typhoons in recorded history. Named Makurazaki by the Japanese, the storm capsized Renner's ship and sent many of the crew to the bottom of the Pacific. Built for coastal waters, YMS-472 simply could not withstand the huge seas. Renner and eight others, however, managed to ride out the final fury of the typhoon...

"An illustrated edition of the firsthand account of the whaler Essex's attack and sinking by a sperm whale, the inspiration for Moby-Dick. Includes a new introduction and supplementary extracts from a variety of sources"--