wilderness survival

The author chronicles his experiences living in the wilderness of Alaska and recounts his day-to-day activities of building a log cabin and making what he needed from materials around him.

Diary entries chronicle Richard L. Proenneke's life living in the wilderness of Twin Lakes, Alaska from 1974 through 1980.

Eleven-year-old Kevin finds himself alone and lost in the Utah desert, with only his wits to help him survive.

At the end of the twenty-first century, when the Earth is under the control of a single intelligence known as One True, a group of humans settle on Mars hoping to turn the inhospitable planet into a new home.

Provides children with tools and expertise to survive adverse wilderness experiences, explaining how to build fires and shelters, find food and water, deal with dangerous animals, navigate, and avoid injuries, and featuring detailed instructions for related exercises.

Outlines the dangers that the wilderness can pose and discusses how people have survived some of the most treacherous outdoor conditions. Features full-color photographs, a glossary, and further reading sources.

Jake Crosby's and his nine-year-old tomboy daughter Katy's weekend at their remote hunting camp is wrecked when they are chased into the Noxubee River swamp by drug dealers.

A guide to outdoor survival skills, providing information on shelter, fire, water, plants, and animals, and includes colorplates of sixty-nine useful plants.

Photographs and simple text describe how mountain climber Colby Coombs survived an avalanche in the mountains of Denali National Park in Alaska.