Into the Abyss (book)

Into the Abyss:
How a Deadly Plane Crash Changed the Lives of a Pilot, a Politician, a Criminal and a Cop

First edition cover of Canadian release
Author Carol Shaben
Country Canada
Subject Near-death experience
Genre non-fiction, book[1]
Publisher Random House
Publication date
September 1, 2012
Media type Print (hardback and paperback)
Pages 336 pp.
ISBN 9780307360229

Into the Abyss: How a Deadly Plane Crash Changed the Lives of a Pilot, a Politician, a Criminal and a Cop is a non-fiction book, written by Canadian writer Carol Shaben, first published in September 2012 by Random House. The book's narrative chronicles the doomed flight of a Piper Navajo commuter plane, and the plight of four survivors as they endured the remote wilderness of northern Alberta where the plane had crashed.[2]

Awards and honours

Into the Abyss received the 2013 "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction".[3]

See also

References

  1. Goodreads. Into the Abyss., Book review. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
  2. NPR Staff, (May 21, 2013). After Crashing In Canadian 'Abyss,' Four Men Fight To Survive. npr.org. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
  3. Faculty of Arts, (July 30, 2013). Carol Shaben named winner of the 2013 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction. Wilfrid Laurier University. Headlines (news releases). Retrieved March 12, 2013.

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