Great American Survival Stories: Lyons Press Classics - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1493029630 ISBN 13: 9781493029631

Publisher: Lyons Press, 2017

Synopsis

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, Osborne Russell, Stephen Crane, Francis Parkman, Henry David Thoreau, Richard Henry Dana Jr., and others.

About this title

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1493029630
• ISBN 13: 9781493029631
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368
• Editor: Underwood Lamar