Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
by Laurence Gonzales

Gonzales' examination of what separates those who survive from those who die may be one of the most important survival texts in a decade, perhaps more. That Gonzales is an articulate and accomplished storyteller who has written one of the most engrossing survival books in many years only adds to the value and enjoyment. This is not a book about survival equipment or traditional survival techniques, no "how to" here; rather it is about your number one survival tool, more important than any other, your mind.

Survival tales, well told, make for exciting literature and there is no shortage of books that do just that, either individually or anthologies. What separates these same tales as told by Gonzales is his analysis of the psychological basis for why an individual survived, oftentimes while others around them did not. He probes the psyche of these survivors and comes to some interesting and occasionally startling conclusions about what differentiates survivors from the rest. His explanations are both rational and easily followed and you will often find yourself nodding your head up and down as he dissects the mental processes and related physiological reactions that make the difference between life and death at the edge of human performance.

Do you have what it takes to survive or are you doomed? It has often been said that you will never know how someone will respond to a survival crises until it occurs. Now, perhaps, Gonzales may provide at least some advance insight. Not since John Leach's highly regarded, but scholarly, "Survival Psychology" (long out of print and virtually unavailable, even used) has there been anything approaching an insightful look at what makes a survivor tick, and this book is far more readable and useful to the average person in all respects.

"Deep Survival" is destined to become the standard text on the subject and is sure to be on the required reading list of many survival instructors. This book is a must read for any student of survival, and highly recommended to anyone interested in why we do what we do as we go through life, meeting the daily challenges that are often only a hair's breadth away from disaster.

Pilots will recognize Gonzales as the author of "One Zero Charlie: Adventures in Grass Roots Aviation."

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