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Great American Survival Stories: Lyons Press Classics
Fifteen gripping tales of determination, strength of mind, perseverance, and fortitude.

Although survival is often taken for granted - something every human strives to achieve on a daily basis - it is just this everyday imperative that makes for the most exciting stories. When something goes wrong, when survival is threatened, often by something as simple and sudden as a boat overturning or a traveler losing his way, this is when the necessity of survival is no longer just another daily chore. This is when something as intrinsic as breathing or swallowing becomes the most essential need and the most sought-after desire.

Great American Survival Stories includes contributions from Jack London, Theodore Roosevelt, John Wesley Powell, Owen Chase, John Muir, 'sborne Russell, Stephen Crane, Francis Parkman, Henry David Thoreau, Richard Henry Dana Jr., and others.
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Great American Survival Stories: Lyons Press Classics
Fifteen gripping tales of determination, strength of mind, perseverance, and fortitude.

Although survival is often taken for granted - something every human strives to achieve on a daily basis - it is just this everyday imperative that makes for the most exciting stories. When something goes wrong, when survival is threatened, often by something as simple and sudden as a boat overturning or a traveler losing his way, this is when the necessity of survival is no longer just another daily chore. This is when something as intrinsic as breathing or swallowing becomes the most essential need and the most sought-after desire.

Great American Survival Stories includes contributions from Jack London, Theodore Roosevelt, John Wesley Powell, Owen Chase, John Muir, 'sborne Russell, Stephen Crane, Francis Parkman, Henry David Thoreau, Richard Henry Dana Jr., and others.
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Great American Survival Stories: Lyons Press Classics

Great American Survival Stories: Lyons Press Classics

by Lamar Underwood (Editor)
Great American Survival Stories: Lyons Press Classics
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Great American Survival Stories: Lyons Press Classics

Great American Survival Stories: Lyons Press Classics

by Lamar Underwood (Editor)

Overview

Fifteen gripping tales of determination, strength of mind, perseverance, and fortitude.

Although survival is often taken for granted - something every human strives to achieve on a daily basis - it is just this everyday imperative that makes for the most exciting stories. When something goes wrong, when survival is threatened, often by something as simple and sudden as a boat overturning or a traveler losing his way, this is when the necessity of survival is no longer just another daily chore. This is when something as intrinsic as breathing or swallowing becomes the most essential need and the most sought-after desire.

Great American Survival Stories includes contributions from Jack London, Theodore Roosevelt, John Wesley Powell, Owen Chase, John Muir, 'sborne Russell, Stephen Crane, Francis Parkman, Henry David Thoreau, Richard Henry Dana Jr., and others.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781493029631
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 09/01/2017
Series: Classic
Pages: 368
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Lamar Underwood is the former editor-in-chief of Sports Afield and Outdoor Life magazines. He is author of the novel, On Dangerous Ground, Doubleday, 1989, and is editor of several anthologies for Lyons Press. These include, Greatest Fishing Stories Ever Told, Greatest Hunting Stories Ever Told, Into the Backing, Greatest Adventure Stories Ever Told, and several others.

Table of Contents

About this Book by Lamar Underwood

1. The Storm by Lafcadio Hearn

2. The River of Doubt by Theodore Roosevelt

3. Two Mountain Men by George Laycock

4. To Build a Fire by Jack London

5. The Great Unknown by John Wesley Powell

6. Shipwreck of the Whaleship Essex by Owen Chase

7. An Adventure with a Dog and a Glacier by John Muir

8. Encounter with the Blackfeet by 'sborne Russell

9. On Dangerous Ground by Lamar Underwood

10. The Open Boat by Stephen Crane

11. On the Oregon Trail by Francis Parkman

12. The Battle of the Marten and the Porcupine by Mayne Reid

13. Around the Horn by Richard Henry Dana Jr.

14. Love of Life by Jack London

15. Survival at Walden by Henry David Thoreau

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