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Wild: Stories of Survival from the World's Most Dangerous Places (Adrenaline Books Series)
Wild Stories of Survival from the World's Most Dangerous Places - Adrenaline Books Series Wild brings together the best writing about men and women fighting for their lives in the wilderness, from Carl R. Raswan's account of surviving raids, droughts, and sandstorms in the desert with the Bedouins, to Joe Kane's description of terrifying adventures on the Amazon. Other accounts include: Philipe Descola telling of life with an ... more »isolated tribe of headhunters who kill each other on impulse and for sport; Edward Abbey on the sublime hazards of trying to navigate the Southwest canyonlands; Bill Bryson describing his life-threatening but hilarious adventures along the Appalachian Trail; Sheila Nickerson on the survivors - herself among them - of family or friends lost in the wilderness; and Eric Newby finding himself lost in some of the world's most daunting terrain, the unmapped Hindu Kush.« less