The Devil May Care: Fifty Intrepid Americans and Their Quest for the Unknown

by Tony Horwitz

Book Overview

Stripped naked and pursued across cactus-studded plains by a band of armed Blackfoot Indians, John Colter escaped certain death to become the one of the most durable characters in western American history. But Colter's harrowing tale was not beyond the ordinary when compared to the adventures of other American explorers. In The Devil May Care, popular historian and travel writer Tony Horwitz has culled through the American National Biography and selected...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195169220
• ISBN13: 9780195169225
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.6" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

Fascinating glimpses into little known lives

This collection of short biographies of persons connected with American adventure is fascinating. Because it is a compilation from a biographical encyclopedia, there are various writing styles from the various authors. Any one of the chapters is interesting, cumulatively they give a sense of the strange and amazing exploits that humans are capable of. The book made me want to go read the entire encyclopedia to learn about the lives of men and women in other fields than adventure. Highly recommended.