02284cam a2200421 i 4500 1898994850 TxAuBib 20250129120000.0 u 241230s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780063338067 hardcover 0063338068 hardcover TxAuBib rda Pearl, Matthew, author. Save our souls : the true story of a castaway family, treachery, and murder / Matthew Pearl. Save our souls. SOS. SOS : the true story of a castaway family, treachery, and murder. First edition. New York, NY : Harper, 2025. 254 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent z rdamedia zu rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. In the late 19th century, a shark fishing boat disappeared. On board the doomed vessel were the Walkers--the ship's captain Frederick, his wife Elizabeth, their three teenage sons, and their dog--along with the ship's crew. The family had spotted a promising fishing location when a terrible storm arose, splitting their vessel in two and leaving those onboard adrift on the perilous sea. When the castaways awoke the next morning, they discovered they had been washed ashore on Sand Island, which was inhabited by a large but ragged and emaciated man who introduced himself as Hans. Hans appeared to have been there for a while and could quickly educate the Walkers and their crew on the island's resources. But Hans had a secret, and as the Walker family gradually came to learn more, what seemed like a stroke of luck to have the mysterious man's assistance became something ominous, something darker. 20250129. Walker family. Sailing ships. Castaways American Samoa Rose Atoll. Shipwrecks Midway Islands. Survival at sea American Samoa Rose Atoll. True crime stories. BSBPL