The Adventurer’s Bookshelf
When not on an adventure, or planning for my next expedition, I am reading about the trials and tribulations of past explorers, adventurers or soldiers of fortune. Here’s a list (by no means a full or final list) of my favorites, and not in any particular order:
Brazil and the Amazon
Through the Brazilian Wilderness
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
The Polar Regions
South: The Endurance Expedition
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage
The Worst Journey in the World
True North: Peary, Cook, and the Race to the Pole
American Wilderness
Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West
Mountains
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
High Adventure: The True Story of the First Ascent of Everest
Shook: An Earthquake, a Legendary Mountain Guide, and Everest’s Deadliest Day
Oceans
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific in a Raft
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
In Harm’s Way: The Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors
Overland
Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone
Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival
The Race for Timbuktu: In Search of Africa’s City of Gold
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