Rescue: Stories of Survival from Land and Sea

by Dorcas S. Miller (Editor)

Following the successes of Epic, High, and Rough Water, the latest addition to the Adrenaline series presents the most gripping rescue narratives. Rescue includes Doug Scott's account of saving himself by crawling off Pakistan's Ogre with two broken legs, and Spike Walker's story of the race to recover a king crab fisherman from the Bering Sea in midwinter. The book also includes an account of trying to rescue two canoeists battling hypothermia on a storm-tossed lake; Alison Osius's tale of two teenagers lost in the Great Gulf Wilderness of New Hampshire; and a missionary doctor and his dog team being blown out to sea on an iceberg off the coast of Labrador.

Genres: Nonfiction, Adventure, History, Audiobook, Survival

376 pages, Paperback

First published April 12, 2000

Reviews

[Matthew · Rating 2 out of 5]

A strange audiobook collection. Mostly mountaineering, but also a water rescue and arctic sea rescue. Essentially, a great motivator to prevent one from ever going to inhospitable and cold locations. The section from Wind in the Willows threw me off. I thought the file I downloaded from the library was corrupted and got mixed, but other reviewers also mentioned it.
The book was good to fill some commute time, but I wasn't greatly impressed.

[Kimberly · Rating 3 out of 5]

As a collection of different stories from different authors, I found myself enjoying the writing and storytelling style of some and less so others. All had the same theme of rescues in the great outdoors. Was nice to have the feel of short stories.

[Ciara · Rating 2 out of 5]

I mean I didn't actually finish this one but I left it in my read pile as I was nearly finished. I love disaster and rescue stories etc but I don't know how they managed to find such boring ones considering there's surely thousands of brilliant ones.

[Chris · Rating 1 out of 5]

I listened to the audiobook and it was jut okay.

This is a collection of stories about mountaineering or rafting or rescue and only snippets or summaries of the stories.

There was a story about a rat or mouse that I skipped because it was awful.

I cannot recommend this book.

[Tammy Rice · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book was so strange to me. It had a bunch excerpts from stories without any true endings tied up.

[Suzanne · Rating 3 out of 5]

The "Adrenaline Series" of audiobooks has been wonderful - thrilling stories told by those who lived through them. Some of the stories in this series, especially those about making mountain rescues, had me riveted, as I am especially interested in mountaineering and love books about the conquest of Everest and other mountains. Interestingly enough, this book ended with a tale from "The Wind in the Willows."

[Pancha · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is an anthology of excerpts from longer works, ranging from The Perfect Storm to Wind in the Willows. Not quite what I was expecting.

[Ray Savarda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Like others in this series, an interesting,quick read of the best parts of other rescue adventure stories. Remarkable what humans can survive.

[David · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some stories better than others but Wind in the Willows? Really?