Cheating Death

This is a collection of 18 Alaska survival stories from pilots, hikers, hunters, climbers, boaters, and fishermen who confront their mortality -- and live to tell about it! You will be astonished by the close calls of a young man who clings desperately to life on an iceberg in the lower Susitna River . . . a woman who struggles frantically to escape the cockpit of a small plane as it sinks below the frigid waters of a remote bay in the Southeast region . . . the mountaineers who fight stubbornly to survive as avalanche after avalanche sweeps over them . . . and the saltwater diver who tangles with a giant octopus.

About the author

Larry Kaniut, a retired high school teacher living in Anchorage, is the author of ALASKA BEAR TALES and MORE ALASKA BEAR TALES , two of Alaska's all-time best-selling books

Product details

• Authors: Larry Kaniut
• Assisted by: Brian Sostrom (Illustration)
• Publisher: Epicenter Press Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.1997
• EAN: 9780945397618
• ISBN: 978-0-945397-61-8
• No. of pages: 194
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 324 g
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Other sports disciplines; Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries