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(More customer reviews)This book was really a joy to read. These are some of the best survival tales ever written. I even enjoyed the ones that I had read earlier as a boy. Indeed, I found that rereading them now at a much later stage of life I got more out of them. I think that this is because I could draw on personal life experiences that were at least mildly similar and recognize the truth and accuracy of the details.
The stories are:
1) To Build a Fire- Jack London
2) The Great Unknown- John Wesley Powell
3) The Battle of the Marten and the Porcupine- Mayne Reid
4) Robinson Crusoe- Daniel Defoe
5) Love of Life- Jack London
6) Shipwreck of the Whaleship Essex- Owen Chase
7) An Adventure with a Dog and a Glacier- John Muir
8) The Boat Journey- Sir Ernest Shackleton
9) Battle with the Giant Octopus- Victor Hugo
10) Encounter with the Blackfeet- Osborne Russell
11) Around the Horn- Richard Dana Jr.
12) The Worst Journey in the World- Apsley Cherry-Garrard
13) On Dangerous Ground- Lamar Underwood
Most of these are extracted from larger works and a list of sources is included in the back in case you want to track down the original book.
One last thing, as the author points out in the introduction, these stories are a much different thing than what one sees in "survivor" game shows on television. It isn't just that they represent real life or death trials. It is the fact that most often survival isn't about stabbing others in the back like rats- it is about selfless sacrifice for the other to see that everyone gets through. Touching on the edge of the abyss should bring out the highest, and not the animal-like lowest, in people.
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Anyone with a thirst for adventure and a courageous spirit will be captivated by the fifteen tales of endurance, determination, strength of mind, and perseverance recounted in this outstanding compilation. The stories in this book, be they fact or fiction, represent some of the most gripping and illuminating writing ever penned on the subject of survival. These tales take place across the globe, from the tops of mountains to deep inside canyons, from the North Pole to the South Pole.Included, among others, are:- To Build a Fire by Jack London- The Great Unknown by John Wesley Powell - The Open Boat by Stephen Crane - The Battle of the Marten and the Porcupine by Mary Reid - Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe - Battle with the Giant Octopus by Victor Hugo - On Dangerous Ground by Lamar UnderwoodTravel to the Arctic and battle minus-75-degree Fahrenheit temperatures, navigate treacherous, uncharted territory along the Colorado River in 1869, overcome the high seas in a ten-foot dinghy, or simply survive being stranded on a mysterious deserted island. All this and more can be found in these pages as you read about men testing the limits of human endurance and how truly, it is only the strong who survive.
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