Best adventure books from United States of America

Travel the world without leaving your chair. If you are into adventure here are some adventure books from United States of America for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.

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Into Thin Air : A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer EN

Rating: 4 164 Votes

Country: North America /

United States of America

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When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996, he hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion. As he turned to begin his long, dangerous descent from 29,028 feet, twenty other climbers were still pushing doggedly toward the top. No one had noticed that the sky had begun to fill with clouds. Six hours later and 3,000 feet lower, in 70-knot winds and blinding snow, Krakauer collapsed in his tent, freezing, hallucinating from exhaustion and hypoxia, but safe. The following morning, he learned th... continue

Genre fiction Travel Memoir Biography Adventure Historical

Tags: Set in NEPAL Male author

Recommended: 31 Oct 2022

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On The Plain of Snakes by Paul Theroux EN

Rating: 4 1 Vote

Country: North America /

United States of America

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WINNER OF THE EDWARD STANFORD AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO TRAVEL WRITING 2020 The master of contemporary travel writing, Paul Theroux, immerses himself in the beautiful and troubled heart of modern Mexico Nogales is a border town caught between Mexico and the United States of America. A forty-foot steel fence runs through its centre, separating the prosperous US side from the impoverished Mexican side. It is a fascinating site of tension, now more than ever, as the town fills with hopeful border crossers and the deportees who have been caught and brought back. And it is here that Pau... continue

Genre nonfiction Travel Memoir Political Historical Adventure

Tags: Male author

Recommended: 19 Aug 2022

Adventure books from United States of America

Into Thin Air : A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer EN

On The Plain of Snakes by Paul Theroux EN

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