i just finished CALL OF THE WILD,BY GUY GRIEVE, it was a great read i could'nt put it down,can anybody give me some name's for some other books along the same lines .. cheers...
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Try "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London. Not just because it has the same title but a classic of the North West.
Well I always recommend 'Deep survival' by Lawrence Gonzales http://www.amazon.co.uk/Deep-Surviv...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1253973252&sr=1-1
and 'Cold burial' http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cold-Burial...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1253973675&sr=1-1
I dislike The Goodlife http://www.amazon.co.uk/Good-Life-Y...=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1253973794&sr=1-4 because they make out that they stuck a pin in the map of the world to decide on their place for adventure.........and it landed on Canada. Later it turns out that they had relatives there. Not quite the 'throw caution to the wind' as it seems. A good book all the same but needlessly deceitful about how they came upon their choice of places to head to.
and 'Cold burial' http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cold-Burial...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1253973675&sr=1-1
I dislike The Goodlife http://www.amazon.co.uk/Good-Life-Y...=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1253973794&sr=1-4 because they make out that they stuck a pin in the map of the world to decide on their place for adventure.........and it landed on Canada. Later it turns out that they had relatives there. Not quite the 'throw caution to the wind' as it seems. A good book all the same but needlessly deceitful about how they came upon their choice of places to head to.
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. " Henry David Thoreau
For me nobody was as ahead of his times as Henry David Thoreau. His work is not an easy read but well worth the time spent. In my opinion the world has not seen such an important naturalist and philosopher since.
Thoreau was warning us 150 years ago that simple living was a much better lifestyle for ones own happiness. He seemed to have a vision of the lack of happiness our consumerism lifestyles would bring us.
For me nobody was as ahead of his times as Henry David Thoreau. His work is not an easy read but well worth the time spent. In my opinion the world has not seen such an important naturalist and philosopher since.
Thoreau was warning us 150 years ago that simple living was a much better lifestyle for ones own happiness. He seemed to have a vision of the lack of happiness our consumerism lifestyles would bring us.
I got this last year and really enjoyed it.
Great pictures of a craftsman at work.
http://www.amazon.com/One-Mans-Wild...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254167797&sr=8-1
In fact im going to go and get it right now and read it again.
Enjoy
Scott
Great pictures of a craftsman at work.
http://www.amazon.com/One-Mans-Wild...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254167797&sr=8-1
In fact im going to go and get it right now and read it again.
Enjoy
Scott
No thanks this is a keeper for me.
I have read Call of the Wild too you should be able to swap with someone in the swap section.
Cheers
Scott
How about one man's wilderness.An alaskan odyssey by sam keith it's all about richard proenneke.It won a national outdoor book award.Hope this is of help.
I have just started reading it and it's one of them books that puts you right in the picture.Cant put it down.
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I am currently reading a book referred to by Uncle Ray during, I think, his Canadian Canoe Trip in the Bushcraft Survival series; "Tales of an Empty Cabin" by Grey Owl (Archie Belaney). Whilst I'm halfway through, the book so far is both entertaining and thought provoking. No reason to expect that it will change and disappoint
I spent the best part of a couple of years reading around this genre (the wilds of Canada + Alaska) including Guy Grieve's book which I thought was excellent - also caught the accompanying documentary which CH4 put on late one evening in advance of its publication.
Here's just a few suggestions, some of which may entail some trawling of the net to pick up:
1) Nunaga by Duncan Pryde (Simply the best)
2) Alone in the Wilderness by Mike Tomkies
3) Edges of the Earth by Richard Leo
4) The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race against an Epidemic
by Gay Salisbury, Laney Salisbury (Ripping Yarn!)
5) Shadows on the Koyukuk: An Alaskan Native's Life Along the River
by Sidney Huntington, Jim Rearden (his brother Jim wrote a similar memoir: 'On the
Edge of Nowhere')
As for fiction I'd echo the vote for Jack London
Here's just a few suggestions, some of which may entail some trawling of the net to pick up:
1) Nunaga by Duncan Pryde (Simply the best)
2) Alone in the Wilderness by Mike Tomkies
3) Edges of the Earth by Richard Leo
4) The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race against an Epidemic
by Gay Salisbury, Laney Salisbury (Ripping Yarn!)
5) Shadows on the Koyukuk: An Alaskan Native's Life Along the River
by Sidney Huntington, Jim Rearden (his brother Jim wrote a similar memoir: 'On the
Edge of Nowhere')
As for fiction I'd echo the vote for Jack London
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