Not Without Hope

By: Nick Schuyler, Jere Longman

Narrated by: Ramon de Ocampo

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.

I recommend it!

I can't say I loved this book because it was heartbreaking . But it really was a good book! I couldn't imagine all that Nick went through. I cried listening and felt like I was on the boat with them. I wanted so badly to save them all.

Glad I listened. Recommend

As a winter Floridian who lives just a half hour south of where these men launched on Feb 28, 2009, I remember well the local news story that became national headlines. I also recall the weather. Cold -windy- nasty! I recall telling my wife those nights, " I can't imagine being in the water on a night like tonight". I never dreamed there would be any survivors. That makes Nick Schyler's story all the more miraculous to me. I felt that cold front come through on land, I cannot imagine what it would have been like in the Gulf.
The narrative was a bit long and repetitious in places but then so were those 40 hours I suppose. I enjoyed the behind the scenes portions of the book and would have enjoyed expansion of the story from those perspectives. All in all a well written book, with excellent narration, looking past a couple of small mispronunciations of local names.

Gripping

Excellent book about an incredible quest to stay alive after a terrible boating accident. I really felt like I was there as these four football players struggled to stay alive in amazingly horrible conditions. Highly recommended.

Amazing story of survival and death at Sea.

Sad story but it does detail friendship, love for the ocean and how drastically wrong things can go in a moment. Prayers to the family !

amazing discoveries

I really enjoyed the story come to find out the rescue swimmer David Earls is the owner of the company I work for I couldn't believe it I chose to read this book out of the blue and here is someone that I know and that saved somebody's life pretty amazing coincidence I live in West Virginia very far from where this happened just shows you how much books can expand your views and knowledge of the world not to mention someone you might know lol Larry S.