Here is a collection of some of the finest stories of Adventure in recent years:

In ALONE IN SHARK WATERS a sailor finds himself abandoned in the middle of an ocean infested with man-eating sharks-his only weapon a harpoon ... and comes out unharmed.

In THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME a professional hunter finds out what it feels like to be hunted as a wild animal-for he is the prey!

In TO BUILD A FIRE a trapper fights desperately against stark fear in the cruel Arctic night...

In LEININGEN VERSUS THE ANTS a settler battles for his very life against a teeming horde of millions of deadly ants...

These are only a few of the thrilling stories you'll read in this fascinating book.

"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
"Leininger Versus the Ants" by Carl Stephenson
"Journalism in Tennessee” by Mark Twain
"Alone in Shark Waters" by John Kruse
"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" by Rudyard Kipling
“To Build a Fire” by Jack London
“Locomotive 38, the Ojibway" by William Saroyan
"High Air" by Borden Chase
"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" by James Thurber