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In the best adventures, the intrepid explorer returns home to banner headlines and a hero' s welcome. but what of the men and women who "don' t" return home? This collection proves their stories are just as compelling. From the disappearance in Utah of cowboy roamer Everett Ruess to the loss of billionaire explorer Michael Rockefeller in the wilds of New Guinea, the tales ring with mystery, intrigue, and excitement. Whether murdered, drowned, or eaten alive, their disappearances are likely to remain unsolved, but never forgotten.
List of contents
About the Author
Preface
Foreword By Richard Bangs
- All Good Gringos Go to Heaven When Shot: Ambrose Bierce
- No Fear of Failure: Percy Fawcett
- The Honeymooners: Glen and Bessie Hyde
- The Deep Peace of the Wild: Everett Ruess
- The Aviators: Amelia Earhart and Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Lost Scion: Michael Rockefeller
- A Fine Kind of Madness: Johnny Waterman
Index
About the author
Evan Balkan teaches writing at the Community College of Baltimore County. His fiction and nonfiction, mostly in the areas of travel and outdoor recreation, have been published throughout the United States as well as in Canada, England, and Australia. A graduate of Towson, George Mason, and Johns Hopkins universities, he is also the author of 60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Baltimore (Menasha Ridge Press). He lives in Lutherville, Maryland, with his wife, Shelly, and daughters, Amelia and Molly.
Summary
True and harrowing accounts of adventurers who never came home
Some adventures end in glory, others in obituaries. Instead of receiving laurels and a parade, the adventurers in Vanished! met infamy on a road with no return. Immerse yourself in these gripping accounts of explorers who ventured forth—then simply disappeared. Their fates? We’ll never know. Vanished! draws you into seven page-turning accounts, including one that contains new details of Amelia Earhart’s unsolved disappearance over the vast Pacific. Head to Mexico with Ambrose Bierce, forever lost but not forgotten. Ride the wild Colorado with honeymooners Glen and Bessie Hyde, presumably drowned but whose bodies have never been found. Author Evan Balkan brings these stories to life, and death, in spine-tingling descriptions. Whether murder, sabotage, or just plain bad luck, these are true tales of adventure gone bad, of explorers vanished, forever lost.
