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 enlarge | Author: Laurence Gonzales
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  133 reviews
Sales Rank: 1885
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 318
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 0393326152
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.69
EAN: 9780393326154
ASIN: 0393326152
Publication Date: October 30, 2004
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 Could be Classified a "Self-Help" Book June 14, 2008
As a recent "survivor" of several close family member's death's in the last few years, I felt this book is a "how-to" survive any of life's ordeals. When we suffer traumatic events - we become "lost", our world doesn't make sense anymore. The "map" to our life is altered. We try to "bend the map" to have it make sense, but when we do this - we keep going deeper into the wilderness and get more lost. This book reminded me of my own "survival" story (which still unfolds) - I felt the accounts of being lost in the woods or at sea, were analogies to my own life's circumstances (death/loss). When lost, we need to accept we are lost - then adapt. This is the work of grieving as well. One can read all the feel good grieving books they want on how to honor their loved one (and that is a good thing - it has it's place), but at the end of the day; to survive you need to accept and adapt to your "new map". I recommend this book to anyone who wants a compelling account of survival as a good read and to those who have suffered trauma in life as a guide in "getting out of the woods".
fantastic book June 2, 2008
I couldn't believe that I couldn't put this book down.
Full disclosure -I also read it at a time when I was totally obsessed with the great depression and WWII, after having watched all of Ken Burns' piece...
Yes, it is full of technical mountaineering type terms, half of which I didn't know and don't care to learn further about, but it was still fascinating to me. It gives a little more meat the the 'right stuff' factor of a survive and thrive mindset at large. If you're a life lesson concepts / big picture kinda sort, it's a really good read. And if you always have a swiss army knife on your key chain, bandaids in your purse and a mylar blanket packed along with trailmix and water in the trunk of your car, you also might like it.
But there also are crazy stories to follow where you can't imagine how someone ended up alive that make it interesting, too, if you are only in it for the donner-party-type plot...
Excellent May 24, 2008
This book is outstanding and very informative for those who like to do outdoor things in the few wild places that still exist. It applies to all manner of activities and is thought provoking about life and the thinking processes of people under stress. I would recommend this book to anybody and everybody under the age of 70.
Not What Was Expected but... May 15, 2008
I purchased this book for my husband after hearing about it from a instructor in a CPR class I took...I told my husband about it and he wanted to order the book...it wasn't exactly what he expected it to be and after he thumbed thru it, he laid it down for servral days...well when he picked it up again, he said he couldn't put it down as the stories we very inspiring...we will be ordering it for our grandkids in the future and based on what my husband said about the book I will also be reading it...
I loved this book May 2, 2008
This was an inspiring, interesting, and practical book. It's a quick read and the fundemental rules of survival are the same rules for success in business, life, relationships...staying aware, being resourceful, keep moving, dealing with reality/not pereception of how it should be or how you'd like it to be, and most importantly having faith in yourself and others. Great book for anyone.
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