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The Twenty-Ninth Day

Surviving a Grizzly Attack in the Canadian Tundra

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The Twenty-Ninth Day

By: Alex Messenger
Narrated by: Alex Messenger
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A 600-mile canoe trip in the Canadian wilderness is a 17-year-old's dream adventure, but after he is mauled by a grizzly bear, it's all about staying alive.

This true-life wilderness survival epic recounts 17-year-old Alex Messenger's near-lethal encounter with a grizzly bear during a canoe trip in the Canadian tundra. The story follows Alex and his five companions as they paddle north through harrowing rapids and stunning terrain. Twenty-nine days into the trip, while out hiking alone, Alex is attacked by a barren-ground grizzly. Left for dead, he wakes to find that his summer adventure has become a struggle to stay alive. Over the next hours and days, Alex and his companions tend his wounds and use their resilience, ingenuity, and dogged perseverance to reach help at a remote village a thousand miles north of the US-Canadian border.

The Twenty-Ninth Day is a coming-of-age story like no other, filled with inspiring subarctic landscapes, thrilling riverine paddling, and a trial by fire of the human spirit.

©2019 Alex Messenger (P)2019 Blackstone Publishing Adventure Travel Adventurers, Explorers & Survival Animals Biological Sciences Camping Hiking Outdoors & Nature Science Adventure Survival Outdoor Adventure
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I felt Alex must be an intensely deep thinking 17 year old who could maybe lighten up. But having never travelled the majestic routes which surely inspire such thoughts and emotions and certainly never wrestled a bear, I'm going to cut him some slack, a whole mile of it
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His story is inspirational and makes me want to head straight to Canada and start exploring.
My admiration to him and anyone who appreciates their surrounds enough to spend a month in them, under such arduous conditions.

time to visit Canada!

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Really graphic storytelling of a bear attack but they real hero’s are Alex and his companions who went above and beyond to save their friend.

Outstanding

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I read this book without much expectation, however was so pleasantly surprised. A 17 years old with grit, determination, resilience, and a distress tolerance which even many adults don't seem to have instilled.

well read by the author himself, it is unexpectedly calm throughout.

well worth the read

A read for all not just adventurers

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This book was so well written that I could imagine myself on every step through your journey. The landscapes the water the adventures everything made me feel I was there and more scarily the bear attack although I know I would have ran like crazy and taken the odds of jumping of the cliff, which is easy to say as we don’t have bears in Australia.
May you go on to have many more but less exciting adventures and always stay safe. Reach for your dreams grab them and keep on going.
Well done on this book it truly was amazing.

I felt I was on this journey throughout the whole book.

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Good story, at times a little monotone but always good to have an author narrated book.

Worth a listen

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loved it. couldnt put it down. recommended. was very enthralling and catchy. now i want more.

i couldnt stop listening..very enthralling

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I found this book thoroughly interesting and captivating. From start to finish it held my attention and curiosity.
The narrator was really great too and aided in making this a wonderful read.
I hope others find it as good as I did.

Great listen

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A very interesting and enjoyable story with the always appreciated ability to make me visualise along with the story, and feel like I was there. Delivered by the author in a slightly monotone narration, but I did love the descriptions of the voyage, the attack and aftermath and the sights and sounds along the way. Good job, enjoyed it, thank you. ;-D

A Grizzly Tale

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Such a well written true story, so descriptive that you feel like you are on the adventure with Alex. You handled the challenges with bravery and stoic. The narration is exceptional.

Courageous Story, Well Narrated

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What a frightened moments. Im so impressed by how your mind tell you what you need to do when the bear attacked you. Great story and I like the way you read it

I hold my breath when it came to the 29th days.

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