Adam Shoalts

Get ready for our upcoming author talk with Adam Shoalts! We've put together a special reading list to prepare for his talk about his new book, "Vanished Beyond the Map: The Mystery of Lost Explorer Hubert Darrell".

The list includes his books, along with some of his favorite classic adventure tales and other similar books you might enjoy.

Join us on Thursday, October 23, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Sarnia Library Theatre as Adam Shoalts recounts the unforgettable journey that inspired his new book.

Register here: https://lclibrary.libnet.info/event/13804167

Updated August 22, 2025
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A history of Canada in ten maps : epic stories of charting a mysterious land
Shoalts, Adam
Paper Book
Winner of the 2018 Louise de Kiriline Lawrence Award for Nonfiction Longlisted for the 2018 RBC Taylor Prize Shortlisted for the 2018 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction The sweeping, epic story of the mysterious land that came to be...
My side of the mountain
George, Jean Craighead
Paper Book
Sam Gribley is terribly unhappy living in his family's crowded New York City apartment. So, armed with just the bare necessities -- a penknife, a ball of cord, some flint and steel, and the clothes on his back -- he runs away to the mountains. There, Sam must rely on his own ingenuity and the...
The call of the wild : complete text with introduction, historical contexts, critical essays
London, Jack
Paper Book
Originally published in 1903, The Call of the Wild is London's best-known work. Marking the 100th anniversary of the novel, this New Riverside Edition is well timed to place London's work in a new and broader historical context. In addition, the volume will show how the critical reception of the...
Alone at sea : the adventures of Joshua Slocum
Spencer, Ann
Paper Book
The true story of Canada's greatest sailor, the first to sail around the world single-handedly. When Joshua Slocum sailed into port in Massachusetts on June 27, 1898, he was the first man ever to have completed a voyage around the world without technology, money or companion. It took him three...
The elusive Mr. Pond : the soldier, fur trader and explorer who opened the Northwest
Gough, Barry M.
Paper Book
Sir Alexander Mackenzie is known to schoolchildren as a great Canadian explorer who gave his name to the country's longest river, but hardly anyone could name the man who mentored Mackenzie and mapped much of northwestern Canada before him. Soldier,fur trader and explorer Peter Pond, the subject...
Dead reckoning : the untold story of the Northwest Passage
McGoogan, Kenneth
Paper Book
With this book--his most ambitious yet--Ken McGoogan delivers a vivid, comprehensive recasting of Arctic-exploration history. Dead Reckoning challenges the conventional narrative, which emerged out of Victorian England and focused almost exclusively on Royal Navy officers. By integrating non...

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