I picked up this book at the Philadelphia Airport on my way back from the Caribbean. It instantly drew me in and I ended up reading the entire book in just a couple of days. It is the story of a man who attempted to sail across the Atlantic and back by himself, and ended up sinking just as he started his return voyage. He then floated by himself on a life raft for 76 days until he reached the Caribbean and was finally found. His story was later recounted on Animal Planet's TV series "I Shouldn't Be Alive".