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Published
Abc Books, July 2025
ISBN
9780733343803
Format
Softcover, 352 pages

Back From The Dead The astonishing true story of the Blythe Star, based on the award-winning ABC podcast Expanse

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1973: Ten men, shipwrecked and alone in a life raft on the wild Southern Ocean off Tasmania, are declared dead by the authorities. Can they survive the un-survivable?

This is the astonishing story of the sinking of the coastal freighter the M.V. Blythe Star, which sparked the most extensive sea and air search at the time and left ten men, including 18-year-old Mick Doleman, in a tiny life raft at the mercy of the wild southern ocean - and all given up for dead.

Twelve days later, three ravaged and starving men were found wandering on a remote logging trail in a southern peninsula of Tasmania and their story would shock the nation ... and leave a powerful legacy in its wake.

This is a wild, stunning story of survival in one of the most challenging environments on earth and an extraordinary story of human endurance, written by Piia Wirsu, the producer and narrator of the award-winning season of the ABC podcast Expanse, 'From the Dead', with Mick Doleman, now the only surviving crew-member of the Blythe Star, who became a global influence in maritime safety.

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