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Author:
Shone, Rob.
Title:
Defying death in the mountains / by Rob Shone ; illustrated by Nick Spender.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher:
Rosen Central,
Copyright Date:
2010
Description:
48 p. : chiefly col. ill., col. map ; 26 cm.
Subject:
Comic books, strips, etc--Mountaineering
Comic books, strips, etc--Wilderness survival
Comic books, strips, etc.
Other Authors:
Spender, Nik, ill.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 47) and index.
Contents:
Majestic mountains -- Mountain survival -- Flight five-seven-one : the Andes, Argentina, South America, 1972 -- Back from the dead : Joe Simpson, Siula Grande, the Peruvian Andes, South America, 1985 -- A life-or-death decision : Aron Ralston, Blue John Canyon, Utah, 2003 -- More survival stories.
Summary:
Discusses how to survive in the mountains, with depictions, in graphic novel format, of three true survival stories, including a plane crash in the Andes in 1972 and the case involving Aron Ralston, whose arm was trapped by a rock while climbing in Utah in 2003.
Series:
Graphic survival stories
Indexed by:
School Library Journal, May 2010.
Booklist, March 2010.
Library Media Connection, October 2010.
ISBN:
9781435835320
1435835328
LCCN:
2009041568
Locations:
54SX745 -- Emmetsburg High School (Emmetsburg)
RNPC397 -- Mary J. Barnett Memorial Library (Guthrie Center)
HQPD845 -- Rock Valley Public Library (Rock Valley)

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