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
"Should appeal to all rugged individualists who dream of escape to the forest."-The New York Times Book Review Sam Gribley is terribly unhappy living in New York City with his family, so he runs away to the Catskill Mountains to live in the woods-all by himself....
The call of the wild
London, Jack
Paper Book
During the 1890s' Klondike Gold Rush in Canada, a huge amount of gold is discovered in the North. Men from all regions of the world migrate to the North on their dog sleds in search of the precious gold. Buck, a happy domestic dog, falls prey to a kidnapper, who kidnaps him and sells him to one...
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...
A walk in the park : the true story of a spectacular misadventure in the Grand Canyon
Fedarko, Kevin.
Paper Book
* Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award in Outdoor Literature * Winner of the 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 "A...
Endurance : Shackleton's incredible voyage
Lansing, Alfred.
Paper Book
The legendary and harrowing tale of British explorer Ernest Shackelton's 1914 shipwreck on Antarctic ice - and how his leadership rescued his crew   "One of the greatest adventure stories of our time." -New York Times Book Review

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