DEATH ON THE BARRENS
- 作者
- 出版社 Random House US
- 出版时间 2010年4月 第1版
- ISBN 9781556438820
- 定价 155.00
内容简介
SetintheremotearcticregionofNorthernCanada,thisbooktakesreadersonaharrowingcanoevoyagethatresultsintragedy,redemption,and,ultimately,transformation.GeorgeGrinnellwasoneofsixyoungmenwhosetoffonthe1955expeditionledbyexperiencedwildernesscanoeistArtMoffatt.Poorlyplannedandexecuted,thejourneyseemeddoomedfromthestart.Ignoringtheapproachingwinter,themenbecameentrancedwiththepeaceandbeautyofthearcticinautumn.Aswinterclosedin,theysuddenlyfacednumbingcoldanddwindlingfood.Whenthecrewissweptoverawaterfall,Moffattiskilledandmostofthegearandemergencyfoodsuppliesdestroyed.Confrontingfreezingconditionsandnearstarvation,theremainingcrewstruggledtomakeitbacktocivilization.ForGrinnell,thethree-monthexpeditionwasbothariteofpassageandaspiritualodyssey.IntheBarrens,helosthissenseofidentityandwhathehadbeenconditionedtothinkaboutsocietyandhimself.Foreverchangedbytheexperience,heunsparinglydescribeshowtheexpeditioninfluencedhisadultlifeandwhatpowerfulinsightshewasabletogleanfromthislife-alteringexperience.
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