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Beautifully presented in a large, hardback format, and fully illustrated in color throughout, this wonderful anthology is a treat for all the family. Be shocked and amazed by these incredible real-life stories of extreme survival, including... The Man Who Sucked Blood from a Shark, a sailor who survived for 133 days on a raft in the Atlantic when his ship was torpedoed, using shark's blood in place of fresh water. The Girl Who Fell From the Sky, a teenager who fell 2 miles from an airplane and trekked through the Amazon jungle to safety. The Woman Who Froze to Death - Yet Lived, a woman who was trapped under freezing water for so long her heart stopped. Four hours later, medics managed to warm her blood enough to revive her. Combining classic tales such as Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic voyage, as well as more modern exploits such as the adventurer who inspired the movie 127 Hours, these astonishing stories will be retold by young readers to all of their friends.
About the Author
Born in Boston, 1948, only child, raised in rural Massachusetts. Off to college [Albion, MI], married Susy Schweinsberg, managed to stay out of the war, off to grad school [Missoula, MT], became a student of Dick Hugo, Bill Kittredge, Madeline Defrees, worked for MT's Writers in the Schools program, moved to the Flathead Valley [Kalispell, MT], had two boys, Montana and Jackson, wrote short stories, played in a blues band [Tut & the Uncommons], watched the boys grow up . . . finally left MT in 1999 for Tacoma, WA, where, one morning in August 2006, I sit in the Mandolin Cafe writing this.
