Real Life Adventure Stories From History
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True Adventure Stories
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Author : Paul Dowswell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
True Adventure Stories written by Paul Dowswell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Heroes categories.
Contains thirty-three true stories of survival, heroes, and spies from throughout history.
The Lost White Tribe
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Author : Michael Frederick Robinson
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2016
The Lost White Tribe written by Michael Frederick Robinson and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with History categories.
Michael F. Robinson traces the rise and fall of the Hamitic Hypothesis, the theory that whites had lived in Africa since antiquity, which held sway in Europe and in Africa in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Adventure Starts At Bedtime
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Author : Ness Knight
language : en
Publisher: Magic Cat
Release Date : 2020-06
Adventure Starts At Bedtime written by Ness Knight and has been published by Magic Cat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06 with categories.
30 true stories of danger and intrigue, written by a real-life female adventurer. Packed with near escapes and inspirational, re-live jaw-dropping moments from some of history's most intrepid adventurers in this book that will have young readers counting down the hours until bedtime.
The Moth And The Mountain
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Author : Ed Caesar
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2021-11-02
The Moth And The Mountain written by Ed Caesar and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"In the 1930s, as official government expeditions set their sights on conquering Mount Everest, a little-known World War I veteran named Maurice Wilson conceives his own crazy, beautiful plan: he will fly a plane from England to Everest, crash-land on its lower slopes, then become the first person to reach its summit--all utterly alone. Wilson doesn't know how to climb. He barely knows how to fly. But he has the right plane, the right equipment, and a deep yearning to achieve his goal. In 1933, he takes off from London in a Gipsy Moth biplane with his course set for the highest mountain on earth. Wilson's eleven-month journey to Everest is wild: full of twists, turns, and daring. Eventually, in disguise, he sneaks into Tibet. His icy ordeal is just beginning."--Provided by publisher.
Endurance
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Author : Alfred Lansing
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2014-04-29
Endurance written by Alfred Lansing and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-29 with History categories.
Experience one of the greatest adventure stories of the modern age in this New York Times bestseller: the harrowing tale of British explorer Ernest Shackleton's 1914 attempt to reach the South Pole. In August 1914, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton boarded the Endurance and set sail for Antarctica, where he planned to cross the last uncharted continent on foot. In January 1915, after battling its way through a thousand miles of pack ice and only a day's sail short of its destination, the Endurance became locked in an island of ice. Thus began the legendary ordeal of Shackleton and his crew of twenty-seven men. When their ship was finally crushed between two ice floes, they attempted a near-impossible journey over 850 miles of the South Atlantic's heaviest seas to the closest outpost of civilization. With an introduction by Nathaniel Philbrick, Endurance is the definitive account of Ernest Shackleton's fateful trip. Alfred Lansing brilliantly narrates the gripping and miraculous voyage that has defined heroism for the modern age.
Illustrated Book Of Great Adventures
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Author : Richard Platt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Illustrated Book Of Great Adventures written by Richard Platt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Adventure and adventurers categories.
This is a collection of true-life adventure stories of shipwrecks, storms, battles and bandits, collated from around the world. It features the great voyages of Marco Polo and Captain Cook as well as lesser known explorers. It also includes early accounts of exploration of unknown lands as well as modern tales of space travel.
Into Thin Air
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Author : Jon Krakauer
language : en
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date : 1998-11-12
Into Thin Air written by Jon Krakauer and has been published by Anchor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-11-12 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The epic account of the storm on the summit of Mt. Everest that claimed five lives and left countless more—including Krakauer's—in guilt-ridden disarray. "A harrowing tale of the perils of high-altitude climbing, a story of bad luck and worse judgment and of heartbreaking heroism." —PEOPLE A bank of clouds was assembling on the not-so-distant horizon, but journalist-mountaineer Jon Krakauer, standing on the summit of Mt. Everest, saw nothing that "suggested that a murderous storm was bearing down." He was wrong. By writing Into Thin Air, Krakauer may have hoped to exorcise some of his own demons and lay to rest some of the painful questions that still surround the event. He takes great pains to provide a balanced picture of the people and events he witnessed and gives due credit to the tireless and dedicated Sherpas. He also avoids blasting easy targets such as Sandy Pittman, the wealthy socialite who brought an espresso maker along on the expedition. Krakauer's highly personal inquiry into the catastrophe provides a great deal of insight into what went wrong. But for Krakauer himself, further interviews and investigations only lead him to the conclusion that his perceived failures were directly responsible for a fellow climber's death. Clearly, Krakauer remains haunted by the disaster, and although he relates a number of incidents in which he acted selflessly and even heroically, he seems unable to view those instances objectively. In the end, despite his evenhanded and even generous assessment of others' actions, he reserves a full measure of vitriol for himself. This updated trade paperback edition of Into Thin Air includes an extensive new postscript that sheds fascinating light on the acrimonious debate that flared between Krakauer and Everest guide Anatoli Boukreev in the wake of the tragedy. "I have no doubt that Boukreev's intentions were good on summit day," writes Krakauer in the postscript, dated August 1999. "What disturbs me, though, was Boukreev's refusal to acknowledge the possibility that he made even a single poor decision. Never did he indicate that perhaps it wasn't the best choice to climb without gas or go down ahead of his clients." As usual, Krakauer supports his points with dogged research and a good dose of humility. But rather than continue the heated discourse that has raged since Into Thin Air's denouncement of guide Boukreev, Krakauer's tone is conciliatory; he points most of his criticism at G. Weston De Walt, who coauthored The Climb, Boukreev's version of events. And in a touching conclusion, Krakauer recounts his last conversation with the late Boukreev, in which the two weathered climbers agreed to disagree about certain points. Krakauer had great hopes to patch things up with Boukreev, but the Russian later died in an avalanche on another Himalayan peak, Annapurna I. In 1999, Krakauer received an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters--a prestigious prize intended "to honor writers of exceptional accomplishment." According to the Academy's citation, "Krakauer combines the tenacity and courage of the finest tradition of investigative journalism with the stylish subtlety and profound insight of the born writer. His account of an ascent of Mount Everest has led to a general reevaluation of climbing and of the commercialization of what was once a romantic, solitary sport; while his account of the life and death of Christopher McCandless, who died of starvation after challenging the Alaskan wilderness, delves even more deeply and disturbingly into the fascination of nature and the devastating effects of its lure on a young and curious mind."
Ellis Island
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Author : Michael Burgan
language : en
Publisher: Capstone
Release Date : 2013
Ellis Island written by Michael Burgan and has been published by Capstone this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
You choose which path you would take if you were an immigrant arriving at Ellis Island.
Adventure Starts At Bedtime
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Author : Ness Knight
language : en
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
Release Date : 2021-07-27
Adventure Starts At Bedtime written by Ness Knight and has been published by Laurence King Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-27 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Brush off the cobwebs and take an adventure tonight, with 30 real-life stories of danger and intrigue. Travel back in time and across thousands of miles to escape quicksand, survive a desert storm, and reach the summit of Everest with this diverse collection of real-life stories from men and women from past and present.
The Adventures Of John Jewitt Illustrated
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Author : John Rodgers Jewitt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
The Adventures Of John Jewitt Illustrated written by John Rodgers Jewitt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Indian captivities categories.
"A novel based on a true story. A gritty, real-life adventure based on one of history’s greatest survival stories. It was inspired by the diary entries of young English blacksmith John Jewitt during his time aboard the brigantine The Bostonand also during his sojourn at Nootka Sound, on North America's western seaboard, from 1802 to 1805"--Publisher's website.