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Adventure & Travel The Lost Men: the Harrowing Saga of Shackleton’s Ross Travels in Siberia Sea Party By Ian Frazier 957 FRA By Kelly Tyler-Lewis 919.8904TYL The Ross Sea Party were landed on the opposite side of the Travelling the vast expanses of Asiatic Russia, Ian Frazier continent and charged with creating food depots for Ernest explores the beauty, culture, and history of Siberia. With a Shackleton several hundred miles inland to provision “the never-ending cast of colorful characters, Frazier revels Boss” on his way across. A thankless job, it was made harder how Siberia and the rest of Russia have fared since the fall by weather conditions, the loss of their ship and its stores, and of the Soviet Union. the failure of Shackleton to set foot on the continent due to the destruction of the Endurance in the ice. This is one of the The Indifferent Stars Above: the Harrowing Saga of a finest and grimmest stories of the heroic age. Donner Party Bride by Daniel James Brown LP 979.403 BRO The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard 919.8914 CHE Young bride Sarah Graves sets off on foot with fourteen A first-hand account, and arguably still the most stirring, others to find relief for the rest of the stricken Donner of Robert Falcon Scott’s ill-fated expedition to the South party and in thirty-two days of hard travel encounters Pole. Prior to that tragedy Cherry-Garrard was part of a unbelievable hardship and terror. small team that survived a horrific winter journey (which inspired the title) to gather samples of penguin’s eggs. A Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson’s Lost classic. Pacific Empire: a Story of Wealth, Ambition, and Survival by Peter Stark 979.546 STA Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder 921 FARMER, PAUL In 1810 two parties were sent by John Jacob Astor to settle Traces the efforts of Dr. Paul Farmer to transform the wild, unclaimed coast. For many, death, starvation, and healthcare on a global scale, documenting his visits to madness followed. some of the world's most impoverished regions and the unconventional methods that enabled him to improve and Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My save lives. Long Trek Home By Nando Parrado 982.6 PAR Crazy for the Storm: a Memoir of Survival By Norman Ollestad 921 OLLESTAD, NORMAN After thirty years a survivor of the famous Andes rugby Adventure team airplane disaster tells his amazing story of survival, An amazing story of survival involving the eleven-year- love, and redemption with remarkable candor and feeling. old author and a wrecked small plane hanging from a snow -scoured mountainside. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed 921 STRAYED, CHERYL DOWNLOADABLE E-BOOKS A powerful, blazingly honest, inspiring memoir: the story & Travel of a 1,100 mile solo hike that broke down a young woman Hundreds of Nonfiction titles are available to download in audio reeling from catastrophe--and built her back up again. or e-book format to your computer, audio device, or e-reader. Lost in Shangri-La: a True Story of Survival, Adventure, Get started at www.wccls.org/e-books using your library and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II April 2016 by Mitchell Zuckoff 940.548 ZUC card. FREE! Vividly captures the incredible true-life adventure of Forest Grove City Library twenty-four officers and enlisted men and women who boarded a transport plane for a sightseeing trip, which became an unforgettable battle for survival when the plane crashed. Into Thin Air: a Personal Account of the Mount Everest Last Man Off: a True Story of Disaster and Survival on the In Patagonia Disaster Antarctic Seas By Bruce Chatwin 917.28 CHA by Jon Krakauer 796.5 KRA by Matt Lewis 910.9167 LEW A murderous storm on Mount Everest claims five lives A beautifully-written travel account of an extreme place A young scientific observer on a deep-sea fishing boat gets and leaves other wondering what they could have done and its myth, legends, and realities. A modern classic. more adventure than he bargained for when the ship, badly differently to change their fate. -maintained and indifferently-crewed, founders in Antarctic waters and a desperate battle for survival begins. A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Into the Silence: the Great War, Mallory and the Conquest Appalachian Trail of Everest by Bill Bryson 917.404 BRY Over the Edge of the World: Magellan’s Terrifying by Wade Davis 796.522 DAV Circumnavigation of the Globe Bryson share his experiences hiking the Appalachian Trail After the carnage experienced by the British Empire during by Laurence Bergreen 910.92 BER with a childhood friend. The two encounter eccentric World War One a large mountaineering expedition to fill in characters, a blizzard, getting lost, and rude yuppies along the blank spaces surrounding the world’s highest peak was a A detailed and exciting examination of a journey into chance for redemption and renewal. Author Wade David the way. unknowns as terrifying in its time as going to Mars. recounts the three attempts to scale Everest and the mystery Heroism, discovery, suffering, and eventual disaster are all surrounding the disappearance of expert climber George penetrating-captured. Into the Wild Mallory in the final attempt. A stunning work of history and by Jon Krakauer 917.98 KRA adventure. Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Capetown The Story of Chris McCandless, a young man who by Paul Theroux 916.04 THE The Ledge: an Inspirational Story of Friendship and embarked on a solo journey into the wilds of Alaska and Survival whose body was discovered four months later, explores Famed travel writer Theroux returns after many years to by Jim Davidson 796.522 DAV the fascinating allure that the wilderness has for the Africa determined on an intimate to journey north to south. American imagination. A terrifying and yet inspirational tale of two climbing Part richly-observed and curmudgeonly travelogue and friends who fall into a glacial crevasse on Mount Rainer part examination of the challenges facing modern Africa, and their struggle to endure and survive. this is as good as Theroux gets, which is quite good The Lost City of Z: a Tale of Deadly Obsession in the indeed. Amazon Between a Rock and a Hard Place by David Grann 918.1104 GRA by Aron Ralston 796.522 RAL Walking the Gobi: a 1600-mile Trek Across the Desert of Was this, in fact, the greatest exploration mystery of the Hope and Despair th A gripping tale of stubborn survival by a lone rock climber 20 century? The disappearance of noted explorer Percy By Helen Thayer 915.173 THA who must make a horrible choice in order to free himself Fawcett in the Amazon in 1925 has dogged investigators from a boulder that has pinned his arm in place for six ever since. Fawcett was in search of answers about an At the age of 63, Helen Thayer fulfilled her lifelong dream days with little water, food, or warmth. ancient civilization but instead became a ceaseless of crossing Mongolia's Gobi Desert. Accompanied by her question. What happened? The Lost City of Z is both 74-year-old husband Bill and two camels, Tom and Jerry, Eat, Pray, Love Fawcett’s story and a fascinating search for answers. by Elizabeth Gilbert 910.4 GIL Thayer walked 1600 miles in 126-degree temperatures, battling fierce sandstorms, dehydration, dangerous drug After suffering a midlife crisis and a divorce, Elizabeth smugglers, and ubiquitous scorpions. The River of Doubt: Theodor Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey Gilbert quits her job and decides to travel; a journey that by Candice Millard 918.113045 MIL took her to three places in her quest to explore her own God’s Middle Finger: Into the Lawless Heart of the Sierra nature and learn the art of spiritual balance. Theodore Roosevelt was suffering from the sting of losing Madre in his attempt to regain the presidency in 1912 when he by Richard Grant 917.2 GRA In the Heart of the Sea: the Tragedy of the Whaleship decided to challenge himself by journeying a dangerous, Essex uncharted tributary of the Amazon with his son and Intrepid journalist Grant explores and reports on the leg- by Nathaniel Philbrick 910.45 PHI Brazil’s noted explorer, Candido Mariano de Silva endary Sierra Madre of Mexico, which is home to bandits, Rondon. Beauty and danger go hand in hand in Millard’s drug smugglers, Mormons, cave-dwelling Tarahumara The “true” story of Moby Dick. In 1820, the whaleship wondrous account that brought the former President to the Indians, opium farmers, cowboys, and other assorted Essex was rammed and sunk by an angry sperm whale, brink of his endurance. leaving the desperate crew to drift for more than ninety outcasts. days in three tiny boats as they fought for survival. .
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