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True North

- A Journey into Unexplored Wilderness
Af: Elliott Merrick Engelsk Paperback

True North

- A Journey into Unexplored Wilderness
Af: Elliott Merrick Engelsk Paperback
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The enthralling memoir of a 1930s couple whose passion for nature led them on a winter’s-long hunting trek through one of the most remote regions of Canada
 
While many people dream of abandoning civilization and heading into the wilderness, few manage to actually do it. One exception was twenty-four-year-old Elliott Merrick, who in 1929 left his advertising job in New Jersey and moved to Labrador, one of Canada’s most remote regions.
 
True North tells the captivating story of one of the high points of Merrick’s years there: a hunting trip he and his wife, Kay, made with trapper John Michelin in 1930. Covering 300 miles over a harsh winter, they experienced an unexplored realm of nature at its most intense and faced numerous challenges. Merrick accidentally shot himself in the thigh and almost cut off his toe. Freezing cold and hunger were constant. Nonetheless, the group found beauty and even magic in the stark landscape. The couple and the trappers bonded with each other and their environment through such surprisingly daunting tasks as fabricating sunglasses to avoid snow blindness and learning to wash underwear without it freezing.
 
Merrick’s intimate style, rich with narrative detail, brings readers into a dramatic story of survival and shares the lesson the Merricks learned: that the greatest satisfaction in life can come from the simplest things.
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The enthralling memoir of a 1930s couple whose passion for nature led them on a winter’s-long hunting trek through one of the most remote regions of Canada
 
While many people dream of abandoning civilization and heading into the wilderness, few manage to actually do it. One exception was twenty-four-year-old Elliott Merrick, who in 1929 left his advertising job in New Jersey and moved to Labrador, one of Canada’s most remote regions.
 
True North tells the captivating story of one of the high points of Merrick’s years there: a hunting trip he and his wife, Kay, made with trapper John Michelin in 1930. Covering 300 miles over a harsh winter, they experienced an unexplored realm of nature at its most intense and faced numerous challenges. Merrick accidentally shot himself in the thigh and almost cut off his toe. Freezing cold and hunger were constant. Nonetheless, the group found beauty and even magic in the stark landscape. The couple and the trappers bonded with each other and their environment through such surprisingly daunting tasks as fabricating sunglasses to avoid snow blindness and learning to wash underwear without it freezing.
 
Merrick’s intimate style, rich with narrative detail, brings readers into a dramatic story of survival and shares the lesson the Merricks learned: that the greatest satisfaction in life can come from the simplest things.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 312
ISBN-13: 9781556439094
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1556439091
Kategori: Historie
Udg. Dato: 4 maj 2010
Længde: 19mm
Bredde: 154mm
Højde: 229mm
Forlag: North Atlantic Books,U.S.
Oplagsdato: 4 maj 2010
Forfatter(e): Elliott Merrick
Forfatter(e) Elliott Merrick

Kategori Historie

ISBN-13 9781556439094

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 312

Udgave

Længde 19mm

Bredde 154mm

Højde 229mm

Udg. Dato 4 maj 2010

Oplagsdato 4 maj 2010

Forlag North Atlantic Books,U.S.