Cheating Death: Amazing Survival Stories from Alaska

by Larry Kaniut, Brian Sostrom (Illustrator)

A chilling collection of survival stories from pilots, hikers, hunters, climbers, boaters, and fishermen who confront their mortality -- and live to tell about it! You will be astonished by the close calls of a young man who clings desperately to life on an iceberg in the lower Susitna River . . . a woman who struggles frantically to escape the cockpit of a small plane sinking beneath the waters of a remote bay in Southeast . . . the climbers who fight stubbornly to survive as avalanche after avalanche sweeps over them . . . and the diver who tangles with a giant octopus.

Genres: Nonfiction, Survival

174 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1994

Reviews

[Erick · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty cool, glad I don’t live in alaska

[Chris H · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has been lunchtime reading. The short stories fit well within a work day lunch.

I enjoyed the stories and will read some more of Kaniut's compilations.

While reading these stories I fondly recall my own trips to Alaska. And I'm thankful that I never ended up in situations like these people. I'm sure I would not have lasted five minutes.

[Jennifer Johnson · Rating 4 out of 5]

some stories were better than others. good variety.

[Rose Frazier · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting stories. Enjoyed learning how people managed to survive such harsh conditions.

[Ben · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked the stories. They were for the most part exciting and did well at painting a picture. One thing that baffled me was how many stories didn't actually say when they took place. I understand not having exact dates, but months and years would have been nice.

[Susan Letts · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a fast-paced, adrenaline pumping read. I enjoyed the varied, short stories of survival and brushes with near death, in the wilderness of Alaska.

[Tome Addiction · Rating 3 out of 5]

No awards here, but a great little book filled with true Alaska based survival stories.

Some of the stories are better then other but all in all the book is chalk fool of true short stories of Alaska survival.