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The greatest survival stories ever told
Title:
The greatest survival stories ever told
ISBN:
9781585742387
Publication Information:
Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, c2001.
Physical Description:
xi, 324 p.
Contents:
Leiningen versus the ants / Carl Stephenson -- To build a fire / Jack London -- Cooper's Creek / Alan Moorehead -- Walk well, my brother / Farley Mowat -- Three Skeleton Key / George G. Toudouze -- Shipwreck of the Whaleship Essex / Owen Chase -- The most dangerous game / Richard Connell -- "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" / Rudyard Kipling -- A first-rate tragedy / Diana Preston -- Two mountain men / George Laycock -- Three days / John Haines -- The open boat / Stephen Crane -- The long walk / Slavomir Rawicz -- Alive / Piers Paul Read -- Annapurna / Maurice Herzog -- The boat journey / Sir Ernest Shackleton --The Devil's Thumb / Jon Krakauer.
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