DEATH ON THE BARRENS

作者: George James Grinnell 著

出版社: Random House US

出版时间: 2010-04

版次: 1

ISBN: 9781556438820

定价: 155.00

装帧: 平装

开本: 16开

纸张: 胶版纸

页数: 281页

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>社会文化

　　Set in the remote arctic region of Northern Canada, this booktakes readers on a harrowing canoe voyage that results in tragedy,redemption, and, ultimately, transformation. George Grinnell wasone of six young men who set off on the 1955 expedition led byexperienced wilderness canoeist Art Moffatt. Poorly planned andexecuted, the journey seemed doomed from the start. Ignoring theapproaching winter, the men became entranced with the peace andbeauty of the arctic in autumn. As winter closed in, they suddenlyfaced numbing cold and dwindling food. When the crew is swept overa waterfall, Moffatt is killed and most of the gear and emergencyfood supplies destroyed. Confronting freezing conditions and nearstarvation, the remaining crew struggled to make it back tocivilization. For Grinnell, the three-month expedition was both arite of passage and a spiritual odyssey. In the Barrens, he losthis sense of identity and what he had been conditioned to thinkabout society and himself. Forever changed by the experience, heunsparingly describes how the expedition influenced his adult lifeand what powerful insights he was able to glean from thislife-altering experience. 　　George Grinnell taught the history of science and intellectualhistory at McMaster University in Ontario from 1967 to 1991. Hecurrently teaches meditation classes and lives in Cape Breton, NovaScotia. Artist Roderick MacIver is the founder of Heron Dance, anonprofit organization that celebrates the human connection tonature through art and words.
内容简介:
　　Set in the remote arctic region of Northern Canada, this booktakes readers on a harrowing canoe voyage that results in tragedy,redemption, and, ultimately, transformation. George Grinnell wasone of six young men who set off on the 1955 expedition led byexperienced wilderness canoeist Art Moffatt. Poorly planned andexecuted, the journey seemed doomed from the start. Ignoring theapproaching winter, the men became entranced with the peace andbeauty of the arctic in autumn. As winter closed in, they suddenlyfaced numbing cold and dwindling food. When the crew is swept overa waterfall, Moffatt is killed and most of the gear and emergencyfood supplies destroyed. Confronting freezing conditions and nearstarvation, the remaining crew struggled to make it back tocivilization. For Grinnell, the three-month expedition was both arite of passage and a spiritual odyssey. In the Barrens, he losthis sense of identity and what he had been conditioned to thinkabout society and himself. Forever changed by the experience, heunsparingly describes how the expedition influenced his adult lifeand what powerful insights he was able to glean from thislife-altering experience.
作者简介:
　　George Grinnell taught the history of science and intellectualhistory at McMaster University in Ontario from 1967 to 1991. Hecurrently teaches meditation classes and lives in Cape Breton, NovaScotia. Artist Roderick MacIver is the founder of Heron Dance, anonprofit organization that celebrates the human connection tonature through art and words.

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