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Title: Distant Fires by Scott Anderson, Les Kouba ISBN: 0-938586-33-5 Publisher: Pfeifer-Hamilton Pub Pub. Date: October, 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: True account of an uncommon adventure
Comment: "Distant Fires" was published in 1990 and is the true account of a summer canoe trip from Duluth Minnesota to Hudson Bay Canada by two men in their early 20's. More than anything else, this book speaks to the modern charisma and abilities of the author, who planned and accomplished the journey, then, wrote such a wonderful and humorous account of it. Chapter by chapter, the reader is taken to the water, along the route, and into the perspective of the adventure. This book is testomony to what's in the future and beyond the horizon. It cannot be over-recommended for young and old. Thank you Scott Anderson for sharing your uncommon knowledge and insight of "Distant Fires" on earth and in our lives.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Book
Comment: I think this book was great. It was so great because it told a true story of courage. I recommend it to anyone who wants adventure.
Rating: 5
Summary: Two young men who tackle the elements by canoe- and win.
Comment: This is an astonishing book about two young men who want so much to have a great adventure experience before they get too old and can't go. So, they set out in their canoe to recreate an adventure 50 years ago, by Eric Sevareid, to canoe 2000 miles, from Duluth, Minn. to the Hudson's Bay. Every step along the way they encounter adversity, bugs, hardship, danger- yet they press on with a determination and will to complete this task, and win. They do so with much humor and dry wit. I found myself laughing out loud in many places. Where else can you read about two young men moving at the speed of a canoe paddle, going upstream, battling headwinds, eight foot waves that could easily swamp their canoe, rapids, portages through dense growth, beaver dams, and of course, mosquitos, mosquitos and more....?
It seems that they must have never been dry or warm over this journey that took them over three months to complete. But they never lost their sense of humor and never gave up, even though the odds were immense.
I greatly reccommend this book. It reads easily, and will be an excellent choice for young as well as older readers who enjoy a good travel adventure. It is a wonderful inspiration to all who read the book.
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Title: Canoeing With the Cree by Eric Sevareid ISBN: 0873511522 Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Pub. Date: 01 April, 1968 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Lonely Land (Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book Series) by Sigurd F. Olson, Francis Lee Jaques ISBN: 0816629978 Publisher: Univ of Minnesota Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: August, 1997 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Voyageur by Grace Lee Nute ISBN: 0873512138 Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Pub. Date: 01 February, 1987 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Runes of the North (Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book Series) by Sigurd F. Olson, Robert Hines ISBN: 0816629943 Publisher: Univ of Minnesota Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: August, 1997 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Tales of an Empty Cabin by Grey Owl, Grey ISBN: 1552630307 Publisher: Key Porter Books Pub. Date: March, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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