Attacked!: By Beasts of Prey and Other Deadly Creatures, True Stories of Survivors

by John Long and John Long

Book Overview

This work is a collection of non-fiction stories of animal attack and human survival. Animals encountered include: tigers, leopards, great white sharks, and elephants. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0070386994
• ISBN13: 9780070386990
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: International Marine Publishing
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

An editor's collection

I'd rate this as a good introductory collection of stories. There are 17 stories, 4 of them by Peter Hathaway Capstick. The book covers the following attacks: 3 lion, 1 hippo, 1 tiger, 1 jaguar, 4 bear, 1 crocodile, 4 leopard, 1 elephant, and 1 shark stories. Having already read several of the stories, I was a little disappointed with the lack of rarer material.

A book you can sink your teeth into

This collection of true stories of animal attacks is a rip-roaring read from beginning to end. As Sherlock Holmes said (in not so many words), our fear of the wilderness is greater than our fear of the city. John Long's collected stories verify that in horrifying detail.Imagine being on your own in the wilderness and hearing the "woof woof" of a grizzly somewhere behind you, or on an open plain in Africa, knowing there are lions are all around you.The people in these true tales survive, which is even more horrifying. Lions gnawing on brains, crocodiles clamping down between legs, jaguars thrashing from person to person, tearing out jugulars -- all slendidly recounted.Not a book for the faint, but a must for those in search of tales of adventure and survival.

A book you can't seem to put down!

This book is one of the better ones I have read recently. Every story was captivating and it was extremely easy to visualize the events as they happened. I recommend this book highly. You will not be disappointed.

Corey's Review

This book has a wonderful graphic description of all the events that took place in this horrifying book. I haven't seen one like it yet. It is possible that I haven't read a book like it yet. It was an assume book. My favorite has got to be the first one about the lion attack. It was scary and horrifying and very descriptive. I loved it. 5 Stars!!!!!!!!!

bone-chilling accounts of bone-chewing animals!

This is a knockout book. It has fascinating true accounts of attacks on man by things on land and in the sea. It will make you want to take a high-powered rifle with you on your next camping trip (for protection only,of course)!!!