Four Quarters Of Light
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2005
Black Swan (Verlag)
978-0-552-99973-1 (ISBN)
Black Swan (Verlag)
978-0-552-99973-1 (ISBN)
Brian Keenan's fascination with Alaska began as a small boy. With a head full of questions about its landscape and a heart informed by his love of desolate and barren places, he sets out for Alaska, to discover its four geographical quarters, from snowmelt to snowfall. He ultimately finds that to make Alaska a home, one must surrender to the land.
Brian Keenan's fascination with Alaska began as a small boy while reading Jack London's wondrous Call of the Wild. With a head full of questions about its inspiring landscape and a heart informed by his love of desolate and barren places, Brian Keenan sets out for Alaska to discover its four geographical quarters from snowmelt in May to snowfall in September, and en route, finds a land as fantastical as a fairytale but whose vastness has a very peculiar type of allure...
From dog-mushing on a frozen lake beneath the whirling colours of the aurora borealis to camping in a two dollar tent in the tundra of the arctic circle, Brian Keenan seeks out the ultimate wilderness experience and along the way, encounters hard-core survivalists who know what struggle and endurance mean from their daily battle with nature to exist.He discovers that true wilderness is as much a state of mind as it is a place.And ultimately to make Alaska home, one must surrender to the land.
Brian Keenan's fascination with Alaska began as a small boy while reading Jack London's wondrous Call of the Wild. With a head full of questions about its inspiring landscape and a heart informed by his love of desolate and barren places, Brian Keenan sets out for Alaska to discover its four geographical quarters from snowmelt in May to snowfall in September, and en route, finds a land as fantastical as a fairytale but whose vastness has a very peculiar type of allure...
From dog-mushing on a frozen lake beneath the whirling colours of the aurora borealis to camping in a two dollar tent in the tundra of the arctic circle, Brian Keenan seeks out the ultimate wilderness experience and along the way, encounters hard-core survivalists who know what struggle and endurance mean from their daily battle with nature to exist.He discovers that true wilderness is as much a state of mind as it is a place.And ultimately to make Alaska home, one must surrender to the land.
Brian Keenan is a writer and poet. An Evil Cradling, the story of his four years' captivity in Beirut, is recognized as a non-fiction classic. He is also the author of a travel book, Between Extremes, with John McCarthy, and a novel, Turlough.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.10.2005 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 127 x 198 mm |
| Gewicht | 315 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Welt / Arktis / Antarktis | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-552-99973-3 / 0552999733 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-552-99973-1 / 9780552999731 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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