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Captain Richard Phillips – A Captain’s Duty – SIGNED by Captain Phillips 2010
£125.00
A first edition, first printing of ‘A Captain’s Duty’ published by Hyperion in 2010. A fine book in fine unclipped wrapper. SIGNED by Phillips to the half-title page, ‘To Bernie/May your life be pirate free!/Smooth Seas stay strong/Good luck/Capt. Rich Phillips’.
Captain Richard Phillips is the American merchant mariner who commanded the ‘Maersk Alabama’ when it was hijacked by Somali pirates in 2009. To protect his crew, he offered himself as a hostage and was taken aboard a lifeboat. After a tense stand-off, he was rescued by U.S. Navy SEALs. His courage made global headlines, and his story was later portrayed by Tom Hanks in the 2013 film ‘Captain Phillips’, highlighting leadership under extreme pressure.
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A first edition, first printing of ‘A Captain’s Duty’ published by Hyperion in 2010. A fine book in fine unclipped wrapper. SIGNED by Phillips to the half-title page, ‘To Bernie/May your life be pirate free!/Smooth Seas stay strong/Good luck/Capt. Rich Phillips’.
Captain Richard Phillips is the American merchant mariner who commanded the ‘Maersk Alabama’ when it was hijacked by Somali pirates in 2009. To protect his crew, he offered himself as a hostage and was taken aboard a lifeboat. After a tense stand-off, he was rescued by U.S. Navy SEALs. His courage made global headlines, and his story was later portrayed by Tom Hanks in the 2013 film ‘Captain Phillips’, highlighting leadership under extreme pressure.
