Bibliograph

Survivors, true tales of endurance, edited by John B. Letterman

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Label

Survivors, true tales of endurance, edited by John B. Letterman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 460-461)

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Survivors

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

53035690

Responsibility statement

edited by John B. Letterman

Sub title

true tales of endurance

Table Of Contents

The journey of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca -- Hans Staden: hostage to cannibals -- Captive: the affliction & redemption of Mary Rowlandson -- Marooned: the story of Alexander Selkirk -- Enslaved: the ordeal of Olaudah Equiano -- The death raft of the Méduse -- The wreck of the whale ship Essex -- Four years in the Arctic: the ordeal of the Ross Expedition -- Black Elk speaks -- Mawson's trial -- Endurance & courage: Shackleton's heroic journey -- Saint-Exupéry: prisoner of the sands -- The sinking of the USS Squalus and the underwater rescue of its survivors -- Escape from Colditz -- Kazik: The Warsaw Ghetto rebellion & the escape of the remnant -- Survival in Auschwitz: the drowned and the saved -- Thesiger in the desert: return to Salala -- Maurice Herzog's Annapurna -- K2: the savage mountain -- John McCain: prisoner of war -- Explosion on Apollo 13 -- Survive the savage sea -- Alive: air crash in the Andes

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