Jennifer Woodlief
Auteur de A Wall of White: The True Story of Heroism and Survival in the Face of a Deadly Avalanche
Œuvres de Jennifer Woodlief
A Wall of White: The True Story of Heroism and Survival in the Face of a Deadly Avalanche (2009) 82 exemplaires
A Bolt from the Blue: The Epic True Story of Danger, Daring, and Heroism at 13,000 Feet (2012) 29 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Sexe
- female
- Lieux de résidence
- Tiburon, California, USA
- Professions
- reporter, assistant district attorney, CIA case officer, author
- Courte biographie
- Woodlief worked as a reporter for Sports Illustrated, an assistant district attorney, and a CIA case worker with top- secret clearance. Her first book, SKI TO DIE: THE BILL JOHNSON STORY was published in 2005 and optioned by Warner Bros. for a movie. She lives in Tiburon, California with her husband and three children.
Membres
Critiques
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 3
- Membres
- 114
- Popularité
- #171,985
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 34
- ISBN
- 7
The author covers many technical details, especially about the use of helicopters in high altitude rescues. The writing is interesting, though not gripping. This is a book that tells you the how of things very well, but doesn't always pull you in to the incident from an emotional perspective.
There were some useful pictures, but they were not integrated into the text, which always annoys me as printing technology can easily put black and white photos in with text and pictures can really make a difference in books of this type. I also wished there were more pictures, particularly of the environment in which the rescue took place and of the climb route.
Overall, worth reading and worth owning if climbing, epics, rescues, disasters or lightening are your thing.… (plus d'informations)