The Mammoth Book of Endurance and Adventure - Softcover

Jon E. Lewis

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9781841191287: The Mammoth Book of Endurance and Adventure

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1841191280 ISBN 13: 9781841191287

Publisher: Robinson, 2000

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This collection of classic tales comprises over 50 accounts of true-life adventure taken from contemporary memoirs, letters and journals. They span the years 1800 to the end of this century, in a period which can be termed the modern age of exploration. Inspired by Ernest Shackleton's 1914-15 escape from the bitter clutches of Antarctica, this book is by turn inspirational, harrowing, tragic and unimaginable. It recounts stories of ordinary mortals who achieved extraordinary things. From the ice-locked poles and endless deserts of Arabia to the storm-tossed South Atlantic, the rainforests of the Amazon and sheer peaks of the Himalayas, the world's most famous adventurers recount their experiences.

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