Desperate Journeys, Abandoned Souls: True Stories of Castaways and Other Survivors
10 best books like Desperate Journeys, Abandoned Souls: True Stories of Castaways and Other Survivors (Edward E. Leslie): When the Dancing Stopped: The Real Story of the Morro Castle Disaster and Its Deadly Wake, Barrow's Boys: The Original Extreme Adventurers: A Stirring Story of Daring Fortitude and Outright Lunacy, Above the Clouds: The Diaries of a High-Altitude Mountaineer, Where the Mountain Casts Its Shadow: The Dark Side of Extreme Adventure, Unforgettable Places to See Before You Die, Serpent in Paradise, Wreck of the Medusa: The Tragic Story of the Death Raft, Shattered Air: A True Account of Catastrophe and Courage on Yosemite's Half Dome, Captain James Cook: A Biography, 1001 Natural Wonders: You Must See Before You Die
When the Dancing Stopped: The Real Story of the Morro Castle Disaster and Its Deadly Wake
| Author | Brian Hicks |
| ISBN | 0743280083 |
During the dark days of the Great Depression, thousands of weary souls escaped their bleak lives for a week of paradise aboard the Ward Line's glamorous cruise ship, the "Morro Castle." It was the most famous passenger liner of its day, lightning fast, elegantly appointed. It was also a ticking time...
Barrow's Boys: The Original Extreme Adventurers: A Stirring Story of Daring Fortitude and Outright Lunacy
| Author | Fergus Fleming |
| ISBN | 0871138042 |
Barrow's Boys is a spellbinding account of perilous journeys to uncharted areas under the most challenging conditions. Re-creating the successes and harrowing failures of the original extreme adventurers, Fergus Fleming captures the incredibly brave, and often downright insane, passion for...
Above the Clouds: The Diaries of a High-Altitude Mountaineer
When Anatoli Boukreev died on the slopes of Annapurna on Christmas day, 1997, the world lost one of the greatest adventurers of our time.
In Above the Clouds, both the man and his incredible climbs on Mt. McKinley, K2, Makalu, Manaslu, and Everest-including his diary entries on the infamous...
Where the Mountain Casts Its Shadow: The Dark Side of Extreme Adventure
| Author | Maria Coffey |
| ISBN | 0312339011 |
Without risk, say mountaineers, there would be none of the self-knowledge that comes from pushing life to its extremes. For them, perhaps, it is worth the cost. But when tragedy strikes, what happens to the people left behind? Why would anyone choose to invest in a future with a high-altitude risk-taker?...
| Author | Steve Davey |
| ISBN | 1552979555 |
An inspiring exploration of the forty most memorable travel destinations in the world.
As travelers become more experienced and sophisticated, they become more discriminating about their destinations. Many are seeking the unusual and avoiding the routine and predictable tours.
Unforgettable...
| Author | Dea Birkett |
| ISBN | 0385488718 |
Lost in the surf of the South Pacific lies a speck of volcanic rock. Home to thirty-eight islanders--descendants of the Bounty mutineers--Pitcairn has no cars, no crime, no doctor, and no regular contact with the outside world. For two centuries, "Fletcher Christian's children," whose culture and...
Wreck of the Medusa: The Tragic Story of the Death Raft
| Author | Alexander McKee |
| ISBN | 0451200446 |
Originally published in 1974, this is a harrowing account of the grounding of the frigate Medusa off the coast of Africa and the abandonment of the ship by its 400 passengers and crew in seven boats and a poorly-built raft. McKee tells the story in a straightforward way, and he deftly moves the reader from...
| Author | Bob Madgic |
| ISBN | 1580801420 |
3.0 STARS
Recognizing my penchant for hiking and exploration of the natural world, a co-worker highly recommended this account of tragedy and loss during an ascent of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park in July 1985.
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| Author | Richard Hough |
| ISBN | 0393315193 |
James Cook, born in 1728, was one of the most celebrated navigators/explorers of his time. His voyages in the Royal Navy to the eastern and western seaboards of North America, the North and South Pacific, the Arctic, and the Antarctic brought a new understanding of the geography and of the peoples, flora,...
1001 Natural Wonders: You Must See Before You Die
| Author | Michael Bright |
| ISBN | 0764158171 |
Let Michael Bright take you on an incredible journey to the most spectacular natural wonders in the world.
Spanning every continent and ocean on the planet, "1001 Natural Wonders You Must See Before You Die" is a compendium of once-in-a-lifetime experiences that you can revisit time and time...
1001 Escapes to Experience Before You Die
| Author | Helen Arnold |
| ISBN | 0764161784 |
"1001 Escapes To Make Before You Die" is the essential guide for all discerning travelers seeking an escape from the madding crowd.
Every experience described in this book represents a genuine respite from the drudgery of daily life and guarantees a boost to your general well-being. Contemplate...
| Author | Kathy Marks |
| ISBN | 1416597441 |
"Lost paradise: from mutiny on the bounty to a modern-day legacy of sexual mayhem, the dark secrets of Pitcairn island revealed". Other editions of the same book are entitled 'Pitcairn, Paradise Lost' and 'Trouble in Paradise'.
Pitcairn Island - remote and wild in the South Pacific, a place...
Tomorrow to be Brave: A Memoir of the Only Woman Ever to Serve in the French Foreign Legion
| Author | Susan Travers |
| ISBN | 0743200012 |
It was early spring 1942, and under the pitiless sky of the Libyan desert the climax of the great siege of Bir Hakeim was about to begin. General Koenig, the commander of the Free French and the Foreign Legion in North Africa, and his two thousand troops had been surrounded for fifteen days and nights by...
| Author | Alicia Dujovne Ortiz |
| ISBN | 0312168276 |
In this best-selling biography, French and Argentine journalist Alicia Dujovne Ortiz examines the mythology that surrounds Eva Peron as she penetrates the complexities behind Peron's ever-lasting allure. Born in 1919, the illegitimate daughter of destitute Argentine farmers, Eva Duarte spent...
| Author | Christopher McCandless |
| ISBN | 0983395500 |
Chris' parents wrote this book and you shouldn't support it with your $$$. Chris' siblings are upset by how it defames their brother. The younger sister Carine harshly criticized and warned people against it. Below this review I've pasted her message. To summarize, she says Walt and Billie wrote this...
The Natural History of the Rich: A Field Guide
| Author | Richard Conniff |
| ISBN | 0393324885 |
Journalist Richard Conniff probes the age-old question "Are the rich different from you and me?" and finds that they are indeed a completely different animal.
He observes with great humor and finesse this socially unique species, revealing their strategies for ensuring dominance and submission,...
Simple Courage: A True Story of Peril on the Sea
| Author | Frank Delaney |
| ISBN | 0739326627 |
“HEAVEN HELP THE SAILOR ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS.”
–old folk prayer
In late December 1951, laden with passengers and nearly forty metric tons of cargo, the freighter S.S. Flying Enterprise steamed westward from Europe toward America. A few days into the voyage, she hit the eye of a ferocious...
The Dionne Years: A Thirties Melodrama
The Dionne quintuplets were born in rural Ontario, Canada to a couple who already had five children. The arrival of the five identical girls was a surprise to all and they quickly became famous throughout Canada, and ultimately, the world. In what seemed to be much more about money than the safety of the...
Amazon Extreme: Three Ordinary Guys, One Rubber Raft and the Most Dangerous River on Earth
| Author | Colin Angus |
| ISBN | 0767910508 |
The true story of three enthusiastic (but inexperienced) adventurers who attempt to become the first team to raft the entire length of the Amazon River–all 4,007 miles--and (barely) live to tell about it.
To a trio of twenty-something adrenaline junkies, it sounded like an irresistible...
Miracles on the Water: The Heroic Survivors of a World War II U-Boat Attack
| Author | Tom Nagorski |
| ISBN | 1401308716 |
An unforgettable story of children in wartime, of heroism at sea, and--above all--of courage and the power of the human spirit.
On September 17, 1940, at a little after ten at night, a German submarine torpedoed the passenger liner S.S. City of Benares in the North Atlantic. There were 406 people...
The Day the Earth Caved In: An American Mining Tragedy
| Author | Joan Quigley |
| ISBN | 1400061806 |
The Day the Earth Caved In is an unprecedented and riveting account of the nation’s worst mine fire, beginning on Valentine’s Day, 1981, when twelve-year-old Todd Domboski plunged through the earth in his grandmother’s backyard in Centralia, Pennsylvania. In astonishing detail, award-winning...
Death On The Ice: The Great Newfoundland Sealing Disaster Of 1914
| Author | Cassie Brown |
| ISBN | 0385251793 |
Each year, for generations, poor, ill-clad Newfoundland fisherman sailed out 'to the ice' to hunt seals in the hope of a few pennies in wages from the prosperous merchants of St. John's. The year 1914 witnessed the worst in the long line of tragedies that were part of their harsh way of life.
For...
Sultana: Surviving the Civil War, Prison, and the Worst Maritime Disaster in American History
| Author | Alan Huffman |
| ISBN | 0061470546 |
“One of the most riveting war stories I have ever read….Huffman’s smooth, intimate prose ushers you through this nightmare as if you were living it yourself.”
—Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect Storm
The dramatic true story of the worst maritime disaster...
Albatross: The True Story of a Woman's Survival at Sea
| Author | Deborah Scaling Kiley |
| ISBN | 0735101345 |
One late summer's day, the yacht Trashman set sail from Annapolis to Florida. On board were five young people: John, the captain; Meg, Mark, Brad, and Debbie Scaling. When the boat sailed into a gale, the eighty-knot winds shredded the sails. Forty-foot seas crashed through the cabin windows, and Trashman...
Coming Back Alive: The True Story of the Most Harrowing Search and Rescue Mission Ever Attempted on Alaska's High Seas
| Author | Spike Walker |
| ISBN | 0312302568 |
When the fishing vessel La Conte sinks suddenly at night in one-hundred-mile-per-hour winds and record ninety-foot seas during a savage storm in January 1998, her five crewmen are left to drift without a life raft in the freezing Alaskan waters and survive as best they can.
One hundred fifty...
