The Greatest Survival Stories of All Time: True Tales of People Cheating Death When Trapped in a Cave, Adrift at Sea, Lost in the Forest, Stranded on a Mountaintop and More

by Cara Tabachnick

Overview

Discover the most harrowing survival stories throughout modern history in this riveting collection from celebrated author Cara Tabachnick.

The stories seem too unbelievable to be true. Lost individuals facing the most severe natural disasters, the most dangerous situations, and the most inhospitable conditions...and coming back alive. From plane crashes and sinking ships to surviving in freezing forests and dry deserts, this anthology of survival stories includes some of the most famous, unbelievable tales of beating the odds.

This book features gripping tales of sheer bravery and quick thinking, including:

• Juliane Koepcke, the sole survivor of a plane crash in the Peruvian Amazon
• Jose Salvador Alvarenga, who floated for 13 months alone in the Pacific ocean
• Aron Ralston, who cut off his arm to escape the canyon he’d been trapped in
• Lincoln Hall, who was abandoned on Mount Everest
• ...and many more.

Whether you want to be thrilled by close calls and narrow escapes, or get inspired by some of the greatest stories of human endurance, this collection of tales has something for everyone.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781612439082
Publisher:	Ulysses Press
Publication date:	07/23/2019
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	495,286
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Cara Tabachnick is a journalist who writes and reports and writing about global criminal justice systems, focusing on police, prisons and drugs. She has written for publications such as Marie Claire, "O" Oprah Magazine, The Washington Post Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, The Guardian, and Scientific American. She has written a true-crime series for Harper Collins UK based on FBI Most Wanted Cases.

From 2008-2015 she was the Deputy Director of the Center on Media, Crime and Justice at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. While there, she also served as the Managing Editor of its daily news service, The Crime Report.

She is a graduate of Columbia University’s School of Journalism and splits her time between Brooklyn and Spain. This is her first foray into writing about survivor stories.

Table of Contents

Introduction 7

Juliane Koepcke: Peruvian Rain Forest, 1971 11

Henri Nemy: Courrières Coal Mine, Northern France, 1906 29

Enietra Washington: Southside, Los Angeles, 1988 47

Mauro Prospers: Marathon des Sables, Morocco, 1994 63

Coach Ek and the Wild Boars Soccer Team: Tham Luang Cave System, Thailand, 2018 79

Josiah Mitchell: Sinking of The Hornet Pacific Ocean, 1866 95

Dina Mironovna Pronicheva: Kiev, Ukraine, 1941 115

Ada Blackjack: Wrangel Island, 1921-1923 133

Noam Gershony: Israel, 2006 151

Odette Sansom: France, 1941-1943 161

References 183

About the Author 191