01577cam a2200397 i 4500 2476565796 TxAuBib 20250813120000.0 180502s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2018072609 9780062449177 0062449176 9780062449184 0062449184 (OCoLC)1035946147 TxAuBib rda Moore, Michael Scott, author. The desert and the sea : 977 days captive on the Somali pirate coast / by Michael Scott Moore. New York, N.Y. : Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018] 451 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. Journalist Michael Scott Moore traveled to Africa to write about piracy, but he himself was kidnapped by Somali pirates. After 977 days of injury, starvation, isolation, and terror, his ransom was paid. Here, Moore blends personal narrative and investigative journalism in his memoir of his three-year captivity. 20250813. Moore, Michael Scott. Journalists United States Biography. Kidnapping victims Somalia. Kidnapping Somalia. Pirates. Africa. Biographies. lcgft Memoirs. TXKPL