| The Way Out: A True Story of Ruin and Survival Contributor(s): Childs, Craig (Author) |
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ISBN: 0316107034 ISBN-13: 9780316107037 Publisher: Back Bay Books OUR PRICE: $20.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2006 Annotation: Capturing the unique spirit of the American West, the author presents an extreme chronicle of adventure that compellingly explores the boundary between wilderness adventure and madness. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Special Interest - Adventure - Biography & Autobiography | Royalty - Nature | Ecosystems & Habitats - Deserts |
| Dewey: 917.9 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.90 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A breakout book from a writer increasingly celebrated as the 21st-century bard of the American Southwest -- a writer in the tradition of Barry Lopez, Peter Matthiessen, Terry Tempest Williams, among others. In March 2003, Craig Childs received the Spirit of the West Literary Achievement Award, given to a writer whose body of work captures the unique spirit of the American West. As a chronicle of adventure, as emotionally charged human drama, as confessional memoir, The Way Out is a transcendent book, a work destined to earn a lasting place in the literature of extremes. Not since John Krakauer's bestselling Into the Wild has a book so compellingly explored the boundary between wilderness adventure and madness. |