Bear Grylls knows what it takes to survive. But he's not the first. Take the American bombardier Louis Zamperini, who survived 47 days stranded at sea by catching and killing hungry sharks and drinking the warm blood of albatrosses - only to be captured by the Japanese and horrifically tortured for
Made of Magic and True Grit
✍ Scribed by Landry-Daniel Lié
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 167 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ASIN
- B0869N8G3M
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
- Braving the elements. Lost in the wilderness / Garry Cooper -- Returning to the river of no return / Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer -- Sailor alone in a wild sea / Derek Lundy -- 2. Champions are made of this. When the going gets tough / Devorah Stone -- My coach's voice / Morgan Barth -- The power within me / Maria Portgee -- The receiver who refused to quit / Bernie Ward and Allan Zullo -- Magic Pablo / Mark Brazaitis / The last days of "Fireplug" / Rusty Fischer -- 3. Facing illness and injury. Living without a cure / Cecilia Maida -- Three strikes but she was not out / Geraldine Mellon -- Meditation on a dog bite / Daniel Asa Rose -- Annie's parting shots / Sandy Merritt -- One day at a time / Bill Asenjo -- 4. Overcoming emotional trauma. Like leaping off a mountain / Karen Fisher -- Reclaiming my soul / Linda Langstraat -- Ilma's story / Marilyn Greenberg -- Invisible no more / Pam Conkling -- 5. The way we were at war. Like a shadow / Wayne R. "Crach" Coe -- The battle at Finger Lake / Lawrence E. Wilson -- Death was our escort / Ernest G. Vetter -- This was my best, that day / Louis G. Parrillo -- 6. Degrees of knowledge. Yes and no / Ellyn Houston -- George Patton and me / Girard Sagmiller -- Miraculous feet / G. Denise Lance -- Letter to my teacher / Kate Boyes -- 7. Trials of working hours. Rattling the jail doors / Tekla Dennison Miller -- Taste of victory / Rachel Pena Roos -- Steel nerves: walking the walk / Merril Mushroom -- The future was mine to see / Sylvia Halliday -- Military mom / Tracy Price Thompston -- 8. Ties that bind. Love in the land of loss / Caroline Leavitt -- Triumph of a toddler / Malinda Teel -- The first year / Anne Tucker -- Amos, a wild cat / Clarice Belcher -- Wake-up call / T.J. Elliott -- Honoring mother / Tar.;37 short stories/articles dealing with human faith, strength, courage, and fortitude as revealed through actual personal experiences." Filled with poignancy and uncommon honesty, these stories bring to light what is often hidden: regular people really do commit acts of bravery."
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