The Greatest Adventure Stories Ever Told: 19 Gripping Tales (Greatest Stories Ever Told) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1585745111 ISBN 13: 9781585745111

Publisher: Lyons Pr, 2002

Synopsis

An edge-of-your-seat collection of the best in adventure writing.

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From the Back Cover:

In the gripping tale "Love of Life," told as only Jack London could tell it, a starving prospector fights for life in the rugged Yukon; in "Typhoon," Joseph Conrad takes us out to sea where a lonely ship braves a brutal and massive storm; and in "Captured by the Blackfeet," Vardis Fisher tells the chilling tale of a mountain trapper who must escape his captors-or face certain death. These are just some of the spellbinding moments found in this collection of classic adventure tales. From Chuck Yeager breaking the sound barrier to Thor Heyerdahl crossing the Pacific by raft, every story in this collection will keep you on the edge of your seat. With contributions from: Joel P. Kramer, Vardis Fisher, Arthur Conan Doyle, Tom Wolfe, Arthur C. Clarke, Apsley Cherry-Garrard, John Wesley Powell, Thor Heyerdahl, Jack Schaefer, Jon Krakauer, Jack London, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Thomas Hornbein, Sir Francis Chichester, Francis Parkman, Joseph Conrad, Theodore Roosevelt.This anthology is filled with your favorite writers and some lesser-known gems-a perfect gift for any lover of exciting tales. (6 1/4 x 9 1/4, 336 pages)Lamar Underwood is a former editor-in-chief of Sports Afield and Outdoor Life magazines, and is presently editorial director of the Outdoor Magazine Group of Harris Publications in New York. He has edited several books for The Lyons Press, including Man Eaters, The Quotable Soldier, The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told, and The Greatest Fishing Stories Ever Told.

About the Author:

Lamar Underwood is a former Editor-in-Chief of Sports Afield and Outdoor Life magazines, and is presently Editorial Director of the Outdoor Magazine Group of Harris Publications in New York. He has edited several books for The Lyons Press, including Man Eaters (page 172), The Quotable Soldier (page 115), The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told (page 112), and The Greatest Fishing Stories Ever Told (page 135). He lives in Pennington, New Jersey.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lyons Pr
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1585745111
• ISBN 13: 9781585745111
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 326
• Editor: Underwood Lamar