LMC @ GCC Logo
LMC Logo
Identity Bar - Glendale Community College, Glendale, Arizona
Identity Bar - Glendale Community College, Glendale, Arizona
Link to GCC Homepage Link to Library Homepage Suggestion Box Ask a Librarian

Extreme Classics: 100 Greatest Adventure Books

(National Geographic Adventure )

Author
Alexandra David-Neel My Journey to Lhasa 1927
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Wind, Sand & Stars 1940
Apsley Cherry-Garrard Worst Journey in the World 1922 Electronic Resources
Beryl Markham West With the Night 1942 DT365.75.M3 M3 1983
Charles Darwin Voyage of the Beagle 1839 QH11 .D213 and Electronic
Charles Lindbergh Spirit of St. Louis 1953 TL540.L5 A85
Charles M. Doughty Travels in Arabia Deserta 1888 DS207 .D73 1953
Clarence King Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada 1872
Colin Fletcher Man Who Walked Through Time 1968
David Roberts The Mountain of My Fear 1968
David Roberts (1968, 1970) "The deepest despair I have ever felt, Deborah: A Wilderness Narrative 1970
Douglas Mawson Home of the Blizzard 1915
Edward Abbey Desert Solitaire 1968 PS3551.B2 Z463 1988
Edward Whymper Scrambles Amongst the Alps 1871
Eric Hansen Stranger in the Forest 1988
Eric Newby Short Walk in the Hindu Kush 1958
Ernest Shackleton South 1919 G850 1914 .S52 and Electronic
F.A. Worsley Endurance 1931 Electronic Resources
Francis Chichester Gipsy Moth Circles the World 1967
Francis Parkman Oregon Trail 1849 F592 .P284 and ebook
Fridtjof Nansen Farthest North 1897 Electronic Resources
Gaston Rébuffat Starlight and Storm 1954
Graham Greene Journey Without Maps 1936
Heinrich Harrer Seven Years in Tibet 1953
Henry M. Stanley Through the Dark Continent 1878
Houston and Robert Bates K2—The Savage Mountain 1954
Isabella L. Bird Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains 1879 F782.R6 B6 1960
Isak Dinesen Out of Africa 1937
James Cook Journals 1779
James Tobin To Conquer the Air 2003 TL540.W7 T63 2003
Jim Corbett Man-Eaters of Kumaon 1944
Joe Kane Running the Amazon 1989 F2546 .K19 1989
John Gilmette At the Tomb of the Inflatable Pig 2003
John Hanning Speke Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile 1996
John Muir My First Summer in the Sierra 1911 QH31.M9 A3 1997
John Wesley Powell Exploration of the Colorado River 1975 F788 .P886 1957
Jon Krakauer Into Thin Air 1997 GV199.44.E85 K725 1997
Joshua Slocum Sailing Alone Around the World 1900 G440 .S628
Marco Polo Travels 1298 G370 .P72 1958
Maria Coffey Where the Mountain Casts Its Shadow 2003
Mark Twain Roughing It 1972 F594 .C615 and Electronic
Mary Kingsley Travels in West Africa 1897
Maurice Herzog Annapurna 1952 DS485.H6 H434
Meriwether Lewis & William Clark Journals 1814 F592.4
Mungo Park Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa 1799
Nathaniel Philbrick Sea of Glory 2003
Peter Matthiessen Snow Leopard 1978
Piers Paul Read Alive 1974
Redmond O'Hanlon In Trouble Again 1988
Richard Burton First Footsteps in East Africa 1856
Richard Byrd Alone 1938
Richard Hakluyt Principal Navigations 1589 G240 .V6
Richard Halliburton Royal Road to Romance 1925
Richard Henry Dana Two Years Before the Mast 1840 G540.D2 2005
Robert Falcon Scott Scott's Last Expedition: The Journals 1913 G850 1910 .S427
Sebastian Junger Perfect storm : a true story of men against the sea 1997 QC945 .J66 1999
Slavomir Rawicz Long Walk 1956
Sven Hedin My Life as an Explorer 1925
T.E. Lawrence Seven Pillars of Wisdom 1926 D568.4 .L4 1935b
Thomas Hornbein Everest: The West Ridge 1965
Thor Heyerdahl Kon-Tiki 1950 G530 .H463 1950a
Todd Balf Darkest Jungle 2003 Electronic Resources
Tom Wolfe Right Stuff 1979 TL789.8.U5 W64
Valerian Albanov In the Land of White Death 1917 Electronic Resources
Wilfred Thesiger Arabian Sands 1959 DS208 .T48
Related Information Box

All linked titles are in the LMC collection. Please check the catalog for availability.

Award Description

Stories of real life adventure selected and ranked by the folks at National Geographic Adventure magazine.

[Award Website]

Related Links Box

LMC Homepage GCC Homepage MCCCD Homepage

John F. Prince Library - Glendale Community College - 6000 West Olive Avenue - Glendale, Arizona 85302 - 623.845.3109
Library & Computer Center - Glendale Community College North - 5727 W. Happy Valley Rd - Glendale, AZ 85310 - 623.845.4109
Legal Disclaimer; Page maintained by LMC Web Group
Modified: September 21, 2009