Word: dixons
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...eighth day Aldrich lost a finger nail when a shark nipped his hand. A leopard shark was shot before a squall left the pistol corroded. Dixon batted one shark on the nose with his fist and drove it away...
...13th day the men caught a "tern-like bird that tasted like dried chicken." But the confinement and lack of sleep were beginning to tell. With so little food, peristalsis had stopped. To keep all hands busy Dixon tied shoes to the men's wrists and made them paddle...
...21st day a floating coconut provided slightly brackish milk and meat. By then, as far as he could tell, Dixon was "somewhere in the vicinity of Ireland." Trying to catch another albatross, he had upset the boat and lost his chart...
...lost everything, including their clothes. Exhausted, when the storm subsided, they were stark naked. When the sun came out again, their only shelter was a tiny piece of fabric ripped off the oar pocket. On the 33rd day the raft capsized once more. "For the first time," Dixon said, "I was ready to give up." His nerves were so frayed that he flew into violent rages. But Aldrich and Pastula only stared at him. Then came the 34th day and Aldrich shouted: "Chief, I see a beautiful cornfield...
...Dixon was sure then that Aldrich "had gone." But ahead of them white rollers were breaking on an island beach and behind that there were rows of palms...