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Running North: A Yukon Adventure
Ann Mariah Cook
Algonquin Books, 1998
A family who followed their dream one special winter
+ Excellent book!
+ awesome
+ Great Adventure
+ Enduring Determination
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The Hermit's Story: Stories
Rick Bass
Houghton Mifflin, 2002
A five-star compilation of stories to rank among Bass' best.
+ the hermit's story
+ KIRBY GROWS UP
+ The Dreamer's Story
+ The Dreamer's Story
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The New Wolves
Rick Bass
The Lyons Press, 2001
Political, social and natural history blend
+ Caring for the Country...
Rick Bass' New Wolves (1-58574-265-1, $14.95) charts the return of the Mexican Wolf to the American Southwest and the controversies surrounding its preservation. Political, social and natural history blend in essays which survey the wolves and provide first-person observations. A recommended pick ...
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The Sky, the Stars, the Wilderness
Rick Bass
Houghton Mifflin, 1997
Nature writing at its best
+ WIldness both savage and subtle captured and held before your eyes
+ Both savage and beautiful
+ The Myths of Bears will be a classic!
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Grizzly Years: In Search of the American Wilderness
Doug Peacock
Holt Paperbacks, 1996
Awesome book, one of the best environmental books out there
+ seeking bear deliverance . . .
+ A new high for environmentlist journaling!
+ A killer Book!!!
+ great, honest book by a great, honest man
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Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod
Gary Paulsen
Harvest Books, 1995
Winterdance
+ Unexpectedly good
+ Excellent, very well written book!
+ Tons of fun
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The Call of the Wild
Jack London, Andrew Davidson, ...
Kingfisher, 2002
The Call Of The Wild
+ The Call of the Wild and it's influence on me
+ The call of the wild
The Call of the Wild by Jack London; Masterworks: Chicago, 1995.
ISBN# 1-561563706
BY Mike Hendrix
Do you want to hear what Buck goes through? The Call of the Wild is a fiction book by Jack London. The theme in The Call of the Wild is "no one is going to do it for you; you have ...
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Collected Poems of Robert Service
Robert Service
Putnam Adult, 1989
OUTSTANDING collection of poems!
+ Holds its own, after all these years
+ Poetry I like.
+ We love it!
+ We love it!
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White Fang (Puffin Classics)
Jack London
Puffin, 1994
This book is phenomenal
+ Great Book - which I suspect is a metaphor for Jack London's inner life
+ A Wonderful Read
+ Only the best book of all time [IMO]
+ Free SF Reader
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My Life in Dog Years
Gary Paulsen
Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 1998
A book to read again and again
+ I loved each & every one of these dogs stories
+ Great read
+ Great
+ Dog Stories
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Cormac McCarthy's Western Novels
Barcley Owens
University of Arizona Press, 2000
Sparkling review of an enthralling, enriching body of work.
If you're a bit puzzled by all of the cheering for Cormac McCarthy, look here. I don't agree with everything he says, but Owen packs this slim volume with plenty of eye-opening (and sometimes mind-boggling) insights. His discussions and comparisons and references have inspired me to go back and ...
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Blue Desert
Charles Bowden
University of Arizona Press, 1988
Azure skies are blue in the desert, as are bruises
+ Fantastic Book
+ Ed Abbey at a newspaper desk
Again, Bowden hands us a mirror, and what we see is ugly. Carving a swathe from Palm Springs to Ajo to Mexico, the author presses us along the eroding path of man and beast in the desert Southwest. Although doomed, a certain eloquence precedes their demise. The book's organization by chapter (Bats, ...
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On the Wild Edge: In Search of a Natural Life
David Petersen
Henry Holt and Co., 2005
Yarns of Naturalism
+ One of my all time favorites
+ My Quality Reading During Winter Hibernation
What a treat! I bought this from Amazon back when it first came out in hardcover, and it has resided on my to-be-read shelf all this time. We now have snow here and, in a wintry mood, I was prompted to pick this one up after finishing Vardis Fisher's excellent THE MOUNTAIN MAN and watching the ...
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Call of the Wild/Wanderlust
Frankie Laine
Collectables, 2003
These two original Columbia albums, originally released in the early 1960s, feature singer Frankie Laine performing songs on the very subject matter of the album titles themselves - "Call of the Wild" and "Wanderlust." On both albums, he is backed by an orchestra and chorus under the direction of Johnny Williams.
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The Call of the Wild by Jack London, with an Illustrated Reader's Companion by Daniel Dyer
Jack London, Daniel Dyer
University of Oklahoma Press, 1995
Jack London - Part Prolific Novelist, Part Wolf
+ Fabulous and Engaging for young readers
+ The call of the wild
+ the call of the wild
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