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Edition: 1st
Author: Scott Anderson
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Release Date: 1990-06
ISBN-10: 0938586335
ISBN-13: 9780938586333
List Price: $15.95
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Beginning on a front porch in Duluth, Minnesota, and ending three months later in Hudson Bay, author Scott Anderson took every canoeist's dream trip. Filled with humor, mis-adventure, and ultimate success, Distant Fires is a must-read for anyone who has ever picked up a paddle. An American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults
True account of an uncommon adventure
| Customer Rating: | | "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. |
Great Book
| Customer Rating: | | 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. |
Two young men who tackle the elements by canoe- and win.
| Customer Rating: | | 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. |
A "must read" for anyone who loves the North Country
| Customer Rating: | | This is the book I read when I feel "displaced" from wherever the Air Force has me at the present time. If you are familiar with the outdoors lifestyle of northern Minnesota, this book will refresh any memories you have of trips up "The Shore" (north shore of Lake Superior) or the Boundary Waters. The author is a Duluth, MN native who tells his story of an extended canoe trip that started at his home and ended in Hudson Bay. The reading is light, and is enhanced with a lot of local color humor. |
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