Need help finding a book...

Curly Watts

This is probably one of my longer shots but...

When I was in 1st year, about 10 years ago, I was reading a book about a man who was piloting an aircraft (even possibly a passenger on the small aircraft) in which it crashed, somewhere in North America. Possibly Canada. I think he was on the way to see family or something along those lines. But he had to survive in the wilderness for a while and never read the end of it. It was an interesting book I thought, and never finished it. Remember very vague bits which I can't piece together to try explain

If I heard/saw the name of it I'm sure to recognise it. I never finished the book, but actually dreamt about the storyline the other night, and would love to find out the name.

All the google searches in the world haven't turned this book up, and I would recognise the cover in a second.

If anyone can recall reading such a book or know's of such a book or even something remotely like it please do post it up

My head is officially wrecked thinking of what it is

MrJoeSoap

Off the top of my head there may have been something similar in Jon Krakauers's book Into The Wild about Christopher McCandless. He had two or three anecdotes about other people living alone in the wilderness and the airplane part sounds familiar to me. Although I do think this particular guy was dropped into the wilderness at his own request, but it's been a while since I read the book.

Curly Watts

Thanks for the reply, but no, he went hiking on his own accord.

Three days thinking now and I cannot for the life of me think of the name.


Seriously doing my head in ha

MrJoeSoap

Curly Watts wrote: »

Thanks for the reply, but no, he went hiking on his own accord.

Sorry I don't mean McCandless himself, but one of the anecdotes in the book was about another guy who flew somewhere in Canada and was living in the wilderness. But again, I'm pretty sure he asked to be flown there (or something similar) rather than crashing a plane.

Would it be this?

http://artofmanliness.com/2010/03/11/10-wilderness-survival-lessons-from-hatchet/

zenno

or this...i know this one is a bit older though...
One Was Left Alive

Describes the ordeal faced by the sole survivor of a 1971 airplane crash in the Peruvian jungle.

http://books.google.ie/books?id=3b9JKX5WkT8C&source=gbs_similarbooks

zenno

or this one...
Crash in the Wilderness

Relates the 10-mile journey to safety of the sole survivor of a plane crash in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.


http://books.google.ie/books?id=H-4cQCgmrgkC&source=gbs_book_similarbooks

Curly Watts

zenno wrote: »

or this one...
Crash in the Wilderness

Relates the 10-mile journey to safety of the sole survivor of a plane crash in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.


http://books.google.ie/books?id=H-4cQCgmrgkC&source=gbs_book_similarbooks

Actually thought this was it from your discription. But looking at the cover of the book and reading a bit more of it, definitely not it. Don't think the author was female either.. Then again not 100%.. Thanks a lot though..

The more I think about it the more I wish I never read it all those years ago ha

Curly Watts

I really wanna say its called "hatchet", it sounds almost identical, and it actually could be it but some bits don't seem to fit the bill. Also the cover is waaaay off.

Anyone got any books that are along the lines of Hatchet?

Maybe that's it, ill have to read it and report back..

Till then, keep the thinking caps on lads

Sugarglass

I thought it was hatchet from your description, however it is about a teenager not an adult. The author Gary Paulsen wrote a number of books about the same material using the same protaganist so maybe check out his stuff.

In regards the discrepancy with the cover, it's an older book there are multiple editions, it's possible whatever cover you remember is no longer available or different then the one you've found in your search.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Paulsen#Brian.27s_Saga