Survivors: True Tales of Endurance

Survivors: True Tales of Endurance
ISBN-10
0743245474
ISBN-13
9780743245470
Series
Survivors
Category
Airplane crash survival
Pages
472
Language
English
Published
2003
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Author
John B. Letterman

Description

Presents more than thirty first-person narratives by people who have surived life-threatening dangers, including shipwreck, famine, war, and natural disasters, including the conquistador Cabeza de Vaca and John McCain.

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