Cheating death amazing survival stories from Alaska
Alaska's best-known storyteller offers a chilling collection of survival stories from pilots, hikers, hunters, climbers, boaters & fisherman who confront their mortality & find within themselves the courage & ingenuity to cheat death. Among others, the stories tell of a young man de...
| Main Author: | Kaniut, Larry. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Fairbanks :
Epicenter Press,
[1997]
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| Summary: |
Alaska's best-known storyteller offers a chilling collection of survival stories from pilots, hikers, hunters, climbers, boaters & fisherman who confront their mortality & find within themselves the courage & ingenuity to cheat death. Among others, the stories tell of a young man desperately clinging to life on an iceberg in the Susitna River; a woman struggling to escape the cockpit of a small plane sinking beneath the waters of a remote bay; two climbers fighting stubbornly to survive as an avalanche sweeps over them; & a diver engaging in a three-hour tug-of-war with an octopus. Here are true stories of Bush pilots, hikers, hunters, and others who faced death in the Alaska wilderness -- and lived to tell about it. |
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| Item Description: |
Originally published: 1994. |
| Physical Description: |
xvii, 174 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 172). |
| ISBN: |
0945397615 |
| Author Notes: |
Larry Kaniut, a retired high school teacher living in Anchorage, is author of Alaska Bear Tales and More Alaska Bear Tales, two of Alaska's all-time best-selling books. Learn more at www.kaniut.com. |