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David Roberts
David Roberts
Awards
Shortlisted — Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature, 2016
Winner — Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature, 2018
Shortlisted — PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing, 2019
Books by David Roberts
Alone on the Ice: The Greatest Survival Story in the History of Exploration
Paperback, 2014
"Gripping and superb. This book will steal the night from you." —Laurence Gonzales, author of Deep Survival
Points Unknown: The Greatest Adventure Writing of the Twentieth Century
Paperback, 2003
"A great treasure-trove of daunting human courage, frailty, and persistence in the face of the unknown."—Library Journal
Limits of the Known
Hardback, 2018
A celebrated mountaineer and author searches for meaning in great adventures and explorations, past and present.
Limits of the Known
Paperback, 2019
A celebrated mountaineer and author searches for meaning in great adventures and explorations, past and present.
Escalante's Dream: On the Trail of the Spanish Discovery of the Southwest
Hardback, 2019
A famed adventure writer re-creates the extraordinary 1,700-mile journey of the eighteenth-century Domínguez-Escalante expedition.
Escalante's Dream: On the Trail of the Spanish Discovery of the Southwest
Paperback, 2020
Famed adventure writer David Roberts retraces the route of the legendary Domínguez-Escalante expedition.
Alone on the Ice: The Greatest Survival Story in the History of Exploration
E Book, 2013
"Gripping and superb. This book will steal the night from you." —Laurence Gonzales, author of Deep Survival
Limits of the Known
E Book, 2018
A celebrated mountaineer and author searches for meaning in great adventures and explorations, past and present.
Escalante's Dream: On the Trail of the Spanish Discovery of the Southwest
E Book, 2019
A famed adventure writer re-creates the extraordinary 1,700-mile journey of the eighteenth-century Domínguez-Escalante expedition.
Into the Great Emptiness: Peril and Survival on the Greenland Ice Cap
Hardback, 2023
The riveting story of one of the greatest but least-known sagas in the history of exploration from David Roberts, the “dean of adventure writing”