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True survival stories

by Paul Dowswell · 2002

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From shark attacks and blazing airships to exploding spacecraft and sinking submarines, this is a collection of real stories of people who have stared death in the face and lived to tell the tale.

Subject
biographybiographyMore like thisLess of this
Themes
survivalsurvivalMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 141 pages

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