Last Places: A Journey in the North Contributor(s): Millman, Lawrence (Author) |
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ISBN: 0618082484 ISBN-13: 9780618082483 Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: November 2000 Annotation: A classic of northern exploration and adventure, LAST PLACES is Lawrence Millman's marvelously told account of his journey along the ancient Viking sea routes that extend from Norway to Newfoundland. Traveling through landscapes of transcendent desolation, Millman wandered by way of the Shetland Islands, the Faeroes, Iceland, Greenland, and Labrador. His way was marked by surprising human encounters--with a convicted murderer in Reykjavik, an Inuit hermit in Greenland, an Icelandic guide who leads him to a place called Hell, and a Newfoundlander who warns him about the local variant of the Abominable Snowman. By turns earthy and lyrical, LAST PLACES is an ebullient celebration of the exotic North. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Travel | Essays & Travelogues - Travel | Special Interest - Adventure - Travel | Europe - Iceland & Greenland |
Dewey: 910.916 |
LCCN: 00046548 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" L (0.70 lbs) 256 pages |
Features: Price on Product, Table of Contents |
Review Citations: Outside 10/01/2013 pg. 107 |
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