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63) Drift
Author
Pub. Date
1986.
Language
English
Description
Lost in the snowy forest, Rafe Considine is taken prisoner by two Indian women who teach him to live off the land.
65) Snow bound
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1975.
Language
English
Description
Two teenagers caught in a snowstorm in a desolate area face a fight for survival.
Author
Series
Reese's book club volume 2018
Language
English
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ENJOY THE GREAT OUTDOORS FROM INDOORS
JEF - Historical Fiction - Adults
MCL - Reese Witherspoon Book Club
Randolph's Top 100 of 2022
JEF - Historical Fiction - Adults
MCL - Reese Witherspoon Book Club
Randolph's Top 100 of 2022
Description
"Fans of Barbara Kingsolver will love this stunning debut novel from a New York Times bestselling nature writer, about an unforgettable young woman determined to make her way in the wilds of North Carolina, and the two men that will break her isolation open. For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. She's barefoot and wild; unfit for polite society. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase...
69) Wild Timothy
Author
Pub. Date
1987.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Timothy, more interested in reading than in physical activity, reluctantly accompanies his enthusiastic father on a camping trip and, when he accidently becomes lost in the woods, discovers that he is capable of surviving on his own.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A psychological thriller based on the Dutch tradition of blindfolding and dropping teens and pre-teens in the middle of a forest to find their own way back to their families follows what happens when one mother, fearing for her daughter, becomes certain that something has gone horribly wrong.
Author
Series
Survival Scout volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
In this adventure-filled travel companion, Scout endures various natural disasters as she treks through the mountains and explains how to survive if ever lost in the wilderness.
73) Contest
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The New York State Library. A brooding labyrinth of towering bookcases, narrow aisles and spiraling staircases. For Doctor Swain and his daughter, Holly, it is the site of a nightmare. For one night in this historic building is to be the venue for a contest. A contest in which Swain is to compete - whether he likes it or not. The rules are very simple. Seven contestants will enter. Only one will leave. With his daughter in his arms, Swain is plunged...
74) Robinson Crusoe
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
During one of his several adventurous voyages in the 1600s, an Englishman becomes the sole survivor of a shipwreck and lives for nearly thirty years on a deserted island. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.
75) Rivers
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
"Following years of catastrophic hurricanes, the Gulf Coast--stretching from the Florida panhandle to the western Louisiana border--has been brought to its knees. The region is so punished and depleted that the government has drawn a new boundary ninety miles north of the coastline. Life below the Line offers no services, no electricity, and no resources, and those who stay behind live by their own rules. Cohen is one who stayed"--Dust jacket flap....
76) Above the fire
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Doug and his son set out on a backpacking trip through the White Mountains of New Hampshire. But when reports of social collapse reach the ranger station, Doug withdraws even further into the backcountry. The alpine winter presents its own dangers, as father and son must endure the elements, the solitude, and the ever-present threat of outsiders.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Three holiday favorites from New York Times bestselling authors! Silver Bells by Debbie Macomber: A single dad's rambunctious teenage daughter hatches a plot to find her father a wife, and she has just the woman in mind. He may claim he's not interested in remarriage, but perhaps the magic of the holiday season will help him change his mind. On a Snowy Christmas by Brenda Novak When their private plane crashes in the Sierra Nevada shortly before...
79) Survive
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
After surviving a plane crash on a remote mountain, two people must find a way to survive and get back to society.
80) Impasse
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A man is left to die in Alaska while on an "adventure vacation" and must somehow survive to get his revenge on those who betrayed him. Forty and facing a mid-life crisis, Stu Stark has lost his mojo. He simply gave up after being fired from his prestigious job as a prosecuting attorney for losing the biggest case of his career. So when Stu's best friend gifts him a one-week trip into the Alaskan wilderness to rediscover his manhood, Stu thinks it...
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