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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Alone against the north : an expedition into the unknown
Shoalts, Adam
Ebook
Winner of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario's 2016 Young Authors Award  Winner of the 2017 Louise de Kiriline Award for Nonfiction The age of exploration is not over. When Adam Shoalts ventured into the largest unexplored wilderness on...
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
Paper Book
In this quintessential adventure story, Jack London takes readers on an arduous journey through the forbidding Alaskan landscape during the gold rush of the 1890s. Buck, a rangy mixed breed used to a comfortable, sun-filled life as a family dog, is stolen by a greedy opportunist and sold to dog...
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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