Larry Kaniut
at his Best
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Cheating Death
by Larry Kaniut
Who must have this book: Anyone who loves true
life thrillers or the stories from Alaska magazine.
Who should have this book: Anyone with interest
in the adventure of Alaskan outdoors.
ISBN: 0945397615
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Most
people know Larry Kaniut from his first two books Alaska
Bear Tales and More Alaska Bear Tales. For this
book, Larry took a vacation from the bear attack stories and branched
out into other ways to get into trouble in Alaska.
Larry has a great way with gripping, life and death stories from the
state and Alaska continues to give him more material to work with
each year. This collection of short stories includes a well-balanced
selection of some of the best stories Alaska has to offer. Each story
has you spellbound until you get to the end. It is a very quick read
and would make great plane reading for the flight out to Alaska. I
especially recommend this book if you are flying into Anchorage because
you will certainly pass the places where many of these stories took
place.
This book is not nearly as big as his later book Danger
Stalks the Land but has the same thriller qualities going
for it. If you like this book, be sure to check out the other. In
fact if you really like true life adventure stories, I would recommend
getting the other book first. It contains a lot more stories but there
is no overlap between the two books. So if you love one, the other
book will offer more of the same.
Overview
The book contains 18 chapters, each of which is an incredible tale
of human struggle and survival. The stories are very diverse and contain
plane crashes, boat sinkings, mountain climbing falls, moose attacks,
strandings, rafting accidents and even a life an death struggle with
an octopus.
The story of the mountain climbers that survived a fall by one member
and then multiple avalanches that covered them repeatedly and stole
their gear was unbelievable. Each story does a great job of putting
you in the shoes of the people in trouble as they suck you in. And
for those who have read his first two books, you will be happy to
know there is only one bear story and it doesn’t include a mauling.
All in all, a very entertaining and often educational book. If you
have read and enjoyed Kaniut’s other books you will love this
one. If you haven’t read any of his books before, this is as
good as any of them to try.
Author
Larry Kaniut has authored a string of books from Alaska
Bear Tales, More
Alaska Bear Tales, Bear Tales for the Ages, Some
Bears Kill, Danger Stalks the
Land, and Cheating Death
and his newest book Tales From the Edge. He maintains
a web site at www.kaniut.com,
but his books are cheaper at Amazon.com
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