The Raft - Robert Trumball

The Raft

The Raft written by Robert Trumbull is the basis to the NEW film Ghosts in the Pacific.

The book was reviewed in 2009 by Utah Preppers in 2009. The Review can be read below.

The plane sunk from below their feet into the depths of the deep blue abyss. Three naval airmen now find themselves floating alone in endless waves and ocean expanse. This is a gripping true story of their grueling adventure adrift at sea for 34 days in a rubber raft not much bigger than a bathtub.

Preparedness lessons learned from this book include:

• No matter how bad it may get, it will never be as bad as these guys had it.
• Resourcefulness – From next to nothing to absolutely nothing, they made use of their resources of tools, supplies, knowledge and experience.
• Interesting study on the effects of dehydration and starvation.
• Sometimes miracles only happen once we’ve arrived at the limits of Hades.

I read this book recently as a bedtime story for my 9 and 6 year old boys. It’s a quick, easy read that mixes adventure with preparedness lessons. The Raft had enough suspense, adventure, guns, sharks, storms and peril to keep my kids’ attention and wanting for “just one more chapter” each night. My wife was even hooked in for the last half of the book and kept joining us nightly until the end.

Don’t expect to come away from this book with a list of, “I’m going to do this, and this and this” as practical examples from this book. Instead you’ll come away with a stronger conviction that no matter how bad it gets, if God wants me to survive, I’ll stay alive and thrive. This is a story of courage and the indomitable human spirit that we should all acquire so that we can thrive through any challenge that the future might hold.

This is one of those “can’t put it down” adventure books that pulls you in from the start and won’t let you go until you reach The End. To read the first few chapters or pages online so that you can get hooked, go to Google Books ». And of course it’s available via Amazon: The Raft

For a taster of the book pop over to Google Books where you can excerpts from Chapter 1  CLICK HERE