13 must-read travel books like Paradise Creek: A True Story of Adventure and Survival by David Scott

Cover of Paradise Creek: A True Story of Adventure and Survival by David                        Scott

Paradise Creek: A True Story of Adventure and Survival

By: David Scott

4.08

Format: 145 pages, Kindle Edition

Picture a place 125 miles from the nearest human where the land is as wild and unpredictable as the…

If you liked the travel plot in Paradise Creek: A True Story of Adventure and Survival by David Scott , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey by None, None, Sam Keith, Richard L. Proenneke

1. One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey

By: None , None , Sam Keith , Richard L. Proenneke

4.35

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

To live in a pristine land unchanged by man...to roam a wilderness through which few other humans h… read more

Similar categories in None's One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey book and David Scott's Paradise Creek: A True Story of Adventure and Survival

  • travel
  • adventure
"This country makes a man younger than his birthdays."

-None, One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey

"The more I see as I sit here among the rocks, the more I wonder about what I am not seeing."

-None, One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey

"There is always a sadness about packing. I guess you wonder if where you're going is as good as where you've been."

-None, One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey

"I enjoy working for my heat. I don't just press a button or twist a thermostat dial. I use the big crosscut saw and the axe, and while I'm getting my heat supply I'm working up an appetite that makes…"

-None, One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey

Cover of 438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea by Jonathan Franklin, Jonathan  Franklin

2. 438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea

By: Jonathan Franklin , Jonathan Franklin

4.33

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

438 Days is the miraculous account of the man who survived alone and adrift at sea longer than anyo… read more

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  • travel
  • adventure
"How many of us appreciate the joys of a simple tortilla?"

-Jonathan Franklin, 438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea

"Everything will work out... don't give up hope, remain calm."

-Jonathan Franklin, 438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea

"[...] what else motivated him to spend hour after hour with me, telling all the details of his story? I quote at length his answer. "I suffered so much and for so long. Maybe if people read this they…"

-Jonathan Franklin, 438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea

"There's a lot of talk these days about a thing called resilience. That's the in term at the moment," says Dr. John Leach, a survival psychologist. "You've got built-in resilience, so you can bounce b…"

-Jonathan Franklin, 438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea

Cover of The Final Frontiersman: Heimo Korth and His Family, Alone in Alaska's Arctic Wilderness by James   Campbell

3. The Final Frontiersman: Heimo Korth and His Family, Alone in Alaska's Arctic Wilderness

By: James Campbell

3.91

Format: 340 pages, Paperback

The inspiration for The Last Alaskans--the eight-part documentary series on the Discovery Channel! … read more

Similar categories in James Campbell's The Final Frontiersman: Heimo Korth and His Family, Alone in Alaska's Arctic Wilderness book and David Scott's Paradise Creek: A True Story of Adventure and Survival

  • travel
  • adventure
Cover of Arctic Homestead: The True Story of One Family's Survival and Courage in the Alaskan Wilds by Charles W. Sasser, Norma Cobb

4. Arctic Homestead: The True Story of One Family's Survival and Courage in the Alaskan Wilds

By: Charles W. Sasser , Norma Cobb

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

In 1973, Norma Cobb, her husband Lester, and the their five children, the oldest of whom was nine-y… read more

Similar categories in Charles W. Sasser's Arctic Homestead: The True Story of One Family's Survival and Courage in the Alaskan Wilds book and David Scott's Paradise Creek: A True Story of Adventure and Survival

  • adventure

5. Into the Abyss: How a Deadly Plane Crash Changed the Lives of a Pilot, a Politician, a Criminal and a Cop

By: Carol Shaben

4.75

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Only four men survived the plane crash. The pilot. A politician. A cop... and the criminal he was s… read more

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Cover of The Provider 2 (The Provider Saga) by John  Deacon

6. The Provider 2 (The Provider Saga)

By: John Deacon

4.70

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Will and Maggie face an uncertain future.Can Will get the cattle to market?Will Captain Culp clear … read more

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Cover of Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West by Marty Ohlhaut

7. Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

By: Marty Ohlhaut

4.41

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

Riveting true story about the power of family and the majesty of the wilderness Marty Ohlhaut lo… read more

Similar categories in Marty Ohlhaut's Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West book and David Scott's Paradise Creek: A True Story of Adventure and Survival

  • travel
  • adventure
"Had I known just how memorable our trip was about to be, we never would have left the house."

-Marty Ohlhaut, Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

"It was that melancholy time of afternoon, when spirits seem suspended between the day’s activities and the night’s reminiscence."

-Marty Ohlhaut, Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

Cover of Walking Home: Common Sense and Other Misadventures On the Pacific Crest Trail by Rick       Rogers

8. Walking Home: Common Sense and Other Misadventures On the Pacific Crest Trail

By: Rick Rogers

4.31

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

-A Heartwarming Adventure! - 2022 Best Book Award Winner in Travel Guides & Essays! Can a comicall… read more

Similar categories in Rick Rogers's Walking Home: Common Sense and Other Misadventures On the Pacific Crest Trail book and David Scott's Paradise Creek: A True Story of Adventure and Survival

  • travel
Cover of The Provider (The Provider Saga #1) by John  Deacon

9. The Provider (The Provider Saga #1)

By: John Deacon

4.65

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

When Will Bentley was nine years old, he promised his dying father that he would take care of the f… read more

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Cover of The Twenty-Ninth Day by Alex Messenger

10. The Twenty-Ninth Day

By: Alex Messenger

4.07

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A six-hundred-mile canoe trip in the Canadian wilderness is a seventeen-year-old’s dream adventure,… read more

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  • travel
  • adventure
Cover of Only When I Step On It: One Man's Inspiring Journey to Hike The Appalachian Trail Alone by Peter  Conti

11. Only When I Step On It: One Man's Inspiring Journey to Hike The Appalachian Trail Alone

By: Peter Conti

4.34

Format: 405 pages, Kindle Edition

What if you could experience the thrill of an epic voyage through insurmountable obstacles without … read more

Similar categories in Peter Conti's Only When I Step On It: One Man's Inspiring Journey to Hike The Appalachian Trail Alone book and David Scott's Paradise Creek: A True Story of Adventure and Survival

  • travel
  • adventure
Cover of The Greatest Gambling Story Ever Told: A True Tale of Three Gamblers, The Kentucky Derby, and the Mexican Cartel by Mark   Paul

12. The Greatest Gambling Story Ever Told: A True Tale of Three Gamblers, The Kentucky Derby, and the Mexican Cartel

By: Mark Paul

4.03

Format: 162 pages, Kindle Edition

The Greatest Gambling Story Ever Told is an inspiring personal narrative about a filly who broke th… read more

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Cover of Breaking Midnight: A True Story by Lynn  Walker

13. Breaking Midnight: A True Story

By: Lynn Walker

4.41

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

John Walker was a Miami undercover narcotics agent in the 1970s. Ten years later, he was in prison … read more

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Cover of Lost on Purpose: Adventures of a 21st Century Mountain Man (Real-Life Adventures of the Texas Yeti Book 1) by Patrick     Taylor

14. Lost on Purpose: Adventures of a 21st Century Mountain Man (Real-Life Adventures of the Texas Yeti Book 1)

By: Patrick Taylor

4.08

Format: 191 pages, Kindle Edition

“Lost on Purpose” is the non-fiction adventure narrative of a former technology executive who took … read more

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  • travel
  • adventure
Cover of The Call of the Last Frontier: The True Story of a Woman's Twenty-Year Alaska Adventure by Melissa L. Cook

15. The Call of the Last Frontier: The True Story of a Woman's Twenty-Year Alaska Adventure

By: Melissa L. Cook

4.43

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

"I went to Alaska searching for a job and found an adventure!" —Melissa L. Cook It’s all here—livi… read more

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  • adventure
Cover of Follow Me to Alaska: A true story of one couple’s adventure adjusting from life in a cul-de-sac in El Paso, Texas, to a cabin off-grid in the wilderness of Alaska by Ann Parker

16. Follow Me to Alaska: A true story of one couple’s adventure adjusting from life in a cul-de-sac in El Paso, Texas, to a cabin off-grid in the wilderness of Alaska

By: Ann Parker

4.14

Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition

A retired law enforcement officer turned pilot and a former math teacher chose to leave their home … read more

Similar categories in Ann Parker's Follow Me to Alaska: A true story of one couple’s adventure adjusting from life in a cul-de-sac in El Paso, Texas, to a cabin off-grid in the wilderness of Alaska book and David Scott's Paradise Creek: A True Story of Adventure and Survival

  • travel
Cover of Kodiak Hero: A True Story of Survival by B. Blanc

17. Kodiak Hero: A True Story of Survival

By: B. Blanc

3.92

Format: 214 pages, Kindle Edition

Based on a story of survival of an Alaskan plane crash which left Donald and Afton Blanc and severa… read more

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Cover of Three Years A Traveler: One woman, One dog, Seven Rvs, and the path less traveled to heal the heart by Leslie White

18. Three Years A Traveler: One woman, One dog, Seven Rvs, and the path less traveled to heal the heart

By: Leslie White

4.31

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

Leslie White knew she wanted more out of life- She found it in an unlikely place.Devastated from th… read more

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  • travel
Cover of Paradise Creek: A True Story of Adventure and Survival by David                        Scott

19. Paradise Creek: A True Story of Adventure and Survival

By: David Scott

4.08

Format: 145 pages, Kindle Edition

Picture a place 125 miles from the nearest human where the land is as wild and unpredictable as the… read more

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  • travel
  • adventure
Cover of Northbound With Theo: A Man and His Dog Thru-Hike the Appalachian Trail at Ages 75 and 8 by Soren West

20. Northbound With Theo: A Man and His Dog Thru-Hike the Appalachian Trail at Ages 75 and 8

By: Soren West

4.47

Format: 458 pages, Kindle Edition

Soren West discovered the woods as both adventure and refuge from a difficult home life as a 12-yea… read more

Similar categories in Soren West's Northbound With Theo: A Man and His Dog Thru-Hike the Appalachian Trail at Ages 75 and 8 book and David Scott's Paradise Creek: A True Story of Adventure and Survival

  • travel
Cover of Winds of Skilak by Bonnie Rose Ward

21. Winds of Skilak

By: Bonnie Rose Ward

4.31

Format: 402 pages, Paperback

FIRST PLACE - JOURNEY AWARDS for Narrative Non-Fiction Chanticleer Book Reviews 2015 WINNER - NE… read more

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  • travel
  • adventure
Cover of Mink, Mary, and Me: The Story of a Wilderness Trapline by Chick Ferguson

22. Mink, Mary, and Me: The Story of a Wilderness Trapline

By: Chick Ferguson

4.37

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

When Chick Ferguson made plans to go to the Yukon, he wasn’t planning on taking his newlywed Mary. … read more

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Cover of Alaska Challenge: A Journey Through Uncharted Wilderness Leading to a New Life in a New Land by Ruth Albee

23. Alaska Challenge: A Journey Through Uncharted Wilderness Leading to a New Life in a New Land

By: Ruth Albee

4.49

Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition

Having grown disillusioned with the tedious existence that is expected of young college students, t… read more

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Cover of Stikine Wild - The Wilderness Years: Raising a Family in the Canadian Wilderness by Stefan Jacob

24. Stikine Wild - The Wilderness Years: Raising a Family in the Canadian Wilderness

By: Stefan Jacob

4.22

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

THE PLACE AT THE END OF ALL ROADSThe place at the end of all roads was called Glenora, beside the S… read more

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Cover of Impossible Beyond This Point: True Adventure Creating A Self-Sufficient Life In The Wilderness by Joel Horn

25. Impossible Beyond This Point: True Adventure Creating A Self-Sufficient Life In The Wilderness

By: Joel Horn

4.17

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

The true story of one family's struggle and triumph creating a self-sufficient life in the wilderne… read more

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  • adventure
Cover of Alaska: Love and Life in the Last Frontier by Jane Donelly

26. Alaska: Love and Life in the Last Frontier

By: Jane Donelly

4.32

Format: 187 pages, Kindle Edition

Australian born author Jane Donelly took on the challenge of living within the Alaskan wilderness a… read more

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Cover of My Fifty Years in Alaska: Hunting, Fishing, Prospecting, Guiding, Trading and Trapping by Hardy Trefzger

27. My Fifty Years in Alaska: Hunting, Fishing, Prospecting, Guiding, Trading and Trapping

By: Hardy Trefzger

4.33

Format: 127 pages, Kindle Edition

THERE was a lot of adventure to be had in Alaska in the early twentieth century, and Hardy Trefzger… read more

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Cover of Going Wild: The Alaska Off Grid Survival Series by Miles Martin

28. Going Wild: The Alaska Off Grid Survival Series

By: Miles Martin

3.94

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

A first-person account of living in the wilds of Alaska as a Mountain Man! The first in a series of… read more

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Cover of Into Trouble by Paul Francis Gorman

29. Into Trouble

By: Paul Francis Gorman

4.10

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

2022 Readers' Favorite award winner 2022 Best Book Awards Finalist "A well-written account abou… read more

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Cover of From Out of the Yukon: A Backcountry Adventure Hunting Big-Game in the Northern Wilderness by James H Bond

30. From Out of the Yukon: A Backcountry Adventure Hunting Big-Game in the Northern Wilderness

By: James H Bond

4.48

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

From out of these mountains come many things. . .Here is a big game hunting story from the greatest… read more

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Cover of Surviving Alone by Clay Hayes

31. Surviving Alone

By: Clay Hayes

4.65

Format: 167 pages, Kindle Edition

Alone in the wilds of British Columbia, cut off from family and friends, uncertain of how long he m… read more

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4.33

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James Campbell

3.91

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3.50

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4.70

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