Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why

by Laurence Gonzales

In Deep Survival, Laurence Gonzales combines hard science and powerful storytelling to illustrate the mysteries of survival, whether in the wilderness or in meeting any of life's great challenges. This gripping narrative, the first book to describe the art and science of survival, will change the way you see the world. Everyone has a mountain to climb. Everyone has a wilderness inside.

Genres: Nonfiction, Psychology, Survival, Adventure, Science, Outdoors, Nature

318 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1998

About the author

Laurence Gonzales is the author of Surviving Survival and the bestseller Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why. He has won two National Magazine Awards. His essays are collected in the book House of Pain.