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The Greatest Disaster Stories Ever Told
Author | : Lamar Underwood |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 2002-01-30 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0756787823 |
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Brings together the most interesting, readable, & compassionate of events so catastrophic they will never be forgotten. They run the gamut from shipwrecks to industrial catastrophe. Disasters described include: the sinkings of the Titanic & the Lusitania; the Johnstown, PA flood; the 1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helens; the destruction of Galveston, TX by the deadliest hurricane in Amer. history; the B-25 bomber crash into the Empire State Bldg.; the sinking of the U.S.S. IndianapolisÓ; the runway collision between Pan Am & KLM 747s that resulted in 578 deaths; the 1996 explosion of TWA Flight 800; the Bhopal, India toxic chemical leak, which killed 2,500; the Space Shuttle ChallengerÓ tragedy; the Chicago Orphanage fire; the N.Y. Triangle fire; & more.
Greatest Escape Stories Ever Told
Author | : Darren Brown |
Publsiher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2006-06-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781461748755 |
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To reach freedom, the most famous escapers of all time have been willing to endure the most horrific conditions—and the direst consequences if caught. The collection of tales in The Greatest Escape Stories Ever Told is gripping as only true life-and-death struggles can be: Papillon fighting through the jungles of Guiana only to commit himself to the open ocean in a sixteen-foot boat rather than face a life in exile; Rocky Gause dodging bullets as he swims through shark-infested waters to escape the Japanese at Bataan, while those around him simply quit; Latude battling against the dreaded Bastille; Baron Trenck—with chains covering almost every inch of his body—digging and digging to free himself from wrongful imprisonment; Andre Devigny, so weak from starvation and poor treatment that he could barely lift himself, shimmying across a rope only yards above a German sentry during World War II on the eve of his execution. These are just a few of the twenty-five bold and ingenious tales of escape included in this collection. The Greatest Escape Stories Ever Told will hold readers captive for years to come!
The Greatest Disaster Stories Ever Told
Author | : Lamar Underwood |
Publsiher | : Lyons Press |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1585746150 |
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Brings together the most interesting, readable, and compassionate of events so catastrophic they will never be forgotten.
The Greatest Disaster Stories Ever Told
Author | : Lamar Underwood |
Publsiher | : Lyons Press |
Total Pages | : 418 |
Release | : 2003-11 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1592280854 |
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Unforgettable stories of catastrophes from around the world.
The Greatest Coast Guard Rescue Stories Ever Told
Author | : Tom McCarthy |
Publsiher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2017-08-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781493027033 |
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The Coast Guard’s rescue personnel are second to none, and Coast Guard air and sea rescue missions have been the subjects of celebrated newspaper accounts, books, and movies, including The Perfect Storm. The Coast Guard is one of the nation's five military services, which exist to defend and preserve the United States. In The Greatest Coast Guard Rescue Stories Ever Told, the editor has pulled together some of the finest writings about air and sea rescues that capture readers imaginations, culled from books, magazines, and elsewhere. It is an unforgettable collection, and includes stories by Kathryn Miles, Eric Hartlep, Gerald Hoover, Martha Laguardia-Kotite, Geoffrey D. Reynolds, Kalee Thompson, H. Paul Jeffers, and many others.
The Ultimate Guide to Fishing Skills Tactics and Techniques
Author | : Jay Cassell |
Publsiher | : Skyhorse Publishing Inc. |
Total Pages | : 799 |
Release | : 2012-01-14 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9781616085612 |
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Provides tips and information about many aspects of fishing, including knots, tackle, fishing boats, cooking, accessories, and includes fifteen personal fishing stories.
The Greatest Polar Exploration Stories Ever Told
Author | : Tom McCarthy |
Publsiher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 269 |
Release | : 2023-03-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781493071012 |
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The newspaper advertisement for volunteers to accompany Ernest Shackleton on his planned traverse of Antarctica in 1914 was frank in its offering. “Men wanted for hazardous journey. Low wages, bitter cold, long hours of complete darkness. Safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in event of success.” Still, hundreds applied. There were few chances left to be the first to reach the last challenge on Earth. As the 20th Century came of age, explorers had uncovered most of the world’s mysteries, sailing to the far corners of the globe, ascending many of its most forbidding peaks, crossing its greatest deserts and penetrating its thickest jungles. Frozen, alien, inhospitable, dangerous, and close to impossible to reach, there were only two tiny dots on the globe that human beings had not yet set foot on—the North and South Poles. The Greatest Polar Exploration Stories Ever Told is a visceral, exciting and stunning collection of twelve stories recounting the bravery, resoluteness, and strength of the men who willingly traversed frozen hells to be the first to reach the North or South Pole. It is a collection that will both inspire and inform—and answer questions about the limits of human endurance. Many men would die during their challenging, frozen journeys, and their deaths were not pleasant. Yet they continued to try again. Here are stories, wrought by the challenging landscape and weather, that made these explorers household names and heroes: Peary, Scott, Amundsen, Shackleton, Franklin, Cherry-Garrard, Scott, Kane, Cook—and others lost to history whose bravery was nonetheless as admirable. Each of these men knew success would bring glory for their countries and financial security and fame and eminent places in history for themselves. Each knew also the odds of success were slim and the chance of dying great. Nations held their collective breaths for news of each expedition and those years later were termed the Heroic Age of Exploration—there were simply no other endeavors that captured the world’s attention the various races to the poles. The Greatest Polar Exploration Stories Ever Told recaptures the spirit, drama, and tragedy of a time in history that will never come again.
Time
Author | : Kelly Knauer |
Publsiher | : Time Home Entertainment |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2012-05 |
Genre | : Disasters |
ISBN | : 1603207406 |
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This title tells the story of history's most memorable man-made disasters, from the sinking of the Titanic to the explosions of the space shuttles Challenger and Columbia.