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Summary: Best Adventure Survival Book Ever
Review: WOW! What a will to live and a test of physical and mental perseverance! Whenever I am feeling overwhelmed, I'm going to remember the willpower of Sir Ernest Shackleton and his 27 intrepid men in their determination to survive almost two years lost in the Antarctic. These men and their good humor in times of absolute desolation reminds one that you can never give up. Alfred Lansing did a wonderful job of bringing the men and their voyage to life.The only thing I would have liked was a map so I could better see where Elephant Island and South Georgia were and trace the passage as it was.
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Summary: Excitement and breathtaking drama off the charts!
Review: This epic struggle against all odds would seem nearly beyond belief without Lansing's careful documentation of the facts. I could not stop reading the book! We are all wimps in light of these men's ability to deal with extreme adversity. Shakelton is my hero!
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Summary: The best adventure story I have ever read.
Review: I consider myself a reader and this was one of the best. The proof - I will not lend it to anyone for fear it won't find its way back. Makes Bleigh look like the Captain of the Love Boat.
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Summary: Shackleton Rediscovered
Review: An absolutely incredible book. I have thought so since I read it in 1960. I recommended it to everyone then and I do now. It was published in 1959. This was the first and best of the books coming out on Sir Earnest.
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Summary: Adventure stories don't get any better than this.
Review: I read this book during a January cold spell in Wisconsin, and it surely made my necessary chores outside easier! Hard to imagine conquering the elements as Shackelton and his crew did, without benefits of modern technology, and without giving up. The photographs document some of the details that we wouldn't otherwise believe possible.
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Summary: You'll wonder how much more they can take!
Review: I read this book at night and I must admit, I have never appreciated a warm, dry bed more in my life! I found this book enthralling. Lansing really gives the reader a feel for the brutal conditions these men suffered through. 2 years of that??? Unbelievable! And strangely enough, the excitement these men felt when they were able to kill a seal for food actually made me want to try some hoosh.
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Summary: An incredible story
Review: Truly incredible. Makes Into Thin Air look like a walk in the park. The privations that these men suffer make this book almost excruciating to read. One of the best books that I read in 1998.
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Summary: Great reading. Incredible adventure. Men at extreme testing.
Review: Makes fascinating reading. The author catches your attention from the very start. The adventure is breathtaking. Incredible endurance by men under extreme conditions for two years. When you think everything was real you wonder how they did it. Shackleton was probably the greatest leader of men at sea. Well written, interesting facts, amazing details. A journey into survival.
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Summary: Edge-of-your-seat, gripping, could not put it down.
Review: Captian Worsley noted that this story came so close, so many times to never being known to the world. It makes me wonder of all the tales of shipwreck and heroism that will never be known. This book is like a roller-coaster ride. From the heights of the human spirit to the depths of human misery, I was amazed over and over again of what and how much these men were capable. Truely inspiring. I think twice now before complaining of being cold. I have no idea. A good map of the area would have been a helpful addition. Also would have enjoyed a few words on how some of the crew members fared after their return.
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Summary: The best and most gripping survival story I have ever read.
Review: Extraordinarily written. You can feel the desperation, hungar and cold suffered by these incredible men. Shacklton is a leader's leader, a brave soul who put the survival of all his men above all else. There cannot be a sea survival story, or any other survival story for that matter, to equal this one. I still get cold chills when I think of some of the conditions these men faced. A fiction writer could not create a story to depict the strength of the human spirit to equal this one. That this story is true, is proof that miracles do happen.
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