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Kristin Harty
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Delaware News Journal
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01/21/2007
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Serial
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Harty reconstructs the experiences of seven men who survive for two days in a small raft on the open sea.
Disaster-and-rescue stories, perhaps especially when they're about shipwrecks, seem particularly well-suited to suspenseful narrative: The stakes are clear, the pivotal events usually well-defined. We liked that Harty told the story exclusively from the men's perspective at the time, without retrospective quotes or references to rescue efforts. The result is tight, quick narrative.
To find the series, click on the button to the left, which will take you to the News Journal's special projects' index. Scroll down to the image of a boat on the water, the link for which will take you to the series' index page. Part One is at the top of the page, Part Two is listed last and Part Three is second.
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