High Latitudes: The Incredible True Story of an Arctic Journey by Master Storyteller Farley Mowat (17 Million Books Sold) - Paperback
by Farley Mowat (Author), Margaret Atwood (Foreword by)
- Ideal for fans of Master a Million and Blue Latitudes
- Chronicles Mowat's hazardous 1966 journey across northern Canada
- A must-have for wilderness lovers
Farley Mowat is a world-renowned author. More than 17 million of his books have sold, and the New York Times calls him a "master storyteller." In High Latitudes, Farley Mowat hoped to write a book that would let northern people speak for themselves and would expose the false view of the North as "a bloody great wasteland" with no people in it. That perspective led to resource developers abusing the land however they chose. For several reasons that Mowat explains, he did not write that book when he originally wanted to. At long last, here it is. Within its pages are the original conversations that Mowat recorded during his journey. Mowat is a natural and a master storyteller, which old fans will remember and new fans will quickly learn. In old-fashioned Mowat style, the legendary writer shares a glorious narrative filled with breathtaking nature writing, larger-than-life characters, suspenseful storytelling, pitiless rage, ferocious humor, compassionate concern, and iconoclastic insights. In her foreword, Margaret Atwood writes, "High Latitudes gives us, with passion and insight, a vertical section of time past--the time that preceded our present. The choices that were made then affect our now, just as the choices we make now will determine the future..."
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In "High Latitudes Farley Mowat chronicles for the first time a sometimes hazardous journey he took across northern Canada in 1966. He hoped to write a book that would let northern people speak for themselves and that would expose the speciousness of the political idea that the North was "a bloody great wasteland" with no people in it, and therefore resource developers could exploit it however they chose. For reasons Mowat describes that book did not get written then. But here it is now, with the original conversations recorded by Mowat during that epic journey. In vintage Mowat fashion the legendary writer delivers a sweeping narrative brimming with breathtaking nature writing, suspenseful storytelling, larger-than-life characters, ferocious humor, pitiless rage, iconoclastic insights, and compassionate concern.
In her foreword Margaret Atwood writes: ""High Latitudes gives us, with passion and insight, a vertical section of time past -- the time that preceded our present. The choices that were made then affect our now, just as the choices we make now will determine the future. . . . It's both depressing and cheering to note the changes that have taken place since 1966. On the one hand, more damage and devastation, both natural and social, with global warming as a contributing factor. On the other hand, an increased optimism. . . But as Farley Mowat has always known, and as more and more people have come to agree, it's a race against time, and time -- not just for the North, but for the planet -- is running out."