Desperate Journeys, Abandoned Souls: True Stories of Castaways and Other SurvivorsAuthentic accounts of survivors from the 1500s to the present show penetrating explorations of the moral dilemmas they faced, the personalities of those who survive in desperate situations, and the influence of survivors on society. 50 photos and drawings. |
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User Review - ben_a - LibraryThingMore a compendium rather than a real unified non-fiction book, but what a compendium! Gem-like anecdotes abound. Read full review
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User Review - atheist_goat - LibraryThingThis book was pretty much written for me. It is 500 pages of survival and frostbite and bear attacks and people eating each other. Leslie's writing style is occasionally over-the-top and seems to come ... Read full review
Contents
His Hair Was Weedy and His Beard Was Long | 9 |
Among the Cruelest Savages | 21 |
To Live Upon This Barren Shore | 36 |
A Singular Naval Man | 47 |
On a Piece of Stone | 61 |
The Occupation of Mischief | 86 |
Heavens Gracious Justice III | 111 |
A Country Peopled with Christians | 123 |
The Weaning from All Vain Enjoyment | 218 |
The Cruel Death I Did Sustain | 230 |
The Headhunters Casket | 242 |
PART III LORDS OF THE FOWL AND THE BRUTE | 263 |
A Certain Illusion a Trick of Light | 292 |
Maine Tarzan | 324 |
The Sands Glorious Prisoner | 349 |
THE CHARMS OF SOLITUDE | 377 |
The Calming Effect of Rum and True Religion | 133 |
The Utility of a Fashionable Hat | 160 |
The Pleasure of God | 175 |
The Carpenters Remains | 182 |
The Ownership of a Plank | 200 |
Annotations | 537 |
| 569 | |
Acknowledgments | 581 |
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| Title | Desperate Journeys, Abandoned Souls: True Stories of Castaways and Other Survivors |
| Author | Edward E. Leslie |
| Edition | illustrated, revised |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1988 |
| ISBN | 0395911508, 9780395911501 |
| Length | 586 pages |
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