True Grit

The epic true stories of heroism and survival that have shaped my life

Bear Grylls knows what it takes to survive. But he’s
not the first.

Take the American bombardier Louis Zamperini, who
survived 47 days stranded at sea by catching and killing hungry sharks and
drinking the warm blood of albatrosses ? only to be captured by the Japanese
and horrifically tortured for years in their most brutal POW camps…

Or Marcus Luttrell, a Navy SEAL who single-handedly
took on a Taliban regiment before dragging his bleeding, bullet-ridden body
for days through the harsh mountains of Afghanistan…

Or Nando Parrado, one of the survivors of a horrific
air-crash high in the ice-bound Andes, who only lived because he was willing
to eat the flesh of his dead companions…

In
this gripping new book, Bear tells the stories of the adventurers, explorers,
soldiers and spies whose refusal to quit in the most extreme situations has
inspired him throughout his life. Some of them make uncomfortable reading -
survival is rarely pretty. But all of them are tales of eye-watering
bravery, death-defying resilience and extraordinary mental toughness by men
and women who have one thing in common- true grit.

What readers are saying about
True Grit- ***** ‘Exhilarating … It
kept me gripped throughout.’ *****
‘Inspirational stories of survival and endurance … kept me
interested till the end.’ ***** ‘To keep going, to keep
hopeful, to never quit these are lessons in life that all of us need to
hear.