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Queen Bess: daredevil aviator
By Doris L Rich. 1993
Rich outlines the life of the world's first black woman aviator, Bessie Coleman, by drawing on reports in black newspapers…
and memoirs of contemporaries. Born in 1892, Coleman battled racism and sexism in her drive to "amount to something." She chose flying as her road to glory, earned her license in France after U.S. instructors refused to teach her, and found fame in air shows. She died in a crash in 1926. 1993.Over the top of the world: explorer Will Steger's trek across the Arctic
By Jon Bowermaster, Will Steger. 1997
Recounts Steger's 1995 trip over the North Pole by dogsled and canoe. Steger's journey begins in Siberia with six teammates,…
thirty-three dogs, and two tons of gear. His journal entries detail daily events, weather conditions, setbacks, dog problems, and human difficulties in successfully mounting the expedition. Grades 4-7. 1997.Home from the hill: three gentlemen adventurers
By Peter Murray. 1994
Three Englishmen -- Warburton Pike, Clive Phillips-Wolley, and Martin Grainger -- made their mark on Canada in the early 1900s…
through their wilderness explorations in British Columbia. They wrote about and promoted Canada in Engand, and in different ways they helped to shape the province. 1994.Hollywood the hard way: a cowboy's journey
By Patti Dickinson. 1999
In 1945 Oklahoma rancher Rolla Goodnight bet his friend Jimmy Wakely, a singing cowboy star, that Rolla's grandson could ride…
1,500 miles in less than fifty days to Hollywood, California. The author recounts twenty-year-old Jerry Van Meter's grueling trek on horseback across mountains and deserts to his destination. 1999.David Thompson (The Canadians)
By James K Smith. 1975
Young David Thompson trapped for the Hudson's Bay Company during the late 1700s. In 1789, he met Philip Turnor who…
had been hired to map a route to Athabasca. Turnor taught him mathematics and astronomy, thus starting Thompson on his way to being an explorer, surveyor and map maker. Grades 5-8. 1975.Deep water passage: a spiritual journey at midlife
By Ann Linnea. 1995
At forty-three the author, with a friend, makes a kayak trip around Lake Superior. Cold, stormy weather and fatigue combine…
with closeness to nature and a sense of accomplishment to produce self-understanding and prepare Linnea for the next stage of her life. Contains feminist and "new age" concepts and language. 1995.Bush flying: the romance of the North (Act Ser.)
By Robert S Grant. 1995
This book offers a kaleidoscope of Canadian aviation stories. Grant takes the reader from coast to coast with adventure in…
the High Arctic, to near misses in western mountain ranges. He describes the life behind the controls of a bush plane as hard and sometimes dangerous work, that also has its glamorous moments. 1995.Cold oceans: adventures in kayak, rowboat, and dogsled
By Jonathan Turk. 1998
The author describes four of his adventures, some undertaken with his wife Chris, and many of which ended up as…
unanticipated ordeals: kayaking to Cape Horn, rowing across the Northwest Passage, dog sledding on Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic, and following an old migration route to Greenland. He also reflects on famous explorations of the past. 1998.Charles A. Lindbergh: a human hero
By James Giblin. 1997
A portrait of the aviation hero who in 1927 made the first nonstop transatlantic flight. Traces his daredevil youth, his…
early days of flying, his family life and the tragic kidnapping of his son, his isolationist stand in World War II, and his later life. Grades 4-7. 1997.They call me Mama Daktari
By Anne Spoerry. 1996
French-born and educated, Dr. Anne Spoerry was incarcerated in the Ravensbruck concentration camp during World War 2, then left Europe…
to practice medicine in Kenya. At age 45 she learned to fly and continued flying to remote parts of the country into her eighties. 1996.The second death of George Mallory: the enigma and spirit of Mount Everest
By Reinhold Messner, Tim Carruthers. 2001
Did George Mallory, who died with Andrew Irvine on Mount Everest in 1924, reach the summit of the mountain? The…
author believes he did not, but makes what he considers to be the real point, that the 'because-it-is-there' spirit of amateur climbing died on the mountain with Mallory. An engrossing portrait of a climber and a spirit no longer with us. 2001. Uniform title: Mallorys zweiter Tod.South: a memoir of the Endurance voyage
By Ernest Henry Shackleton. 1998
Shackleton's 1914-1917 account of how his plans to lead the first trans-Antarctic expedition became a survival saga after his ship,…
Endurance, was blocked and finally crushed by pack-ice. Describes the courage of men facing extremely harsh conditions. Covers Shackleton's valiant 800-mile trip in an open boat to bring back rescuers. 1998.The sourdough and the queen: the many lives of Klondike Joe Boyle
By Leonard Taylor. 1983
Recounts the life of Joseph Boyle, a sailor, sports promoter, diplomat, soldier and spy. He knew such people as diamond…
Jim Brady, Robert Service, the Rothschilds, King George V, and Queen Marie of Rumania who was the great love of his life. c1983.Northern traders: caribou hair in the stew
By Archie Hunter. 1983
This strange and exciting tale of Hunter's life as a Hudson's Bay Company fur trader in the far north is…
also a graphic record of the dramatic changes that have occurred in northern lifestyles over the past 50 years. 1983.A wolverine is eating my leg (Vintage departures)
By Tim Cahill. 1973
In this collection of 18 adventure essays, the author describes deep sea scuba diving, avalanche skiing, and white-water rafting. He…
also spent time with Dian Fossey and her gorillas, visited Jim Jones' death camp in Guyana, and investigated Bigfoot accounts in the Pacific Northwest. 1989, c1973.Champlain
By Joe C. W Armstrong. 1987
Biography of Samuel de Champlain, the explorer who first understood North America's potential for settlement, agriculture, and trade. Armstrong details…
Champlain's explorations in North America, and discusses his skills as a navigator, naturalist, ethnographer, and administrator. 1987.The true adventures of the world's greatest stuntman: my life as Indiana Jones, James Bond, Superman and other movie heroes
By Vic Armstrong, Robert Sellers. 2011
You may think you've never heard of Vic Armstrong, but he's been a stunt double for James Bond, Indiana Jones…
and Superman, and he's directed action scenes for three Bond movies, Mission Impossible 3, and Thor. Counting Harrison Ford, Steven Spielberg and Arnold Schwarzenegger among his friends, Vic is officially credited in the Guinness Book of World Records as the World's Most Prolific Stuntman. Some strong language. c2011.Quest for adventure
By Chris Bonington. 1981
The author, one of Great Britain's leading mountaineers, examines the motivations and impulses that have driven men and women to…
challenge the physical earth, from ocean voyages to desert, polar and space explorations. 1981.Voyages of discovery: Captain Cook and the exploration of the Pacific
By Lynne Withey. 1987
Voyager
By Phil Patton, Jeana Yeager, Dick Rutan. 1987
Yeager and Rutan, the first people to fly around the world without stopping to refuel, tell of their backgrounds and…
careers, the six years of preparation for the flight, and the research and testing involved. 1987.