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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My side of the mountain
George, Jean Craighead
Paper Book
A NEWBERY HONOR BOOK * OVER 4 MILLION COPIES SOLD * The defining childhood classic about a boy finding his own way in the wilderness--a nostalgic book for readers young and old who have ever wanted to run away from home. "Should appeal to all rugged individualists who dream of...
The call of the wild
London, Jack
Audiobook
Ice walker : a polar bear's journey through the fragile Arctic
Raffan, James.
Paper Book
From bestselling author James Raffan comes an enlightening and original story about a polar bear's precarious existence in the changing Arctic, reminiscent of John Vaillant's The Golden Spruce. Nanurjuk, "the bear-spirited one," is hunting for seals on Hudson Bay, where...
Park Bagger : adventures in the Canadian National Parks
Butcher, Marlis.
Paper Book
An inspiring collection of thrilling personal adventures and stunning photographs sharing the incredible diversity and profound beauty of Canada's national parks. Distributed across the second-largest country in the world, the Canadian national parks can be challenging to get to....
A walk in the park : the true story of a spectacular misadventure in the Grand Canyon
Fedarko, Kevin.
Paper Book
* Winner of the 2024 National Outdoor Book Award in Outdoor Literature * Winner of the 2025 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction * Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, Air Mail, Smithsonian Magazine, and Financial Times ...
Endurance : Shackleton's incredible voyage
Lansing, Alfred.
Paper Book
The astonishing saga of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's survival for over a year on the ice-bound Antarctic seas, as Time magazine put it, "defined heroism." Alfred Lansing's scrupulously researched and brilliantly narrated book -- with over 200,000 copies sold -- has long been acknowledged...

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