Books : AND I ALONE SURVIVED
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by: Lauren Elder
Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780002167819
Format: Import
ISBN: 0002167816
Label: Dutton
Manufacturer: Dutton
Number Of Pages: 208
Publication Date: 1978
Publisher: Dutton
Sales Rank: 1379803
Studio: Dutton
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Rating:  - Brave Woman
I recently read this book after seeing the made for TV movie with the same title. This is a true story of Lauren Elder and the plane crash she was involved in, in the freezing cold Sierra mountains in 1976. In the tiny plane, during high winds, the pilot, Jay misjudges a clearing & they find themselves staring into a giant granite mountain. The crash happens instantly. There is no time to act. They have little food or supplies and just some beer to drink. It is later learned Jay did not have ... Read More
Rating:  - Inspriational
I recently picked this book up at the Salvation for a buck. I usually grab anything that is true-to-life, preferring to hear about real people rather than fictional characters. I wasn't holding my breath as I prepared to read this, as I've read other survival stories that are by all means justifiable, but not necessarily breathtaking. This book was that and more. It is a concise narrative about a women whose will to survive motivated her to do what she had to do - stay alive. She didn't sit ... Read More
Rating: - Kearsarge Pass...
I read "And I Alone Survived" in the 70's, loved it (although I felt I lived every agonizing moment and walked every inch with Ms. Elder, so gripping was the story) and was reading something just tonight that had the word "Kearsarge" in it. So, one thought leading to another, I remembered that was the name of the pass the pilot was trying to crest on his way to Furnace Creek from Oakland...and I just got curious to see if the book was still in print. I must take exception with a couple points in ... Read More
Rating: - If You Love and/or Hike The High Sierra, Read This Book!
I re-read this book just last year, the first time being when it first came out in the 70's. I didn't know a whole lot about the High Sierra mountain range when the book came out, but I was just starting to hike in the Mt. Whitney area and I hadn't been up to any of the summits in the range.
Now decades later and having summitted Mt. Whitney and other of the many 14,000 foot peaks there, I have a real appreciation and awe for Ms. Elder somehow getting herself down in the area of that monster ... Read More
Rating: - There is a movie!
oreally asks why no one ever made a movie about this story. Actually there was a made-for-tv-movie produced, in 1978 (also known as "And I ALone Survived"). Blair Brown stars as Lauren Elder, and Dan Ackroyd plays Jay Fuller (the incomptent pilot). I haven't seen the movie, but presumably it comes around every so often on late night television.
Jay's post-accident lethargy and lack of will to live reminded me of the line in the movie "The Edge": "Why do most people die after getting lost? They ... Read More
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