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    612-822-4611

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Distant Fires: Duluth to Hudson Bay

Distant Fires: Duluth to Hudson Bay

Anderson, Scott
Kouba, Les C.

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Biographies GeneralCanoeing & KayakingGeneral Nature

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ISBN10: 0816655030
ISBN13: 9780816655038
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: Aug 1 2008
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
The waves on Lake Superior nearly splattered them all over the cliffs, and mosquitoes almost ate them alive in the Boundary Waters. Halfway through the three-month trip, they buried their underwear. But who needs underwear when you're 22 years old and living out the adventure of a boyhood dream? --St. Paul Pioneer Press

Distant Fires, a true-life adventure, describes a 1,700-mile canoe trip from Duluth to York Factory on Hudson Bay. Anderson and a companion retraced the paddles taken by Eric Sevareid and a companion almost sixty years earlier. Their trials and tribulations, plus Anderson's sense of humor, make the trip fun in book form. Pen-and-ink illustrations are by noted Minnesota wildlife artist Les Kouba. --Minneapolis Star Tribune

Distant Fires is a voyage of discovery. Scott Anderson is an inquisitive traveler, and when he sees something that piques his interest, he stops for a chat. He also has a marvelous eye for the natural world that surrounds him in his summerlong journey. He is a natural-born writer. --Duluth News Tribune

Some of [Anderson's] phrasing is very happy indeed: 'the resting place of the rivers.' I wish I had written that. --Eric Sevareid

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