Moving from novels written to novels dramatized, one more series I can
wholeheartedly recommend, as long as we agree that whodunits with action
are adventure, is the A Nero Wolfe series produced in 2001 and 2002.
Generally, I avoid American TV crime and spy and generally mystery and
thriller
Another +1 for Patrick O'Brian. If you're not sure about Aubrey-Maturin,
check out Voyage to Samarkand.
Rosemary Sutcliff wrote a bunch of classic historical adventure novels for
kids in the 50s and 60s. They're quite textually sophisticated and much
more complex than today's YA. Well worth a
One more recommendation: Finding Everett Ruess.
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> On Oct 25, 2021, at 12:04 PM, Karl Wilcox wrote:
>
> An excellent couple of mountaineering narratives (non-fiction) are Herzog's
> 'Annapurna' and 'Minus 148: The First Winter Ascent of Mt. Mckinley'. And,
> then, of
An excellent couple of mountaineering narratives (non-fiction) are Herzog's
'Annapurna' and 'Minus 148: The First Winter Ascent of Mt. Mckinley'. And,
then, of course, there is the incomparable 'Mawsons Will' (1912 Antarctic
exploration/survival story). And, also, Ernest Shackleton's amazing
One more, foolish to forget it as I'm reading it now: The History of the
Conquest of Peru by William H. Prescott; I also have his History of the
Conquest of Mexico. These were written IIRC in the 1840s, but Prescott is
truly a professional historian using scrupulous research in the Spanish
'The Long Walk' has been identified as a fictional account by the BBC and
others-- I enjoyed reading it very much, but, in retrospect, learning that
it is largely if not entirely fictional, I have no desire to re-read it.
As a historian, I can assure you that while an oral history can be very
Oh, and Two Years Before the Mast too. A good one -- + 1.
On Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 12:06 PM Patrick Moore wrote:
> I know many don't shop at Amazon, but I figure that out-of-copyright
> classics on Kindle are legitimate. Many are very, very cheap if not free. I
> recently spent ~$34 and got
I know many don't shop at Amazon, but I figure that out-of-copyright
classics on Kindle are legitimate. Many are very, very cheap if not free. I
recently spent ~$34 and got about 15 books, some adventure stories
including a digital 4-pak by RL Stevenson, of which I'm now re-reading
Treasure
Lands of Lost Borders is a fun bikey read, by Kate Harris
Mike SLO CA
On Monday, October 25, 2021 at 9:16:35 AM UTC-7 eric...@gmail.com wrote:
> The examples you list aren't novels (which are fictional stories) but
> instead narrative non-fiction accounts of true adventure.
>
> Other
The examples you list aren't novels (which are fictional stories) but
instead narrative non-fiction accounts of true adventure.
Other non-fiction adventure stories I'd recommend involving people up
against death and disaster:
- The Lost City of Z by David Grann
- Survival of the Bark
This one
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Years_Before_the_Mast
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The Endurance by Alfred Lansing.
Curtis
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On Sun, Oct 24, 2021, 8:57 PM 'steve bishop' via RBW Owners Bunch <
rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Steve (UK) here.
>
> Touching the Void by Joe Simpson (non-fiction)
>
> The film is gripping, true to the story and very
Hi
Steve (UK) here.
Touching the Void by Joe Simpson (non-fiction)
The film is gripping, true to the story and very realistic- the book is even
better.
In 1985, two young climbers, Joe Simpson and Simon Yates, set out to be the
first to reach the summit of the Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes.
Hey J, Into the Wild is a good one( same author as Into thin Air). One of my
all time faves is ‘ The Golden Spruce’.-Mike
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> On Oct 24, 2021, at 7:15 PM, J Imler wrote:
>
> Recently I noticed the book, The Long Walk, in a thread with a holiday flyer
> linked, or an
Recently I noticed the book, *The Long Walk*, in a thread with a holiday
flyer linked, or an older catalog maybe. I'm enjoying the true story. Years
ago, I was at Bike, Book, & Hatchet and Grant recommended *In the Heart of
the Sea* and a book about the Galveston hurricane. And one other I just
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