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FROM: "chernow, paige" <[removed]@hclib.org>
REC'D: 10/6/99, 12:00 PM
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Jennifer Mahnken
Johnson County Library
[removed]@jcl.lib.ks.us
FROM: "Kathy Mitchum" <[removed]@ckls.org>
REC'D: 10/6/99, 6:31 PM
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
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
--"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
Brett G. Castleberry
[removed]@garnet.acns.fsu.edu
Tallahassee, Florida
FROM: <[removed]@co.wake.nc.us>
REC'D: 10/8/99, 1:11 PM
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
Dorothy Bodhaine
St. Charles District Library
104 W. Spruce St.
St. Charles, Mi 48655
[removed]@vlc.lib.mi.us
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