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Survive: Stories of Castaways and Cannibals
The stories in Survive testify to human beings' ingenuity and strength in the face of pain or death. If nothing else, they remind us that while suffering is part of life, so is deliverance.
6 pages, Audio Cassette
First published December 27, 2001
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June 25, 2018
A good compilation of survival stories. Some decent fiction by Mark Twain, Patrick O'Brian and Jack London. Some quite good factual accounts about Antarctica, cannibalism in Peru, the Donner Party, and the "Alive" rugby players who crashed in the Andes.
September 14, 2020
Many of these stories were great, most were interesting, and a few were…kind of strange.
I loved the story of Shackleton’s support team in the Antarctic, Virginia Reed Murphy’s account of being a child in the infamous Donner Party, Steven Callahan’s 76 days aboard a raft, and Mark Twain’s brilliant dark satire on cannibalism. Some stories are intense and a bit graphic, but there’s something for every adventurer here. If you don’t like one story, move along to the next. I read this via audiobook and the audio presentations were wonderful! I loved the variety of narrators.
3 1/2 stars!
I loved the story of Shackleton’s support team in the Antarctic, Virginia Reed Murphy’s account of being a child in the infamous Donner Party, Steven Callahan’s 76 days aboard a raft, and Mark Twain’s brilliant dark satire on cannibalism. Some stories are intense and a bit graphic, but there’s something for every adventurer here. If you don’t like one story, move along to the next. I read this via audiobook and the audio presentations were wonderful! I loved the variety of narrators.
3 1/2 stars!
February 22, 2024
Adrift is one of my favorite books of all time, but this segment, as the others in this book, is nothing more than little snippets of the books. Nothing new in any of the information provided.
January 3, 2008
Good stuff.
January 15, 2008
Incredible stories of survival at sea, at the poles and of some situations I'd never like to find myself in.
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April 29, 2011BOOK: Fascinating accts. Ordinary people achieving extraordinary survivals on land & sea (some involving cannibalism)
December 8, 2011
Somewhat entertaining. I enjoyed reading about the Donner Party's travels, and some of the other true stories. I just don't think cannibalism in the face of starvation is the gravest of all sins!
September 7, 2012
Despite the uneven quality, I liked this collection of survival stories - both non-fiction and fiction.
October 5, 2014
A decent book of short stories, or rather, parts of longer ones. Decent read, but not overwhelming so.
April 4, 2015
Great read, i've already read a few of the books that are excerpted in this collection. But this made me want to read the rest!
May 30, 2015
become what always been, suffering and deliverance, a mad man not cannibal, looking for salvation, wounded Buffalo rush, bad direction to Hastings cut off, school of fish attract rescuers.
October 31, 2015
Good collection, maybe not quite as good as some of the other titles in this series.
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