This is the story of three extraordinary heroes who defined aviation during the age of flight: Charles Lindbergh, Eddie Rickenbacker, and Jimmy Doolittle. These tales of their heart-stopping adventures take us from the feats of World...
True adventure stories
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Author:Groom, WinstonSummary: - Author:Dando-Collins, StephenSummary:
In the tradition of Paul Brickhill's bestselling The Great Escape, the amazing true story of the the most successful mass Allied escape of World War II from Schubin, Poland The story opens in the stinking latrines of the Schubin camp as...
- Author:Gutman, MattSummary:
From award-winning ABC News Chief National Correspondent Matt Gutman, and written using exclusive interviews and information comes the definitive account of the dramatic story that gripped the world: the miracle rescue of twelve boys...
- Author:Zesch, ScottSummary:
Based on the life experiences of his great-great-great-uncle who was kidnapped by Indians as a ten-year-old, Zesch paints a vivid portrait of life on the Texas frontier and offers one of the few nonfiction accounts of captivity.
- Author:Harding, StephenSummary:
In the early hours of July 5, 1943, the destroyer USS Strong was hit by a Japanese torpedo. The powerful weapon broke the destroyer's back, flooded her engine room, killed dozens of sailors, and sparked raging fires. While accompanying...
- Author:Sullivan, RandallSummary:
A fascinating account of the strange, rich history of Oak Island and the intrepid treasure hunters who have driven themselves to financial ruin, psychotic breakdowns, and even death in pursuit of answers. Now as Michigan brothers Marty...
- Author:Blanchet, M. WylieSummary:
After her husband died in 1927, leaving her with five small children, everyone expected the struggles of single motherhood on a remote island to overcome M. Wylie Blanchet. Instead, this courageous woman became one of the pioneers of "...
- Author:Wellman, JimSummary:
Fishing is the most dangerous occupation in the world: in Atlantic Canada, an average of one person dies every month while working at sea. The Deadly Sea by bestselling author Jim Wellman contains twenty-five stories about men...
- Author:Drodge, TomSummary:
On December 10, 1942, at the height of the Second World War, a crew of seven men boarded the bomber plane Time’s A Wastin’ and departed the American air base at Narsarsuaq, Greenland, on their way back to the United States via Goose Bay...
- Author:McClure, Sir Robert, Dalton, AnthonySummary:
For centuries, colonial powers searched for a sea passage that would link the Arctic and Pacific Oceans. The route, known as the Northwest Passage, would cut thousands of miles from sea travel and open up commercial trade to and from...
- Author:Fedarko, KevinSummary:
This is the thrilling true tale of the fastest boat ride ever, down the entire length of the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon, during the legendary flood of 1983. This book at last sets forth the full story of an American...
- Author:Sherman, Casey, Tougias, Michael J.Summary:
On the night of February 18, 1952, during one of the worst winter storms that New England has ever seen, two oil tankers just off the shore of Cape Cod were torn in half by the force of the storm. This middle-grade adaptation tells the...
- Author:Tougias, Mike, Sherman, CaseySummary:
The true story of the valiant attempt to rescue those inside two oil tankers that split in half during the brutal nor'easter in New England in the winter of 1952.
- Author:Collins, GarySummary:
On the night of November 29, 1929, eleven schooners set sail for home from the comfort and safety of St. John’s harbour. They all headed north: directly into the teeth of a deadly hurricane.
Here for the first time are the...
- Author:Geroux, WilliamSummary:
An extraordinary story of survival and alliance during World War II: the icy journey of four Allied ships crossing the Arctic to deliver much needed supplies to the Soviet war effort. On the fourth of July, 1942, four Allied ships...
- Author:Dalton, AnthonySummary:
On January 22, 1906, the passenger ship Valencia lost her way in heavy fog and rain and rammed into the deadly rocks at Pachena Point on the west coast of Vancouver Island. As the wreck was shattered by the pounding waves, the survivors...
- Author:Paul, MarkSummary:
The Greatest Gambling Story Ever Told is an inspiring personal narrative about a filly who broke through the male-dominated world of horseracing and inspired crowds of men and women alike, along with a trio of gamblers who embark on an...
- Author:Peterson, CoyoteSummary:
Coyote Peterson, YouTube star, animal enthusiast, and creator of the Brave Adventure series, has tracked down some of the world's most painfully stinging insects and chronicled getting stung by each of them on his YouTube channel....
- Author:Richardson, EdmundSummary:
Impeccably researched, and written like a thriller, Edmund Richardson's The King's Shadow is the extraordinary untold and wild journey of Charles Masson--think Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid meets Indiana Jones--and his...
- Author:Bartlett, Robert A.Summary:
On January 4, 1914, the Karluk was stuck in ice when the ominous sound of the ship’s stern being ripped open by pack ice was heard by all on board. It sounded like the firing of a cannon. Bartlett immediately ordered supplies be...
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