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In the Mountains of Heaven: True Tales of Adventure of Six Continents

by Mike Tidwell

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Publisher Comments:

In this collection of twenty exquisitely crafted pieces, award-winning travel writer Mike Tidwell shatters the mold of the travel genre. His writing is more than just adventurous tales of getting from here to there. There's plenty of that, of course, whether it's getting marooned on a desert island or traveling the Silk Road with nomadic shepherds or getting caught in a deadly rock slide in the Texas desert. But what makes Tidwell's writing different is his uncanny ability to draw out those he meets - a Hanoi barber, a Columbian innkeeper, a homeless fisherman in Washington, D.C. Such encounters allow Tidwell to probe his own emotions for the sort of edification and larger rewards that only thoughtful travel can bring. (6 1/4 X 9 1/4, 244 pages)

Book News Annotation:

Contains 19 essays in which travel writer Tidwell recounts his travel adventures, discoveries, and encounters in Asia, Europe, Australia, the Americas, Africa, and various islands. CiP shows subtitle as "True Tales of Adventure on Six Continents".
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Vivid, often poignant depictions of far-flung cultures by a Washington, D.C., travel writer transports readers to the vast Congo or the Amazon rain forest.

Synopsis:

In this collection of twenty-five essays, award-winning travel writer Mike Tidwell shatters the mold of the travel genre. His writing is more than just adventurous tales. There's plenty of that, of course, whether it's getting marooned on a desert island or traveling the Silk Road with nomadic shepherds or hitchhiking on Cajun shrimp boats through Louisiana's bayou country. But what makes Tidwell's writing different--what makes it deeper--is his uncanny ability to draw out those he meets--a Bombay prostitute, a Hanoi barber, a real-life Tarzan in the Amazon rain forest. In the Mountains of Heaven is a powerful and fascinating book of travel, a volume sure to earn Tidwell a place alongside Tim Cahill and Randy Wayne White.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781585740505
Subtitle:
True Tales of Adventure on Six Continents
Author:
Tidwell, Mike
Publisher:
Lyons Press
Location:
New York, N.Y.
Subject:
General
Subject:
Adventure
Subject:
Essays & Travelogues
Subject:
Voyages and travels
Subject:
Tidwell, Mike
Edition Number:
First edition
Edition Description:
First
Series Volume:
034
Publication Date:
20000901
Binding:
Hardback
Language:
English
Pages:
244
Dimensions:
9.00 x 6.00 in
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Vivid, often poignant depictions of far-flung cultures by a Washington, D.C., travel writer transports readers to the vast Congo or the Amazon rain forest.
"Synopsis" by , In this collection of twenty-five essays, award-winning travel writer Mike Tidwell shatters the mold of the travel genre. His writing is more than just adventurous tales. There's plenty of that, of course, whether it's getting marooned on a desert island or traveling the Silk Road with nomadic shepherds or hitchhiking on Cajun shrimp boats through Louisiana's bayou country. But what makes Tidwell's writing different--what makes it deeper--is his uncanny ability to draw out those he meets--a Bombay prostitute, a Hanoi barber, a real-life Tarzan in the Amazon rain forest. In the Mountains of Heaven is a powerful and fascinating book of travel, a volume sure to earn Tidwell a place alongside Tim Cahill and Randy Wayne White.
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