Alone in the Wilderness - Softcover

Tomkies, Mike

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ISBN 10: 1870325141 ISBN 13: 9781870325141

Verlag: Whittles Publishing, 2001

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`...A compelling story... Wonderfully written, it is as entertaining as any novel'. Yorkshire Post -------------------- `...a fascinating story of self-sufficiency and a personal search for purpose in the majestic wilds of British Columbia'. Writers' News -------------------- `Tomkies is to be congratulated on a splendid book. His feelings for people, animals, wilderness are expressed honestly and beautifully. His descriptions of nature are sensitive as well as accurate... I enjoyed it thoroughly...' Dr. Victor H. Cahalane, distinguished zoologist and former Deputy Director, New York State Museum -------------------- `Considerable charm and interest ... absorbing record of wilderness adventure'. Publisher's Weekly, USA -------------------- `...accomplishments compel admiration ... the life it portrays, the nerve and daring it reveals, can only inspire in most of us ... feelings of respect and envy'. Natural History Museum, New York

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The story of a man who achieved what thousands only dream of. He abandoned the pressures of life as a journalist in noisy, overcrowded cities and exchanged it for self-sufficiency, solitude and a new purpose. After finding a remote plot of land among trees, rocks and cliffs along the coastline in British Columbia, he moved in with boat, typewriter and tent to start a new life. How he eventually built his log cabin, learned to live off the sea, adjusted to the hardest taskmaster of all - nature - fought loneliness and became inevitably drawn to a greater spiritual understanding of his remote environment is an inspiring story. His adventures with bald eagles, a cheeky raccoon, a lame seagull, killer whales and other creatures are as informative as they are captivating. Three extraordinary characters enhanced his experiences: Ed Louette, a skilled backwoods carpenter; Pappy Tihoni, a Scots-Indian of uncanny animal sense who guided him on his most dangerous but fulfilling expedition into the mountains; and wild dog Booto, who scratched at his cabin door when loneliness threatened to overwhelm.

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• Verlag: Whittles Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1870325141
• ISBN 13: 9781870325141
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 192