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Title: Great Heart: The History of a Labrador Adventure (Kodansha Globe) by James West Davidson, John Rugge, Philip Turner ISBN: 1-56836-168-8 Publisher: Kodansha International Pub. Date: May, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.36 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Bringing to life an old drama in a thorough way
Comment: As well as Great Heart, I have read both of the source books by Dillon Wallace, the book by Mina Hubbard, as well as the book by Cabot, cited in Great Heart. This is a great bit of sleuthing and research and very well presented. In addition to bringing to life a historic disaster, this book does a great job of posing the question: Why do "explorers" take liberties with the truth in their books, and then why does the press shut their eyes to that and cover up the inconsistencies. Once you read this book, go out and get the source books so you can further explore this for yourself. And then... go out and canoe it! A must read for anyone who likes the Canadian bush.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Best Adventure Story Ever
Comment: Why don't more people know about this book? It puts most adventure stories to shame and makes most survivors of "hardships" look like wimps. Adventurers with virtually no prior experience, wearing wool sweaters and cotton pants, carrying tons of food, canoe and portage through uncharted waters only to get hopelessly lost. Between the bugs, cold, lack of food, etc... you wonder how any could survive. The concepts of leadership, friendship and conquest are tested. After a harrowing adventure ending in death, the widow of the expedition leader races a team member into the wilds of Labrador the following year. In 1905, it was hard enough for a man to make this unprecedented trip, and unheard of for a woman to try. It is a must read for all adventure lovers!
Rating: 1
Summary: Annoying novelistic style
Comment: As you can see from other reviews, most people seem to really like this book. I, however, got a few pages in and found I had no use for it, even though I generally go for just this sort of story. The authors of "Great Heart" use a novelistic narrative style, filling in from their imagination all manner of little details that they obviously could have no way of knowing. I'm apparently enough of a purist that I want my narratives based on reliable source material, not imagination. When an author begins to fictionalize, how can one ever know where the boundary between fact and fiction lies? This doesn't seem to have bothered most of the reviewers, but you might want to stay away from the book if you're similarly picky.
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Title: The Complete Wilderness Paddler by John Rugge, James West Davidson ISBN: 039471153X Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 12 December, 1982 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: 15-Minute Low-Carb Recipes: Instant Recipes for Dinners, Desserts, and More by Dana Carpender ISBN: 159233041X Publisher: Fair Winds Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Seabiscuit: An American Legend by LAURA HILLENBRAND ISBN: 0449005615 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 26 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title:Finding Nemo ASIN: B00005JM02 Publisher: Walt Disney Home Video Pub. Date: 04 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.99 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $20.99 |
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Title: The Purpose-Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? by Rick Warren ISBN: 0310205719 Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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