The Lure of Faraway Places

The Lure of Faraway Places
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Publisher : Dundurn
Total Pages : 230
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ISBN-10 : 9781770706972
ISBN-13 : 1770706976
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Book Synopsis The Lure of Faraway Places by : Herb Pohl

Download or read book The Lure of Faraway Places written by Herb Pohl and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2007-05-11 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lure of Faraway Places is the publication canoeist Herb Pohl (1930-2006) did not live to see published. But Pohl’s words and images provide a unique portrait of Canada by one who was happiest when travelling our northern waterways alone. Austrian-born Herb Pohl died at the mouth of the Michipcoten River on July 17, 2006. He is remembered as "Canada’s most remarkable solo traveller." While mourning their loss, Herb Pohl’s friends found, to their surprise and delight, a manuscript of wilderness writings on his desk in his lakeside apartment in Burlington, Ontario. He had hoped one day to publish his work as a book. With help and commentary from best-selling canoe author and editor James Raffan, Natural Heritage is proud to present that book, Herb’s book, The Lure of Faraway Places. "There’s nothing like it in canoeing literature," says Raffan. "It’s part journal, part memoir, part wilderness philosophy and part tips and tricks of the most pragmatic kind written about parts of the country most of us will never see by the most committed and ambitious solo canoeist in Canadian history."


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