There’s plenty of action and adventure borne of imagination available to curious readers, but for your next novel why not go the non-fiction route and see what some real-life adventures can inspire? Here are three non-fiction adventure books that are well worth reading today.
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer. The author of Into the Wild, the tragic but inspirational tale of Christopher McCandless, Krakauer brings us his eye witness account of the 1996 Mt. Everest Disaster which raised many questions about the commercialization of the mountain.
Through the Brazilian Wilderness by Theodore Roosevelt. By all account, President Roosevelt was tough. Just how tough? After a failed bid for reelection he decided to participate in a scientific expedition through some of the roughest parts of Brazil. Why not, right? The expedition quickly turned into a story of survival, however, which Roosevelt documented for subsequent publication.
In The Heart Of The Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick. Adapted into a major motion picture of the same name in 2015, In The Heart Of The Sea tells the tale of the loss of the Whaleship Essex in the Pacific Ocean in 1820 after an unfortunate encounter with an enraged sperm whale. Left with nothing but 3 small whaleboats and limited supplies, the 21 surviving seamen braved the 2,000 mile journey to safety.
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