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True Thrillers: Surviving the Elements

Adrift: 76 Days Lost at Sea by Steven Callahan, 910.091 Cal
Alone, in an inflatable raft...
Albatross: The True Story of a Woman's Survival at Sea by Deborah Scaling Kiley, 910.45 Kil
Delivering a yacht from Maine to Florida becomes a tragedy when the boat capsizes off North Carolina.
Alive: the Story of the Andes Survivors by Piers Paul Read, 613.69 Rea
When a rugby team's plane crashes in the Andes, only half make it out alive.
Close to Shore by Mike Capuzzo, 597.3 Cap
Long before Jaws, Victorian swimmers experience shark attacks off New Jersey.
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer, 796.522 Kra
A surprise storm catches and kills seven climbers descending Mt. Everest.
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik Larson, 976.4 Lar
The National Weather Service was in its infancy in September 1900 when a mammoth hurricane slammed into Galveston.
The Long Walk by Slavomir Rawicz, 940.54
Escaping a Soviet Labor camp they cross a continent with only axe and knife.
The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger, 974.45
Three storm systems combine, trapping a fishing boat in "the perfect storm"
Red Sky in Mourning by Tami Oldham Ashcraft, 910.916 Ash
Two young lovers are caught in a hurricane in the Pacific. One makes it home
Wild: Stories of Survival from the World's Most Dangerous Places ,613.69 Wil
Fourteen authors share their stories of survival in environmental extremes.
Hunted: A True Story of Survival by David Fletcher, 599.784 Fle
An mountain climber recounts the story of his ten days of terror in the Alaska wilderness, tracked by a mother grizzly bear.
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expeditionby Caroline Alexander, 919.9 Ale
And they all came back alive!
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