Life or death : surviving the impossible
A collection of thirty three hair-raising stories of people in life or death situations and the decisions they needed to make in order to survive and have a better life.
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- ISBN: 1443119512
- ISBN: 9781443119511
- Physical Description 156 pages
- Publisher Toronto : Scholastic Canada, [2014]
- Copyright ©2014
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 7.99 |
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Summary
Life or Death
More than 30 riveting -- and true! -- survival stories from Larry Verstraete, the master of adventure non-fiction. A slave in mid-1800s North Carolina squeezes into a 2' x 3' box and has friends mail him to Philadelphia . . . and freedom. A doctor injects 8000 Polish Jews with a substance that makes it appear they have typhus, getting them sent into quarantine instead of to death camps. Apollo 13 astronauts use duct tape, a hose, and other spare parts to fix failed machinery and bring their spacecraft safely home. Following the popularity of the award-winning At the Edge: Daring Acts in Desperate Times , winner of the Silver Birch Award for Non-Fiction, this new collection from Larry Verstraete features over 30 incredible true stories of survivors who found creative ways to beat impossible odds.