SURVIVAL STORIES
Researching Survival Skills
A great way to learn about survival skills (technical, mental, and emotional) is to read real survival stories, primitive survival books and survival research.
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These resources have been of particular use to us:
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Deep Survival,
by Lawrence Gonzales
![unthinkable unthinkable](https://www.boss-inc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/unthinkable.jpg)
The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes—And Why,
by Amanda Ripley
![miracle miracle](https://www.boss-inc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/miracle.jpg)
Miracle in the Andes,
by Nando Parado
![adrift adrift](https://www.boss-inc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/adrift.jpg)
Adrift: Seventy-six Days Lost at Sea,
by Steve Callahan
![search for meaning search for meaning](https://www.boss-inc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/search-for-meaning.jpg)
Man’s search for meaning,
by Viktor Frankl
![survival psychology survival psychology](https://www.boss-inc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/survival-psychology.jpg)
Survival Psychology,
by John Leach
![endurance endurance](https://www.boss-inc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/endurance.jpg)
Endurance,
by Alfred Lansing
![sheltering desert sheltering desert](https://www.boss-inc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/sheltering-desert.jpg)
The Sheltering Desert,
by Henno Martin
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