Not Without Hope is the true story of the headline-making tragedy that took the lives of three football players: NFL stars Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith, and Will Bleakley from the University of South Florida.
Author(s): Nick Schuyler & Jere Longman
272 Pages
Biography + Autobiography, Memoirs
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About the Book
The true story of the headline-making tragedy that took the lives of three football players, "Not Without Hope" tells a tale of survival against unfathomable odds--told by the remarkable young man who alone survived.
Book Synopsis
Not Without Hope is the true story of the headline-making tragedy that took the lives of three football players: NFL stars Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith, and Will Bleakley from the University of South Florida. Told by the sole survivor of the ill-fated fishing trip, Nick Schuyler, with New York Times bestselling author and sports journalist Jere Longford, Not Without Hope is an inspiring and unforgettable story of courage and strength, friendship and loss, and, most importantly, hope, in the vein of Touching the Void, Into Thin Air, Between a Rock and a Hard Place, andPiers Paul Read's classic survival tale, Alive.
From the Back Cover
On February 28, 2009, Nick Schuyler went on a deep-sea fishing trip with three friends: NFL players Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith, and Will Bleakley, former University of South Florida football player and Nick's best friend. What was supposed to be a day of fun and relaxation aboard Cooper's twenty-one-foot vessel turned nightmarish in the Gulf of Mexico, seventy miles west of Tampa, Florida, when a tragic mistake caused their boat to capsize. With no food or water, no emergency beacon to alert authorities, the four athletes clung to the overturned hull through the night--battling hypothermia, hallucinations, hunger, dehydration, and huge pounding waves, as they prayed, spoke of their loved ones, and shared what they would have done differently with their lives. In the end, only one would reach dry land alive.
Much more than a riveting true account of survival, Not Without Hope is Nick Schuyler's inspiring story of courage, resolve, and friendship.
Review Quotes
"A harrowing account of his grim ordeal at sea...a nightmare of exhaustion, madness and death." - Washington Post
"Still haunted by the experience and the rumors that followed...Schuyler has written a memoir to set the record straight." - People
"A harrowing tale...The story [that] made headlines all over the world." - New York Post
"A compelling account of tragedy at sea." - Cleveland Plain Dealer
"Eye-opener." - USA Today
"A profoundly sad struggle." - Bloomberg News
Dimensions (Overall): 7.96 Inches (H) x 5.34 Inches (W) x .67 Inches (D)
Weight: .44 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 272
Genre: Biography + Autobiography
Sub-Genre: Memoirs
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Format: Paperback
Author: Nick Schuyler & Jere Longman
Language: English
Street Date: January 1, 2011
TCIN: 1006477509
UPC: 9780061993985
Item Number (DPCI): 247-38-7802
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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