Third Man Factor by John Geiger

Third Man Factor by John Geiger

The Third Man Factor is an extraordinary account of how people at the very edge of death often sense an unseen presence beside them who encourages them to make one final effort to survive. This incorporeal being offers a feeling of hope, protection, and guidance, and leaves the person convinced he or she is not alone. There is a name for this phenomenon: it's called the Third Man Factor. If only a handful of people had ever encountered the Third Man, it might be dismissed as an unusual delusion shared by a few overstressed minds. But over the years, the experience has occurred again and again, to 9/11 survivors, mountaineers, divers, polar explorers, prisoners of war, sailors, shipwreck survivors, aviators, and astronauts. All have escaped traumatic events only to tell strikingly similar stories of having sensed the close presence of a helper or guardian. The force has been explained as everything from hallucination to divine intervention. Recent neurological research suggests something else. Bestselling and award-winning author John Geiger has completed six years of physiological, psychological, and historical research on the Third Man. He blends his analysis with compelling human stories such as that of Ron DiFrancesco, the last survivor to escape the World Trade Center on 9/11; Ernest Shackleton, the legendary explorer whose account of the Third Man inspired T. S. Eliot to write of it in The Waste Land; Jerry Linenger, a NASA astronaut who experienced the Third Man while aboard the Mir space station--and many more. Fascinating for any listener, The Third Man Factor at last explains this secret to survival, a Third Man who--in the words of famed climber Reinhold Messner--leads you out of the impossible.

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John Geiger is the author of several books, including The Third Man Factor: Surviving the Impossible and Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition. A member of the editorial board of Toronto's Globe and Mail, he is also a fellow of the Explorers Club, governor of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, and chair of the Society's Expeditions Committee. His work has been translated into nine languages. Born in Ithaca, New York, he lives in Toronto.

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ISBN 13	9781602861077
ISBN 10	1602861072
Title	Third Man Factor
Author	John Geiger
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Weinstein Books
Year published	2009-09-01
Number of pages	320
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