The Poseidon Adventure by Paul Gallico
The high-octane thriller that inspired the Academy Award-winning film: On a sinking cruise ship, passengers fight rising water--and each other--to survive. On its maiden voyage, luxury ocean liner SS Poseidon is capsized by a massive undersea earthquake. A handful of survivors must fight for their lives--struggling to make it from the upper deck of the ship to the hull, the only part above water, before the ship sinks. Faced with rising water and the violence of desperate passengers and crewmembers, the group must do everything it can to survive--before time runs out. Adapted into an award-winning film by Irwin Allen, The Poseidon Adventure is a thrilling tale with timeless suspense and excitement.Paul Gallico (1897-1976) was a well-known sports columnist, scriptwriter, and author of both adult and children's novels. He was born in New York City to an Italian immigrant musician father and a singer mother, and he supported himself at Columbia University by teaching children and working as a longshoreman. He began his career as a reporter for the New York Daily News, where he quickly became known for his encounters with notable athletes of the time. He switched to fiction after publishing the essay Goodbye to Sport in 1937 and pieces in Cosmopolitan, The Saturday Evening Post, and The New Yorker. The novella The Snow Goose (1941) is one of his forty-one books, as is Manxmouse (1968), which is frequently quoted by J.K. Rowling.
Mrs. Rowling as a favorite author); Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris (1958) and its four sequels; and The Poseidon Adventure (1969), which served as the inspiration for the massively popular 1972 blockbuster. Gallico spent most of his life abroad of the United States, primarily in England, Antibes, and Monaco, from 1950 till his death.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780143037637 |
| ISBN 10 | 0143037633 |
| Title | The Poseidon Adventure |
| Author | Paul Gallico |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 2006-04-21 |
| Number of pages | 347 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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