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Survival Stories
Read-alikes for Aron Ralston's "Between a Rock and a Hard Place"
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December 2010
Compiled by Jessica Wilson of the City of Oxnard Public Library,
from contributions by the members of Fiction_L.
(To use this list in your library, book club, etc., please include the following credit line: "Compiled by the subscribers of the Fiction_L mailing list." This list may not be used for commercial purposes.)
Alexander, Caroline Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition (History/Polar)
Ashcraft, Tami Oldham Red Sky in Mourning: A True Story of Love, Loss, and Survival (Sea)
Benenetto, William Sailing into the Abyss: A True Story of Extreme Heroism on the High Seas (History)
Bickel, Lennard Mawson's Will: The Greatest Survival Story Ever Written (History/Polar)
Blake, Rich The Day Donny Herbert Woke Up
Bowley, Graham No Way Down: life and death on K2
Boyle, Brian Iron Heart: The True Story of How I Came Back from the Dead
Broaddus, Cindi A Random Act
Child, Greg Over the Edge: The True Story of Four Americans' Kidnap and Escape in the Mountains of Central Asia
Cookman, Scott Ice Blink: The Tragic Fate of Sir John Franklin's Lost Expedition (History/Polar)
Delaney, Frank Simple Courage: A True Story of Peril on the Sea (History)
DeLeo, Peter Survive!: My Fight for Life in the High Sierras (Survival)
Elder, Lauren And I Alone Survived (Survival)
Fisher, Robin Gaby After the fire: a true story of friendship and survival
Fletcher, David Hunted: a true story of survival
Flynn, Ramsey Cry from the Deep: The Submarine Disaster that Riveted the World and Put the New Russia to the Ultimate Test (History)
Ghinsberg, Yossi Back from Tuichi: The Harrowing Life-and-Death Story of Survivalin the Amazon Rainforest (Survival)
Greenlaw, Linda The Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain's Journey
Heller, Peter Hell or High Water: Surviving Tibet's Tsangpo River
Hillenbrand, Laura Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
Hoyt, Dick Devoted: The Story of a Father's Love for His Son
Junger, Sebastian The Perfect Storm
Kiley, Deborah Scaling Albatross: A True Story of a Woman's Survival at Sea (Sea)
Krauss, Erich
Wave of Destruction: The Stories of Four Families and History's Deadliest Tsunami (Disaster)
Laskin, David Children's Blizzard (History)
Maas, Peter Terrible Hours: The Man Behind the Greatest Submarine Rescue in History (Survival)
MacDonald, Laura Curse of the Narrows: The Halifax Disaster of 1917 (History)
Madgic, Bob Shattered Air: A True Account of Catastrophe and Courage on Yosemite's Half Dome (Survival)
Madonna Buder, Sister and Karin Evans The Grace to Race: The Wisdom and Inspiration of the 80-Year-Old World Champion Triathlete Known as the Iron Nun
McCullough, David Johnstown Flood (History)
Nielsen, Dr. Jerri Ice bound: A doctor's incredible battle for survival at the South Pole
Niven, Jennifer Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic (History/Polar)
Niven, Jennifer The Ice Master : the Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk
O'Grady, Scott Return With Honor
O'Nan, Stewart Circus Fire: A True Story (History)
Olsen, Gregg The Deep Dark: Disaster and Redemption in America's Richest Silver Mine (History)
Parrado, Nando Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home (Survival)
Pelton, Robert The Adventurist: My Life in Dangerous Places
Philbrick, Nathaniel In the Heart of the Sea: Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (History)
Philbrick, Nathaniel Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery (History)
Reinisch, Nancy Chemosabee: A Triathlete's Journey Through the First Year of Breast Cancer
Roberts, David Four Against the Arctic: Shipwrecked for Six Years at the Top ofthe World (History/Polar)
Salisbury, Gay Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Raceagainst an Epidemic (History)
Scdoris, Rachael No end in sight: My life as a blind Iditarod racer
Schneider, Paul Brutal Journey: The Epic Story of the First Crossing of North America (History)
Schuyler, Nick Not without hope
Silverwood, John Black Wave
Simpson, Joe Touching the Void
Tougias, Michael Fatal Forecase
Tougias, Michael J. Overboard! : a true bluewater odyssey of disaster and survival
Tougias, Michael J. Ten Hours Until Dawn: The True Story of Heroism and Tragedy Aboard the Can Do (History)
Van Tighem, Patricia The Bear's Embrace
Walker, Spike Coming Back Alive
Winchester, Simon Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded, August 27, 1883 (History)
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