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Survival Stories

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Book

Author

Dewey Number

Description

Running North

Ann Mariah Cook

92 COO

Family runs dog sled race

Tomorrow to Be Brave

Susan Travers

92 TRA

Woman serves in French Foreign Legion

In the Kingdom of Ice

Hampton Sides

910.452 SID

Expedition trapped in Arctic

We Die Alone

David Howarth

940.54

HOW

WWII Norwegian escape from Nazis

Walking The Gobi

Helen Thayer

915.173

THA

Husband and wife in their 70s trek across Gobi.

Alive

Piers Paul Read

982.6

REA

Rugby players crash in Andes.

Unbroken

Laura Hillenbrand

92

ZAM

WWII Air Force bomber crashes in Pacific.

Escape From The Deep

Alex Kershaw

940.54

KER

WWII US submarine sinks.

Frozen In Time

Mitchell Zuckoff

940.544

ZUC

WWII B-17 crashes in the Arctic

Lost In Shangri- La

Mitchell Zuckoff

940.548

ZUC

WWII transport plane crashes

In New Guinea 

Miracle In The Andes

Nando Parrado

982.6

PAR

Story of rugby player stranded in Andes-goes for help.

The Long Walk

Slavomir Rawicz

940.54

RAW

WWII Polish lieutenant escapes from Soviet camp

A Time To Die

Robert Moore

910.9

MOO

Russians trapped in damaged submarine Kursk.

Barrow’s Boys

Fergus Fleming

910.941

FLE

World-wide explorations of John Barrow and his crew in 19th century.

The Long Walk

Brian Castner

92

CAS

Story of commander of Explosive Ordnance Team in Iraq.

A Captain’s Duty

Richard Phillips

92

PHI

US cargo ship captured by Somali pirates.

The Endurance

Caroline Alexander

919.89

ALE

VT Reads Book

Shackleton expedition in Antarctic

Iceblink

Scott Cookman

919.804 Coo

Franklin’s Lost Polar Expedition

The Man Who Ate His Boots

Anthony Brandt

910.916 Bra

Franklin Expedition and search for the Northwest Passage

In the Heart of the Sea

Nathaniel Philbrick

910.916 PHI

Sinking of the whaleship Essex-inspired Moby Dick

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