LIFE: The Greatest Adventures of All Time [Hardcover]

Life Magazine (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2001

LIFE captures all the drama...passion...and excitement of the world's greatest adventures across the centuries - collected in one stunning volume!

Now, for the first time, in one lavishly illustrated heirloom volume, the editors of LIFE have captured the riveting drama and endless fascination of the greatest adventures the world has ever seen. You'll be enthralled by gripping storytelling wedded to stunning art, photography, and richly detailed maps drawn from the archives of the Royal Geographical Society, the Smithsonian, the Bettmann Archive, and the Time Inc. library.

You'll be privileged to journey with Marco Polo along China's Silk Road at the dawn of the 14th century... join Lewis and Clark on their exciting exploration of the American West... and attempt to conquer Everest in 1922 with George Herbert Mallory.

For these legendary men and women, no obstacle was ever too formidable, no endeavor too daunting. Their heroic deeds have shaped our world. Join them all now on their quests for fortune, fame, and the thrill of discovery.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Time-Life Books (September 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1929049064
• ISBN-13: 978-1929049066
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 9.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,315,750 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars 0 stars for the forward by Robert sullivan, January 24, 2001

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vibeway "vibeway" (Berkeley, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: LIFE: The Greatest Adventures of All Time (Hardcover)

The stories and photos are both excellent and engrossing, although the essays are needlessly truncated for the modern one minute attention span. This could have benefited greatly from a bit more detail, a bit more fleshing out of the characters and circumstances. Something of a Cliff Notes for recent explorations.

What I and two other people I spoke with found utterly offensive was the forward by Robert Sullivan. This guy literally says there were no "adventurers" before 1900. He discounts everyone from Columbus to Lewis & Clark to Leif Erickson, and his reasoning is wholly specious, as if modern explorers did not have patrons or ulterior motives. Do yourself a favor and skip his naive and offensive ramblings and get right to the lusty tales of the ambitious souls who have bravely expanded our horizons.

This book should never have been called the "Greatest Adventures of All Time" since it's really only the greatest adventures of the last century, but in the end that is sufficient. It was an amazing Century and an amazing time to be alive.

5.0 out of 5 stars The Greatest Adventures of All Time, October 1, 2011

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This review is from: LIFE: The Greatest Adventures of All Time (Hardcover)

I had purchased this magazine when it first came out, and when I showed it to my adventurous son, he was disappointed when I couldn't let him keep it. So glad I could get another from Amazon, as it was out of print. A compelling book with great pictures...

5.0 out of 5 stars Life the Greatest Adventures of All Time, November 11, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: LIFE: The Greatest Adventures of All Time (Hardcover)

All the major adventures of the previous century that you really ought to be familiar with! Simply impossible to put down once you've picked it up, this book is required reading. Illustrated with contemporary photographs throughout, most have been seen before and much of what is written and illustrated is to be found elswhere. What you have here, though, is the whole lot - end to end. If this doesn't fill you with awe - nothing will!