Prologue
Done With
Ann Stanford
Creating Context
To Fall in the Dark Void—Lessons of Survival • Concept Vocabulary
Cluster One: Why Do People Take Risks?
Thinking Skill: Hypothesizing
- Wilding (short story)
- Jane Yolen
- Allen Greshner (poem)
- Mel Glenn
- Search and Rescue (autobiography)
- Tim Cahill
- The Fine Madness of Iditarod (autobiography)
- Gary Paulsen
Cluster Two: After Surviving?
Thinking Skill: Generalizing
- Contents of the Dead Man’s Pockets (short story)
- Jack Finney
- Appetizer (short story)
- Robert Abel
- Staying Alive (poem)
- David Wagoner
Cluster Three: What Would You Risk?
Thinking Skill: Evaluating
- Battle by the Breadfruit Tree (article)
- Theodore Waldeck
- The Man in the Water (editorial essay)
- Roger Rosenblatt
- Jared (short story)
- David Gifaldi
- Plainswoman (short story)
- William Forrest
Cluster Four: Thinking on Your Own
Thinking Skill: Synthesizing
- Into the Wild (biography)
- Jon Krakauer
