This book features in the following series: Survive, True Story .

There are 352 pages in this book. This book was published 1997 by Little, Brown Book Group .

Anthony Masters is an arch-storyteller with a passion for meeting his readers by tirelessly visiting schools across the UK.

This book has the following chapters: Earnest Shackleton; John Mcarthy; Apollo 13; Nelson Mandela; Ranulph Fiennes; Joe Simpson; Herald of Free Enterprise survivors; Sarajevans; sunken submarine disaster; falling 20, 000 feet; T. E. Lawrence; coma survivor; boat people.