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Title: Attacked!: By Beasts of Prey and Other Deadly Creatures, True Stories of Survivors by John Long ISBN: 0-07-038699-4 Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.17 (6 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Only Two Stories of Heroism
Comment: Had I known that more than half of this anthology is nothing but hunters bragging about how they shot already wounded animals, I still would have bought this book for the other excellent stories, including the hippo & croc ones but most notably Lion Attack! ("[W]ith the incredible bravery of the desperate, [Lee] threw himself on the lioness barehanded, punching and scratching to make the big cat drop his wife") and I Will Save You! ("Running toward [his wife's] Vina's screams...[Elfas] smacked the lioness over the back until the broom handle splintered."). As for (most of) the hunters, however, the braggadocio of their 'exploits' left me rooting for the animals!
Rating: 4
Summary: An editor's collection
Comment: I'd rate this as a good introductory collection of stories. There are 17 stories, 4 of them by Peter Hathaway Capstick. The book covers the following attacks: 3 lion, 1 hippo, 1 tiger, 1 jaguar, 4 bear, 1 crocodile, 4 leopard, 1 elephant, and 1 shark stories. Having already read several of the stories, I was a little disappointed with the lack of rarer material.
Rating: 5
Summary: A book you can sink your teeth into
Comment: This collection of true stories of animal attacks is a rip-roaring read from beginning to end. As Sherlock Holmes said (in not so many words), our fear of the wilderness is greater than our fear of the city. John Long's collected stories verify that in horrifying detail.
Imagine being on your own in the wilderness and hearing the "woof woof" of a grizzly somewhere behind you, or on an open plain in Africa, knowing there are lions are all around you.
The people in these true tales survive, which is even more horrifying. Lions gnawing on brains, crocodiles clamping down between legs, jaguars thrashing from person to person, tearing out jugulars -- all slendidly recounted.
Not a book for the faint, but a must for those in search of tales of adventure and survival.
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Title: Man Eaters: True Tales of Animals Stalking, Mauling, Killing, and Eating Human Prey by Lamar Underwood ISBN: 1585741973 Publisher: The Lyons Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Danger Stalks the Land : Alaskan Tales of Death and Survival by Larry Kaniut ISBN: 0312241208 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Pub. Date: 29 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Mark of the Grizzly: True Stories of Recent Bear Attacks and the Hard Lessons Learned by Scott McMillion ISBN: 1560446366 Publisher: Falcon Pub. Date: 01 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Alaska Bear Tales by Larry Kaniut ISBN: 0882402323 Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Killer Bears by Mike Cramond ISBN: 1585742511 Publisher: The Lyons Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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