The Raft by Robert Trumbull - 1959

New York, NY: Pyramid Books, 1959 Pyramid Books, New York. 1959. Mass Market Paperback. First Edition by Pyramid. Pyramid P38. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Good; toned pages; light edgewear; superficial folds on front wrap; light rubbing to panels. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 128 pp 12mo. This book documents the experiences of three US Navy aviators (pilot Harold F. Dixon, Anthony "Tony" Pastula and Gene Aldrich), the crew of a TBD Devastator 0335 from the USS enterprise. It was on a scouting mission, ran out of fuel, and ditched in the open sea on January 16, 1942 where the three men survived for 34 days in the plane's yellow 8' x' 4' emergency life raft. The eventually covered over a thousand miles before reaching PukaPuka island where they were rescued by native islanders and eventually picked up by the Navy and returned to Pearl Harbor where the interview occurred that is the basis for the book. A clean presentable copy.