Distant Fires: Duluth to Hudson Bay

"The waves on Lake Superior nearly splattered them all over the cliffs, and mosquitoes almost ate them alive in the Boundary Waters. Halfway through the three-month trip, they buried their underwear. But who needs underwear when you're 22 years old and living out the adventure of a boyhood dream?" --St. Paul Pioneer Press

"Distant Fires, a true-life adventure, describes a 1,700-mile canoe trip from Duluth to York Factory on Hudson Bay. Anderson and a companion retraced the paddles taken by Eric Sevareid and a companion almost sixty years earlier. Their trials and tribulations, plus Anderson's sense of humor, make the trip fun in book form. Pen-and-ink illustrations are by noted Minnesota wildlife artist Les Kouba." --Minneapolis Star Tribune

"Distant Fires is a voyage of discovery. Scott Anderson is an inquisitive traveler, and when he sees something that piques his interest, he stops for a chat. He also has a marvelous eye for the natural world that surrounds him in his summerlong journey. He is a natural-born writer." --Duluth News Tribune

"Some of Anderson's] phrasing is very happy indeed: 'the resting place of the rivers.' I wish I had written that." --Eric Sevareid

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 08/01/2008
ISBN: 9780816655038
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d

Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2009 pg. 95

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 5933 / Distant Fires
Reading Level: 6.7 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 8