Into the Abyss: An Extraordinary True Story (Paperback)

from clamato

Well researched, well written and very engaging. It was hard to put down. Tragic yet triumphant and clearly showed how the human spirit is as strong, or stronger than most things thrown at it. For a story about a crash that happened so long ago, Carol Shaben made it feel like it was a recent even...

from dele2451

The true story of four men forever changed by the tragedy of a preventable small commuter airplane disaster in the Canadian wilderness. Given the sheer volume and raw power of the facts surrounding this incredible true story, Shaben's book narrative didn't deliver quite the literary punch of othe...

from lamour

On October, 1984, a Piper Navajo commuter plane crashed into the forest near High Prairie, Alberta. Four men survived that crash and this is their story about why they were on the plane, what happened to them during the accident, how they survived the extreme cold until rescued and how that exper...

from Fairfax

Paperback good read for summer

from MartinBodek

The original headline for the book's cover ("Only four men survived the plane crash. The pilot. A politician. A cop... and the criminal he was shackled to.") was the most attention-grabbing I had ever seen. The story itself was extraordinary. The writing of the book itself, and the unreal amount ...