True Adventure Stories: Daring Exploits of the World's Greatest Adventurers

by Paul Dowswell, Gill Harvey

Collects stories of exploration and survival in the remotest places on Earth, including the North and South Poles, Mount Everest, and the great deserts.

429 pages, Hardcover

First published August 29, 2003

About the author

Paul Dowswell is a British writer of nonfiction and young adult novels who has written over 70 books for British publishers. He was a senior editor at Usborne Publishing, then went freelance in 1999.

Reviews

[Rodney Sloan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great, easy read. Probably most suited to school-goers, but I still enjoyed it.

[Robert Buettner · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very easy to read collection of 9 tales of survival across the globe.