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This series of short stories could only loosely be termed "stories of survival" as they do range beyond mere endurance. Junger's contribution is a story of "survival" in the sense of the survival of a way of life, rather than of an individual person on the sea. That said, if the reader isn't dead set on a set of survival stories strictly understood, this volume presents an interesting variety of stories. My favorites in this set are the description of the loss of the Titanic from a passenger's p...
What a great escape. Incredible stories of courage, solitude and survival through the ages. Great selections from books and articles exposing the reader to experiences and perspectives not typically familiar with land fairing people. I’m adding this one to my home library.
A great idea, but a bit disappointing in the execution. Some of the excerpts would have been better with more context, and some got a bit mired down in technical details. Each of the selections represents an important story or historical event, and I did find myself researching the topics to find out more about them. An anthology of short stories and magazine articles about "rough water," each presented in its complete form, would have been a more compelling "listen" (audio CD) for me.
Close to 4 stars. These short excerpts made me long for the full stories. I also remembered how much I used to love reading ships’ logs.
Read the first 3 stories which I enjoyed, skipped the rest for one reason or another.
The Whale Hunters from this collection.
