''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
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. The book's narrative chronicles the doomed flight of a
Piper Navajo
The Piper PA-31 Navajo is a family of twin-engined low-wing tricycle gear utility aircraft designed and built by Piper Aircraft for small cargo and feeder airlines, and as a corporate aircraft. Production ran from 1967 to 1984. It was licen ...
commuter plane,
Wapiti Aviation Flight 402, and the plight of four survivors as they endured the remote wilderness of northern
Alberta
Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, t ...
where the plane had crashed.
Awards and honours
''Into the Abyss'' received the 2013 "
Edna Staebler Award
The Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction is an annual literary award recognizing the previous year's best creative nonfiction book with a "Canadian locale and/or significance" that is a Canadian writer's "first or second published book ...
for
Creative Non-Fiction
Creative nonfiction (also known as literary nonfiction, narrative nonfiction, literary journalism or verfabula) is a genre of writing that uses literary styles and techniques to create factually accurate narratives. Creative nonfiction contrasts ...
".
[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.
See also
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List of Edna Staebler Award recipients
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Larry Shaben
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Grant Notley
References
External links
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Carol Shaben
Home page. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
CBC article about the crash
Canadian non-fiction books
2012 non-fiction books
Random House books
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