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Alone in the Wilderness
Mike Tomkies
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Description for Alone in the Wilderness
Paperback. The story of a man who achieved what thousands only dream of. He abandoned the pressures of life as a journalist in noisy, overcrowded cities and exchanged it for self-sufficiency, solitude and a new purpose in the wilds of British Columbia. Num Pages: 167 pages, colour illustrations, portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; BG; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 13. Weight in Grams: 424.
The story of a man who achieved what thousands only dream of. He abandoned the pressures of life as a journalist in noisy, overcrowded cities and exchanged it for self-sufficiency, solitude and a new purpose. After finding a remote plot of land among trees, rocks and cliffs along the coastline in British Columbia, he moved in with boat, typewriter and tent to start a new life. How he eventually built his log cabin, learned to live off the sea, adjusted to the hardest taskmaster of all - nature - fought loneliness and became inevitably drawn to a greater spiritual understanding ... Read more
The story of a man who achieved what thousands only dream of. He abandoned the pressures of life as a journalist in noisy, overcrowded cities and exchanged it for self-sufficiency, solitude and a new purpose. After finding a remote plot of land among trees, rocks and cliffs along the coastline in British Columbia, he moved in with boat, typewriter and tent to start a new life. How he eventually built his log cabin, learned to live off the sea, adjusted to the hardest taskmaster of all - nature - fought loneliness and became inevitably drawn to a greater spiritual understanding ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Whittles Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Caithness, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781870325141
SKU
V9781870325141
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
Reviews for Alone in the Wilderness
`...A compelling story... Wonderfully written, it is as entertaining as any novel’. Yorkshire Post
`...a fascinating story of self-sufficiency and a personal search for purpose in the majestic wilds of British Columbia’. Writers’ News
`Tomkies is to be congratulated on a splendid book. His feelings for people, animals, wilderness are expressed honestly and beautifully. His descriptions of nature ... Read more
`...a fascinating story of self-sufficiency and a personal search for purpose in the majestic wilds of British Columbia’. Writers’ News
`Tomkies is to be congratulated on a splendid book. His feelings for people, animals, wilderness are expressed honestly and beautifully. His descriptions of nature ... Read more