About this Book by Lamar Underwood 1. The Storm by Lafcadio Hearn 2. The River of Doubt by Theodore Roosevelt 3. Two Mountain Men by George Laycock 4. To Build a Fire by Jack London 5. The Great Unknown by John Wesley Powell 6. Shipwreck of the Whaleship Essex by Owen Chase 7. An Adventure with a Dog and a Glacier by John Muir 8. Encounter with the Blackfeet by Osborne Russell 9. On Dangerous Ground by Lamar Underwood 10. The Open Boat by Stephen Crane 11. On the Oregon Trail by Francis Parkman 12. The Battle of the Marten and the Porcupine by Mayne Reid 13. Around the Horn by Richard Henry Dana Jr. 14. Love of Life by Jack London 15. Survival at Walden by Henry David Thoreau List of Sources
