RESCUE by Miller, Dorcas S ISBN 1840184663
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What happens when things go terribly wrong in some of the world's most perilous places? Find out in this volume which contains 19 rescue stories from all parts of the globe, from the Himalayan peaks and African plains to vast oceans and the remote Arctic wilderness.
In nineteen fast-paced and exhilarating accounts, Rescue: Stories of Survival From Land and Sea describes what happens when things go terribly wrong in some of the world's most perilous places: Himalayan peaks, African plains, vast oceans, remote Arctic wilderness. Like previous Adrenaline books - including Rough Water: Stories of Survival From the Sea and Epic: Stories of Survival From the World's Highest Peaks - Rescue offers a collection of great stories told by superb writers. Many of the accounts are told first-hand, by storytellers who have lived the experiences they describe. World-famous mountaineer Chris Bonington portrays his struggle to descend the 23,900-foot Ogre after partner Doug Scott breaks both legs in a fall. Flyer Beryl Markham searches the plains of Africa for a lost fellow flyer. John Beattie, during a failed attempt to sail around the world, achieves something much greater when he rescues a starving stranger. Other stories offer different perspectives on the book's theme. Wilfred Grenfell struggles to survive on a disintegrating chunk of ice as he drifts out to sea off the coast of Labrador. Ensio Tiira battles sharks for his friend's corpse and his own life, as the beasts attack his flimsy raft in the Indian Ocean. Antoine de Saint-Exupery explores the outer limits of thirst after he and a companion crash-land in the desert. On a remote lake in Quebec, Alan Kesselheim races to save two capsized paddlers - one of them, editor Dorcas S. Miller, offers her account of the episode which nearly killed her. Writers such as Arctic explorer Peter Freuchen, climber-adventurer Mark Jenkins and journalist Sebastian Junger recount near-misses in language as beautiful as the settings for these tales. The result is a collection of first-rate stories in prose that makes for compulsive reading.
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[edit] Title
RESCUE
[edit] Author
Miller, Dorcas S
[edit] ISBN
1840184663
[edit] Published
08/10/2001
[edit] Publisher
Mainstream Publishing Co (Edinburgh) Ltd
[edit] Binding
paperback
[edit] Retail Price
9.99 (GBP)
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9.99 (GBP)
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