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FROM: "chernow, paige" <[removed]@hclib.org>
REC'D: 10/6/99, 12:00 PM

Even though this is Fiction_L (not Non-fiction_L), I'm hoping I can get
suggestions for an annotated bibliography I am compiling of "Real-life
Adventure" books.

Titles I have so far are:

"Into Thin Air: a personal account of the Mt. Everest disaster" Jon
Krakauer
"The Perfect Storm: a true story of men against the sea" Sebastian Junger
"Two in the Far North" Margaret Murie
"The Endurance: Shackleton's legendary Antarctic expedition" Caroline
Alexander
"The Hungry Ocean: a swordboat captain's journey" Linda Greenlaw
"Isaac's Storm: a man, a time, and the deadliest hurricane in history" Erik
Larson
"Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the opening of
the American West" Stephen Ambrose
"Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea" Gary Kinder
"No Picnic on Mt. Kenya" Felice Benuzzi
"Between Silk and Cyanide: a codemaker's war, 1941-1945" Leo Marks

Any other suggestions of similar nonfiction travel/survival adventure books
would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks very much.

- Paige Chernow
Southdale-Hennepin Area Library (Minnesota)

FROM: "Viccy Kemp" <[removed]@ci.carrollton.tx.us>
REC'D: 10/6/99, 1:57 PM

"I Married Adventure," by Osa Johnson. I read it when I was eight years old
and was mesmerized by the adventures of Martin and Osa Johnson who went
around the world in the teens and twenties, photographing wildlife,
especially in Africa. A lot of the background footage from the old Tarzan
movies was shot by the Johnsons.

And what about the autobiography of Sir Richard Francis Burton, the explorer
who translated the Arabian Nights? There were also a few other Victorian
explorers who were women (not Amelia Peabody, ha! ha!).

HTH.
Viccy Kemp
The opinions are my own; the library wouldn't want 'em!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: chernow, paige [[removed]@hclib.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 12:07 PM
> [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org'
> Subject: Real-life Adventure
>
> Even though this is Fiction_L (not Non-fiction_L), I'm hoping I can get
> suggestions for an annotated bibliography I am compiling of "Real-life
> Adventure" books.
>
> Titles I have so far are:
>
> "Into Thin Air: a personal account of the Mt. Everest disaster" Jon
> Krakauer
> "The Perfect Storm: a true story of men against the sea" Sebastian Junger
> "Two in the Far North" Margaret Murie
> "The Endurance: Shackleton's legendary Antarctic expedition" Caroline
> Alexander
> "The Hungry Ocean: a swordboat captain's journey" Linda Greenlaw
> "Isaac's Storm: a man, a time, and the deadliest hurricane in history"
> Erik
> Larson
> "Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the opening
> of
> the American West" Stephen Ambrose
> "Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea" Gary Kinder
> "No Picnic on Mt. Kenya" Felice Benuzzi
> "Between Silk and Cyanide: a codemaker's war, 1941-1945" Leo Marks
>
> Any other suggestions of similar nonfiction travel/survival adventure
> books
> would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks very much.
>
> - Paige Chernow
> Southdale-Hennepin Area Library (Minnesota)

FROM: <[removed]@lib.cnib.ca>
REC'D: 10/6/99, 2:09 PM

Alive: the story of the Andes survivors. by Piers Paul Read.

Nicole Patterson
Reader Advisor
CNIB Library for the Blind

>>> [removed]@hclib.org" 06/10/1999 2:53:53 pm >>>
Even though this is Fiction_L (not Non-fiction_L), I'm hoping I can get
suggestions for an annotated bibliography I am compiling of "Real-life
Adventure" books.

Titles I have so far are:

"Into Thin Air: a personal account of the Mt. Everest disaster" Jon
Krakauer
"The Perfect Storm: a true story of men against the sea" Sebastian Junger
"Two in the Far North" Margaret Murie
"The Endurance: Shackleton's legendary Antarctic expedition" Caroline
Alexander
"The Hungry Ocean: a swordboat captain's journey" Linda Greenlaw
"Isaac's Storm: a man, a time, and the deadliest hurricane in history" Erik
Larson
"Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the opening of
the American West" Stephen Ambrose
"Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea" Gary Kinder
"No Picnic on Mt. Kenya" Felice Benuzzi
"Between Silk and Cyanide: a codemaker's war, 1941-1945" Leo Marks

Any other suggestions of similar nonfiction travel/survival adventure books
would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks very much.

- Paige Chernow
Southdale-Hennepin Area Library (Minnesota)

FROM: <[removed]@lib.cnib.ca>
REC'D: 10/6/99, 2:24 PM

Here's a few more:

The sacrament by Peter Gzowski ;
The true story of two people who survived a plane crash, but were stranded with few supplies and no hope of being rescued.

Albatross : a true story of a woman's survival at
sea by Deborah Scaling Kiley and Meg Noonan.

Freefall by William Hoffer

Death and deliverance :the haunting true story of the Hercules crash at the North Pole by Robert Mason Lee.

Desperate journeys, abandoned souls : true stories of castaways and other survivors by Edward E. Leslie

Polar dream by Helen Thayer

Nicole Patterson
Reader Advisor
CNIB Library for the Blind
Toronto, ON

FROM: "Madeline Guzman" <[removed]@capaccess.org>
REC'D: 10/6/99, 3:18 PM

I'd suggest Alive by Piers Paul Read. It's the true story of survivors
of an airplane crash in the Andes who had to resort to cannibalism to
stay alive.

Madeline

Madeline T. [removed]@hotmail.com
Rockville, [removed]@capaccess.org
<A HREF="http://www.strictlyconcrete.com">http://www.strictlyconcrete.com<[removed]@erols.com

FROM: "Madeline Guzman" <[removed]@capaccess.org>
REC'D: 10/6/99, 3:24 PM

My husband suggested Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer. It's the true story
of a Virginia young man who, after finishing his second year of college,
decides to take some time off from college to wander around the country
with the goal being to reach Alaska.

Madeline

Madeline T. [removed]@hotmail.com
Rockville, [removed]@capaccess.org
<A HREF="http://www.strictlyconcrete.com">http://www.strictlyconcrete.com<[removed]@erols.com

FROM: "Ann Theis" <[removed]@co.chesterfield.va.us>
REC'D: 10/6/99, 3:41 PM

> Any other suggestions of similar nonfiction travel/survival adventure books
> would be greatly appreciated.

How about Redmond O'Hanlon's books: Into the Heart of Borneo and No Mercy: A
Journey into the Heart of the Congo.

Also -
Running the Amazon and Savages by Joe Kane.

Edward Marriot Lost Tribe: A Harrowing Passage into New Guinea's Heart of
Darkness.

Motoring with Mohammed: Journeys to Yemen and the Red Sea and
Stranger in the Forest: On Foot Across Borneo, both by Eric Hansen.

Ann ~ Overbooked <A HREF="http://www.overbooked.org/">http://www.overbooked.org/</A>

FROM: "ROBIN BEERBOWER" <[removed]@OPENGOVT.OPEN.ORG>
REC'D: 10/6/99, 3:49 PM

A while ago Fiction_L posted a list of Travelogues which has a lot of
real-life adventure titles. It's listed on the Fiction_L website at
<A HREF="http://www.webrary.org/rs/FLbklist2.html#Travel">http://www.webrary.org/rs/FLbklist2.html#Travel</A>

Robin Beerbower
Salem (OR) Public Library
[removed]@open.org

>>> "chernow, paige" <[removed]@hclib.org> 10/06/99 10:06am >>>
Even though this is Fiction_L (not Non-fiction_L), I'm hoping I can get
suggestions for an annotated bibliography I am compiling of "Real-life
Adventure" books.

Titles I have so far are:

"Into Thin Air: a personal account of the Mt. Everest disaster" Jon
Krakauer
"The Perfect Storm: a true story of men against the sea" Sebastian Junger
"Two in the Far North" Margaret Murie
"The Endurance: Shackleton's legendary Antarctic expedition" Caroline
Alexander
"The Hungry Ocean: a swordboat captain's journey" Linda Greenlaw
"Isaac's Storm: a man, a time, and the deadliest hurricane in history"
Erik
Larson
"Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the opening of
the American West" Stephen Ambrose
"Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea" Gary Kinder
"No Picnic on Mt. Kenya" Felice Benuzzi
"Between Silk and Cyanide: a codemaker's war, 1941-1945" Leo Marks

Any other suggestions of similar nonfiction travel/survival adventure books
would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks very much.

- Paige Chernow
Southdale-Hennepin Area Library (Minnesota)

FROM: "Sarah Flowers" <[removed]@scinet.co.santa-clara.ca.us>
REC'D: 10/6/99, 4:17 PM

"Shooting the Boh" by Tracy Johnston.

Sarah Flowers, Community Librarian
Morgan Hill Public Library
17575 Peak Avenue, Morgan Hill CA 95037-4128
[removed]@scinet.co.santa-clara.ca.us
*** All standard disclaimers apply ***

FROM: <[removed]@JCL.LIB.KS.US>
REC'D: 10/6/99, 6:16 PM

I just wanted to second the recommendation for Into the Wild by Krakauer.
This is a rather chilling adventure about a young man's desire to try
to make it in Alaska.

Jennifer Mahnken
Johnson County Library
[removed]@jcl.lib.ks.us

FROM: "Kathy Mitchum" <[removed]@ckls.org>
REC'D: 10/6/99, 6:31 PM

A lesser known work would be:

Coons, E. N.

Title 36 hours of hell / by E.N. Coons.

Subject 1. Frontier and pioneer life--Colorado. 2. Coons, E. N.

Publisher Muskogee, Okla. : Printed by Hoffman Printing Company, c1988.

Phys Desc 160 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

It is an account of a major blizzard that hit eastern Colorado, sometime in
the earlier 20th century.
Kathy Mitchum
ILL/Ref/Rural Serv/Tech Serv, Dept. Head
Central Kansas Library System
[removed]@ckls.org

FROM: "Ike Pulver" <[removed]@grapids.lib.mi.us>
REC'D: 10/7/99, 7:35 AM

Not sure if anyone mentioned it yet, but Tim Flannery's
"Throwim Way Leg: Tree-Kangaroos, Possums, and Penis
Gourds -- On the Track of Unknown Mammals in Wildest
New Guinea" is a great combination of adventures in
Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya and nature writing.

Ike
_______________________________________________
A. Issac Pulver
Specialist for Programs, Telephone Reference &
Information Desk Services
Grand Rapids Public Library
60 Library Plaza NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
(616) 456-3617
[removed]@grapids.lib.mi.us

chernow, paige wrote:
>
> Even though this is Fiction_L (not Non-fiction_L), I'm hoping I can get
> suggestions for an annotated bibliography I am compiling of "Real-life
> Adventure" books.
>
> Titles I have so far are:
>
> "Into Thin Air: a personal account of the Mt. Everest disaster" Jon
> Krakauer
> "The Perfect Storm: a true story of men against the sea" Sebastian Junger
> "Two in the Far North" Margaret Murie
> "The Endurance: Shackleton's legendary Antarctic expedition" Caroline
> Alexander
> "The Hungry Ocean: a swordboat captain's journey" Linda Greenlaw
> "Isaac's Storm: a man, a time, and the deadliest hurricane in history" Erik
> Larson
> "Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the opening of
> the American West" Stephen Ambrose
> "Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea" Gary Kinder
> "No Picnic on Mt. Kenya" Felice Benuzzi
> "Between Silk and Cyanide: a codemaker's war, 1941-1945" Leo Marks
>
> Any other suggestions of similar nonfiction travel/survival adventure books
> would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks very much.
>
> - Paige Chernow
> Southdale-Hennepin Area Library (Minnesota)

FROM: "Blair Ratsoy" <[removed]@picnet.org>
REC'D: 10/7/99, 9:01 AM

--"the survival of jan little" by john man, about a blind woman abandoned in the
andean jungle

--"song from the forest: my life among the ba-benjelle pygmies" by louis sarno

--"aguirre: the recreation of a 16th century journey across south america" by
stephen minta

--"leave your tears in moscow" by barbara armonas

"chernow, paige" wrote:

> Even though this is Fiction_L (not Non-fiction_L), I'm hoping I can get
> suggestions for an annotated bibliography I am compiling of "Real-life
> Adventure" books.
>
> Titles I have so far are:
>
> "Into Thin Air: a personal account of the Mt. Everest disaster" Jon
> Krakauer
> "The Perfect Storm: a true story of men against the sea" Sebastian Junger
> "Two in the Far North" Margaret Murie
> "The Endurance: Shackleton's legendary Antarctic expedition" Caroline
> Alexander
> "The Hungry Ocean: a swordboat captain's journey" Linda Greenlaw
> "Isaac's Storm: a man, a time, and the deadliest hurricane in history" Erik
> Larson
> "Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the opening of
> the American West" Stephen Ambrose
> "Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea" Gary Kinder
> "No Picnic on Mt. Kenya" Felice Benuzzi
> "Between Silk and Cyanide: a codemaker's war, 1941-1945" Leo Marks
>
> Any other suggestions of similar nonfiction travel/survival adventure books
> would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks very much.
>
> - Paige Chernow
> Southdale-Hennepin Area Library (Minnesota)

FROM: "Brett G. Castleberry" <[removed]@garnet.acns.fsu.edu>
REC'D: 10/7/99, 6:53 PM

I recommend the sea adventures of Tristan Jones. "Ice!" and "The Incredible
Voyage" are two of his best books.

Brett G. Castleberry
[removed]@garnet.acns.fsu.edu
Tallahassee, Florida

FROM: <[removed]@co.wake.nc.us>
REC'D: 10/8/99, 1:11 PM

Walk Across America, The Walk West, and Walk Across China by Peter Jenkins.

Donna Beaver
Wake County Libraries

FROM: "Susan Parr" <[removed]@cadl.org>
REC'D: 10/12/99, 10:54 AM

FROM: "Dorothy Bodhaine" <[removed]@vlc.lib.mi.us>
REC'D: 10/12/99, 5:15 PM

Has anyone mentioned Winterdance : the fine madness of running the
Iditarod by Gary Paulsen?

Dorothy Bodhaine
St. Charles District Library
104 W. Spruce St.
St. Charles, Mi 48655
[removed]@vlc.lib.mi.us

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