Man Against Nature - Softcover

Neider, Charles

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ISBN 10: 0815410409 ISBN 13: 9780815410409

Publisher: Cooper Square Press, 2000

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From Pliny the Younger's eyewitness description of the eruption of Vesuvius to a brilliant scholar's death from radiation poisoning, this remarkable collection of 46 firsthand accounts encompasses man's struggle to survive and conquer the forces of nature: earthquakes, bubonic plague, cataclysmic fires, blizzards, tidal waves, floods, deadly insects, and waterspouts. Within these pages, readers can experience living for 45 seconds in a tornado, standing triumphant at the North Pole, battling a whale, bailing out of a plane at supersonic speed, crossing 800 miles of Antarctic sea in an open boat, and other exploits. Contributors include Roald Amundsen, Ernest Hemingway, Sir Edmund Hillary, Jaques-Yves Cousteau, Herodotus, Thor Heyerdahl, Charles Lindbergh, Sir Ernest Shackleton, and Orville Wright.

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About the Author:

During his remarkable life, Charles Neider (1915-2001) edited many books, including Antarctica: Firsthand Accounts of Exploration and Endurance, The Selected Letters of Mark Twain, Life As I Find It: A Treasury of Mark Twain Rarities, Tolstoy: Tales of Courage and Conflict, Essays of the Masters, Great Shipwrecks and Castaways: Firsthand Accounts of Disasters at Sea, and many others. In addition to these titles, Cooper Square Press has also published Neider's The Grotto Berg: Two Novellas. His memoir Adam's Burden: An Explorer's Personal Odyssey Through Prostate Cancer was published earlier this year by Madison Books.

Review:

The best collection of adventure and exploration ever assembled. (Natural History)

[An] unprecedented feat of superlatively exciting reading. (Chicago Tribune)

Neider states that his anthology is unique. This is a large claim that he has filled to the letter. (The New York Times)

[Those] heart-stirring experiences are so vivdly recounted that one is almost surprised to survive in his chair. (Christian Science Monitor)

Superb.... This book offers hours of exciting real-life drama. A brilliant collection! (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

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