Into the Abyss (book)

{{short description|2012 book by 'Carol Shaben'}}

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{{Infobox book

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

| image = Into the Abyss book cover.jpg

| caption = First edition cover of Canadian release

| author = 'Carol Shaben'

| illustrator =

| cover_artist =

| country = Canada

| subject = Near-death experience

| genre = non-fiction, bookGoodreads. [http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13330916-into-the-abyss Into the Abyss]., Book review. Retrieved March 12, 2013.

| publisher = Random House

| pub_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 the 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, Wapiti Aviation Flight 402, and the plight of four survivors as they endured the remote wilderness of northern Alberta where the plane had crashed.NPR Staff, (May 21, 2013). [https://www.npr.org/2013/05/21/184177321/after-crashing-in-canadian-abyss-four-men-fight-to-survive After Crashing In Canadian 'Abyss,' Four Men Fight To Survive]. npr.org. Retrieved March 12, 2013.

Awards and honours

Into the Abyss received the 2013 "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction".Faculty of Arts, (July 30, 2013). [http://www.wlu.ca/news_detail.php?grp_id=2529&nws_id=11430 Carol Shaben named winner of the 2013 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224231023/https://www.wlu.ca/news_detail.php?grp_id=2529&nws_id=11430 |date=December 24, 2013 }}. Wilfrid Laurier University. Headlines (news releases). Retrieved March 12, 2013.

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