Description

Not Without Hope is the true story of the headline-making tragedy that took the lives of three football players: NFL stars Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith, and Will Bleakley from the University of South Florida. Told by the sole survivor of the ill-fated fishing trip, Nick Schuyler, with New York Times bestselling author and sports journalist Jere Longford, Not Without Hope is an inspiring and unforgettable story of courage and strength, friendship and loss, and, most importantly, hope, in the vein of Touching the Void, Into Thin Air, Between a Rock and a Hard Place, and Piers Paul Read’s classic survival tale, Alive.

About the Author

Nick Schuyler is a former college football player and a personal trainer in Tampa, Florida.

Jeré Longman is a sports reporter for the New York Times whose books include the national bestseller Among the Heroes: United Flight 93 and the Passengers and Crew Who Fought Back and The Hurricanes: One High School Team's Homecoming After Katrina, chosen by Slate magazine as one of the Best Books of 2008.

Praise For…

“A harrowing account of his grim ordeal at sea...a nightmare of exhaustion, madness and death.” — Washington Post

“Eye-opener.” — USA Today

“Still haunted by the experience and the rumors that followed...Schuyler has written a memoir to set the record straight.” — People

“A harrowing tale...The story [that] made headlines all over the world.” — New York Post

“A compelling account of tragedy at sea.” — Cleveland Plain Dealer

“A profoundly sad struggle.” — Bloomberg News