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The Essential Adventure Library: 50 Non-Fiction Adventure Books

The Art of Manliness book list of true life tales of exploration, adventure, and survival against all odds that have inspired countless readers for generations.
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Through the Brazilian Wilderness (Theodore Roosevelt)
Through the Brazilian Wilderness
1
Theodore Roosevelt
South: The Endurance Expedition (Ernest Shackleton)
South: The Endurance Expedition
2
Ernest Shackleton
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster (Nepal)
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster (Nepal)
3
Into the Wild (Jon Krakauer)
Into the Wild
4
Jon Krakauer
Wind, Sand and Stars (Antoine De Saint Exupéry)
Wind, Sand and Stars
5
Antoine De Saint Exupéry
The Journals of Lewis and Clark by Meriwether Lewis
The Journals of Lewis and Clark by Meriwether Lewis
6
Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier (Stephen E. Ambrose)
Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier
7
Stephen E. Ambrose
Farther Than Any Man: The Rise and Fall of Captain James Cook (Martin Dugard)
Farther Than Any Man: The Rise and Fall of Captain James Cook
8
Martin Dugard
Death in the Long Grass
Death in the Long Grass
9
The Man-Eaters of Tsavo (Lt. Colonel, J.H. Patterson, D.S.O)
The Man-Eaters of Tsavo
10
Lt. Colonel, J.H. Patterson, D.S.O
The Four Voyages (Christopher Columbus)
The Four Voyages
11
Christopher Columbus
Arabian Sands
Arabian Sands
12
The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons (John Wesley Powell)
The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons
13
John Wesley Powell
High Adventure: The True Story of the First Ascent of Everest (Edmund Hillary)
High Adventure: The True Story of the First Ascent of Everest
14
Edmund Hillary
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Alfred Lansing)
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
15
Alfred Lansing
Jungle: A Harrowing True Story of Survival (Yossi Ghinsberg)
Jungle: A Harrowing True Story of Survival
16
Yossi Ghinsberg
Touching the Void (Joe Simpson)
Touching the Void
17
Joe Simpson
In the Heart of the Sea (Nathaniel Philbrick)
In the Heart of the Sea
18
Nathaniel Philbrick
Alive (Piers Paul Read)
Alive
19
Piers Paul Read
Skeletons in the Zahara (Dean King)
Skeletons in the Zahara
20
Dean King
Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe (Laurence Bergreen)
Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
21
Laurence Bergreen
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon (David Grann)
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
22
David Grann
Adrift: Seventy Six Days Lost at Sea (Steven Callahan)
Adrift: Seventy Six Days Lost at Sea
23
Steven Callahan
The Marsh Arabs (Wilfred Thesiger)
The Marsh Arabs
24
Wilfred Thesiger
A Expedição Kon-Tiki
A Expedição Kon-Tiki
25
The Perfect Storm (Sebastian Junger)
The Perfect Storm
26
Sebastian Junger
In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis (Doug Stanton)
In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
27
Doug Stanton
The Worst Journey in the World
The Worst Journey in the World
28
High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places (David Breashears)
High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places
29
David Breashears
The Travels of Marco Polo (Marco Polo)
The Travels of Marco Polo
30
Marco Polo
Annapurna (Maurice Herzog)
Annapurna
31
Maurice Herzog
Between a Rock and a Hard Place (Aron Ralston)
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
32
Aron Ralston
K2: The Savage Mountain (Charles S Houston & Robert H. Bates)
K2: The Savage Mountain
33
Charles S Houston & Robert H. Bates
The Darkest Jungle: The True Story of the Darien Expedition and America's Ill-Fated Race to Connect (Todd Balf)
The Darkest Jungle: The True Story of the Darien Expedition and America's Ill-Fated Race to Connect
34
Todd Balf
The Race for Timbuktu: In Search of Africa's City of Gold (Frank Kryza)
The Race for Timbuktu: In Search of Africa's City of Gold
35
Frank Kryza
Cabeza De Vaca's Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America (Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca)
Cabeza De Vaca's Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America
36
Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca
True North: Peary, Cook, and the Race to the Pole (Bruce Henderson)
True North: Peary, Cook, and the Race to the Pole
37
Bruce Henderson
Touching My Father's Soul: A Sherpa's Journey to the Top of Everest (Jamling Tenzing Norgay)
Touching My Father's Soul: A Sherpa's Journey to the Top of Everest
38
Jamling Tenzing Norgay
A Man on the Moon: Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts (Andrew Chaikin)
A Man on the Moon: Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts
39
Andrew Chaikin
Mawson's Will: The Greatest Polar Survival Story Ever Written (Lennard Bickel)
Mawson's Will: The Greatest Polar Survival Story Ever Written
40
Lennard Bickel
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