This volume was written particularly for middle-school children, and features eleven true stories of individual bravery against serious and dangerous odds.  Contents:

A Race Against Death -- GUNNAR KASSON & his sled-dog BALTO brave Arctic cold & ice to bring vaccines to Nome, Alaska in 1925

Ride The Wild Water -- Major JOHN WESLEY POWELL rides in open boats along the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon in 1869

Into The Crater's Mouth -- Dr. ARTHUR DAY & Dr. E. S. SHEPHERD climb deep inside KILAUEA VOLCANO in Hawaii in 1912

Adrift In The South Seas -- Captain WILLIAM BLIGH & 18 crew members in an open boat in the Pacific Ocean, after the mutiny on the ship BOUNTY in 1789

The Winning Of Everest -- EDMUND HILLARY & TENZING NORGAY successfully reach the peak of Mt. EVEREST in 1953

G-Man On The Trail -- Unknown F. B. I. agent tracks wanted criminal through the hills & mountains of Kentucky & Tennessee

Jungle Trail Blazer -- Dr. DAVID LIVINGSTONE treks across Africa to bring healing & medicine to inhabitants in 1853-1854

Challenging The Deep -- JACQUES PICCARD voyages seven miles deep below the ocean in 1960

First Flight -- New York To Paris -- 1927 Solo Trans-Atlantic Flight Of CHARLES LINDBERGH

American In Orbit -- PROJECT MERCURY Astronaut JOHN GLENN Circles The Earth In 1962

Peril At The SOUTH POLE -- Captain ROBERT FALCON SCOTT attempts to reach the SOUTH POLE in 1903

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