Category: Survival

The First Wave: The D-Day Warriors Who Led the Way to Victory in World War II
The First Wave: The D-Day Warriors Who Led the Way to Victory in World War II
A Hunger to Kill: A Serial Killer, a Determined Detective, and the Quest for a Confession That Changed a Small Town Forever
A Hunger to Kill: A Serial Killer, a Determined Detective, and the Quest for a Confession That Changed a Small Town Forever
Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
Fur, Fortune, and Empire: The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America
Fur, Fortune, and Empire: The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America
Empire of Ice and Stone: The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk
Empire of Ice and Stone: The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk
Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassins–and WWII Heroes
Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassins and WWII Heroes
Into the Abyss: An Extraordinary True Story
Into the Abyss: An Extraordinary True Story
Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II
Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II
In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors
In Harm’s Way: The Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors
The Daughter of Auschwitz: A Memoir
The Daughter of Auschwitz: A Memoir
The Spirit to Soar: The True Story of Former Orphan & POW, Lt. Col. Barry B. Bridger US Air Force (Ret)
The Spirit to Soar: The True Story of Former Orphan & POW, Lt. Col. Barry B. Bridger US Air Force (Ret)
The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor
The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor
Man's Search for Meaning
Man’s Search for Meaning
Valor is the magnificent story of a genuine American hero who survived the fall of the Philippines and brutal captivity under the Japanese, from New York Times bestselling author Dan Hampton. Lieutenant William Frederick “Bill” Harris was 25 years old when captured by Japanese forces during the Battle of Corregidor in May 1942. This son of a decorated Marine general escaped from hell on earth by swimming eight hours through a shark-infested bay; but his harrowing ordeal had just begun. Shipwrecked on the southern coast of the Philippines, he was sheltered by a Filipino aristocrat, engaged in guerilla fighting, and eventually set off through hostile waters to China. After 29 days of misadventures and violent storms, Harris and his crew limped into a friendly fishing village in the southern Philippines. Evading and fighting for months, he embarked on another agonizing voyage to Australia, but was betrayed by treacherous islanders and handed over to the Japanese. Held for two years in the notorious Ofuna prisoner-of-war camp outside Yokohama, Harris was continuously starved, tortured, and beaten, but he never surrendered. Teaching himself Japanese, he eavesdropped on the guards and created secret codes to communicate with fellow prisoners. After liberation on August 30, 1945, Bill represented American Marine POWs during the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay before joining his father and flying to a home he had not seen in four years. Valor is a riveting new look at the Pacific War. Through military documents, personal photos, and an unpublished memoir provided by his daughter, Harris’ experiences are dramatically revealed through his own words in the expert hands of bestselling author and retired fighter pilot Dan Hampton. This is the stunning and captivating true story of an American hero.
Valor: The Astonishing World War II Saga of One Man’s Defiance and Indomitable Spirit
House to House: An Epic Memoir of War
House to House: An Epic Memoir of War
Dog Company: A True Story of American Soldiers Abandoned by Their High Command
Dog Company: A True Story of American Soldiers Abandoned by Their High Command
Huế 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam
Huế 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam
Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894
Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894
Abandoned in Hell: The Fight For Vietnam's Firebase Kate
Abandoned in Hell: The Fight For Vietnam’s Firebase Kate
The Big Break: The Greatest American WWII POW Escape Story Never Told
The Big Break: The Greatest American WWII POW Escape Story Never Told
The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast
The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast
As Good As Dead: The Daring Escape of American POWs From a Japanese Death Camp
As Good As Dead: The Daring Escape of American POWs From a Japanese Death Camp
Rock Force: The American Paratroopers Who Took Back Corregidor and Exacted MacArthur's Revenge on Japan
Rock Force: The American Paratroopers Who Took Back Corregidor and Exacted MacArthur’s Revenge on Japan
Island of the Lost: An Extraordinary Story of Survival at the Edge of the World
Island of the Lost: An Extraordinary Story of Survival at the Edge of the World
The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All For the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II
The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All For the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II
A Worse Place Than Hell: How the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg Changed a Nation
A Worse Place Than Hell: How the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg Changed a Nation
The Forgotten Highlander: An Incredible WWII Story of Survival in the Pacific
The Forgotten Highlander: An Incredible WWII Story of Survival in the Pacific
Shobun, A Forgotten War Crime in the Pacific
Shobun, A Forgotten War Crime in the Pacific
The Last Stand of Fox Company
The Last Stand of Fox Company: A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat
Halsey's Typhoon
Halsey’s Typhoon: The True Story of a Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm, and an Untold Rescue
The Tunnel - Escapes Under the Berlin Wall and the Historic Films the JFK White House Tried to Kill
The Tunnels: Escapes Under the Berlin Wall and the Historic Films the JFK White House Tried to Kill
Honor Before Glory - The Epic World War II Story of the Japanese American Gis Who Rescued the Lost Battalion
Honor Before Glory: The Epic World War II Story of the Japanese American GIs Who Rescued the Lost Battalion
Red Platoon - A True Story of American Valor
Red Platoon: A True Story of American Valor
The Nazi Titanic
The Nazi Titanic: The Incredible Untold Story of a Doomed Ship in World War II
The Worst Hard Time : The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
The Hot House - Life Inside Leavenworth Prison
The Hot House: Life Inside Leavenworth Prison
Fire and Brimstone - The North Butte Mining Disaster of 1917
Fire and Brimstone: The North Butte Mining Disaster of 1917
The Lost Airman - A True Story of Escape from Nazi-Occupied France
The Lost Airman: A True Story of Escape from Nazi Occupied France
The Revenant
The Revenant
No Better Friend - One Man, One Dog, and Their Extraordinary Story of Courage and Survival in WWII
No Better Friend: One Man, One Dog, and Their Extraordinary Story of Courage and Survival in WWII
Last to Die - A Defeated Empire, a Forgotten Mission, and the Last American Killed in World War II
Last to Die: A Defeated Empire, a Forgotten Mission, and the Last American Killed in World War II
81 Days Below Zero
81 Days Below Zero: The Incredible Survival Story of a World War II Pilot in Alaska’s Frozen Wilderness
Escape from the Deep
Escape from the Deep: The Epic Story of a Legendary Submarine and her Courageous Crew
The Man Who Broke Into Auschwitz
The Man Who Broke Into Auschwitz: A True Story of World War II
The Secret Rescue
The Secret Rescue: An Untold Story of American Nurses and Medics Behind Nazi Lines
Last Stand Khe Sanh
Last Stand at Khe Sanh: The U.S. Marines’ Finest Hour in Vietnam
Leap into Darkness
Leap into Darkness: Seven Years on the Run in Wartime Europe
Defiant: The POWs Who Endured Vietnam's Most Infamous Prison
Defiant: The POWs Who Endured Vietnam’s Most Infamous Prison, the Women Who Fought for Them, and the One Who Never Returned
Isaac's Storm
Isaac’s Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
Where Hell Freezes Over
Where Hell Freezes Over: A Story of Amazing Bravery and Survival
Pere Marie-Benoit and Jewish Rescue
Pere Marie-Benoit and Jewish Rescue: How a French Priest Together with Jewish Friends Saved Thousands During the Holocaust
Into the Fire
Into the Fire: A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War
Devil's Causeway
The Devil’s Causeway: The True Story of America’s First Prisoners of War in the Philippines, and the Heroic Expedition Sent to Their Rescue
Frozen in Time
Frozen in Time: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II
Death in the Baltic The WWII Sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff
Death in the Baltic: The World War II Sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff
Under the Wire
Under the Wire: The Bestselling Memoir of an American Spitfire Pilot and Legendary POW Escaper
Lost in Shangri-La
Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II
Unstoppable Siggi B. Wilzig's Astonishing Journey
Unstoppable: Siggi B. Wilzig’s Astonishing Journey from Auschwitz Survivor and Penniless Immigrant to Wall Street Legend
Last Man Off: A True Story of Disaster and Survival on the Antarctic Seas
In the Heart of the Sea
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
Trapped Under the Sea
Trapped Under the Sea: One Engineering Marvel, Five Men, and a Disaster Ten Miles Into the Darkness