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• Alive

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  A truly remarkable story of survival.

• Frozen in Time

  An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II

  Zuckoff, Mitchell

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  This fascinating story of WWII reads like a great mystery.

• The Tiger

  a True Story of Vengeance and Survival

  Vaillant, John

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  In many ways a classic story of man against beast. Amazing events well-told.

• The Indifferent Stars Above

  the Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride

  Brown, Daniel James, 1951-

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  This is a good one! Brown follows a single family on their journey which makes this all the more heart-wrenching. You'll never think of California the same way.

• In the Heart of the Sea

  the Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

  Philbrick, Nathaniel

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  A complex and historical look at the Nantucket's whalers. Full of detail, but keeps the action moving, pulling you into this dangerous world.

• Kon-Tiki

  Across the Pacific by Raft

  Heyerdahl, Thor

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  This is one of those stories that reads like fiction - none of this should ever have actually been accomplished. So interesting; the movie version is also well done.

• The Children's Blizzard

  Laskin, David, 1953-

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  This was a book I stumbled upon and was so glad I did. Anyone who has lived on the prairies will understand in their gut how this all happened.

• Into Thin Air

  a Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster

  Krakauer, Jon

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  One of the first big blockbuster books about Everest, Krakauer tells a good story and explains how this disaster all unfolded. But I would be remiss not to also recommend Anatoli Boukreev's book The Climb, which is about the same events.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Climb

  Boukreev, Anatoli

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  This books relates the events of the Everest disaster that Jon Krakauer made famous in his book, Into Thin Air. But Boukreev was a guide on that trip, not a client. His account is quite different.

• Annapurna :

  a Woman's Place

  Blum, Arlene

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  Try this book for woman's perspective on high mountaineering.

• Into the Wild

  Krakauer, Jon

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  This books by Jon Krakauer has been praised and dismissed in turns. Some people find it inspiring and freeing and some feel it has wrongly glorified the actions of Christopher McCandless. Try it and see. Yet also read McCandless's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Wild Truth

  McCandless, Carine

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  Read this along with Into The Wild to balance the story. A life of freedom, or a life full of tragedy?