A Life On Gorge River
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Author | : Robert Long |
Publisher | : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2010-05-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1869791487 |
The fascinating life of the most remote family in New Zealand. Robert Long and his family - wife Catherine, and children Christan (17) and Robin (14) - live in complete isolation, in a hut two days' walk south of Haast in South Westland. Robert has lived there for nearly 30 years; Catherine for 20 and the kids all their lives. Their only contact with the outside world is a helicopter or plane once a month, and two trips a year to the 'outside world'. This is the story of how and why Robert - known locally as 'Beansprout' - came to live at Gorge River, and the family's experiences there over the years, living self-sufficiently and forging close bonds with the natural environment. It is an inspiring tale of one man's decision to 'drop out' of capitalist society and successfully establish a lifestyle most New Zealanders can't even imagine, harking back to the days of the earliest pioneers.
Author | : Chris Long |
Publisher | : HarperCollins |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2022-04-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1775492087 |
**The number-one bestseller** The story of how an extraordinary childhood shaped an extraordinary life On the West Coast of the South Island, past deep fiords and snow-capped mountains, Chris Long grew up two days' hike from the nearest road. He was born into the country's most isolated family, his parents committed to freedom from capitalist society and connection to the natural world. In this inspiring memoir, Chris describes a childhood with nature on his doorstep - helping his father catch crayfish and his mother grow vegetables, playing with toys crafted from driftwood and jade, and learning to live in the wild - until, in his teenage years, he began to wonder: could he survive in the wider world? By the son of the authors of A Life on Gorge River and A Wife on Gorge River, The Boy from Gorge River is an enthralling account of chasing adventure while forever staying true to where you come from.
Author | : Catherine Stewart |
Publisher | : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited |
Total Pages | : 291 |
Release | : 2012-09-07 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1869799240 |
Life with New Zealand's remotest family in a follow-on from the bestselling A Life on Gorge River by Robert Long. In 2010, New Zealand met its remotest family, through the writing of Robert Long — aka Beansprout — and we were intrigued. Now Beansprout's wife, Catherine Stewart, tells her story, and answers many of our questions. Why did she decide to join him on the wild West Coast, two days' walk from the nearest road? Why and how did they raise their family there? Was it terrifying to be so far from medical help? How did she home-school the children? How have they all fared now the kids are young adults, forging their own way in the world? And what lessons are there for the rest of us from her experiences raising her family in such splendid isolation? In this entertaining bestseller, and with dry humour and fascinating insights, Catherine paints a vivid picture of her life at Gorge River and beyond.
Author | : Blaine Harden |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1997-11-04 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780393316902 |
Details the destruction of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest by well-intentioned Americans who saw only the benefits of the dam-building, power plant and irrigation projects, not realizing the longterm effects of killing the river.
Author | : Ruth Berkowitz |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2015-06-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780692440940 |
Rain or shine, the Gorge is full of opportunities for fun and adventure - whether you want to hike, bike, windsurf, kite board, pick fruit or eat ice cream. It's all here.
Author | : Kathie Durbin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780870717161 |
In 1986, President Ronald Reagan signed the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act, setting into motion one of the great land-use experiments of modern times. The act struck a compromise between protection for one of the West's most stunning landscapes--the majestic Gorge carved by Ice Age floods, which today divides Washington and Oregon--and encouragement of compatible economic development in communities on both sides of the river. In Bridging a Great Divide, award-winning environmental journalist Kathie Durbin draws on interviews, correspondence, and extensive research to tell the story of the major shifts in the Gorge since the Act's passage. Sweeping change has altered the Gorge's landscape: upscale tourism and outdoor recreation, gentrification, the end of logging in national forests, the closing of aluminum plants, wind farms, and a population explosion in the metropolitan area to its west. Yet, to the casual observer, the Gorge looks much the same as it did twenty-five years ago. How can we measure the success of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act? In this insightful and revealing history, Durbin suggests that the answer depends on who you are: a small business owner, an environmental watchdog group, a chamber of commerce. The story of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area is the story of the Pacific Northwest in microcosm, as the region shifts from a natural-resource-based economy to one based on recreation, technology, and quality of life.
Author | : Erin K. O'Connell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2012-01-01 |
Genre | : Adams, Mount (Wash.) |
ISBN | : 9780983608509 |
Loowit's Legend is the story of the Columbia River Gorge. It was first told by the native people of the region and passed down for many years. Now children can enjoy the tale in this new illustrated children's book, available in January 2012.With stunning watercolor illustrations to accompany this adapted tale, Loowit's Legend tells the story of two brothers, Pahtoe and Wy'East, who compete for the love of a beautiful maiden named Loowit. In doing so, they defy the Great Spirit's wishes and set the stage for the creation of the Cascades.
Author | : Robert Long |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 2011-10-14 |
Genre | : Large type books |
ISBN | : 9781459630413 |
Robert Long and his family - wife Catherine, and children Christan (17) and Robin (14) - live in complete isolation, in a hut two days' walk south of Haast in South Westland. Robert has lived there for nearly 30 years; Catherine for 20 and the kids all their lives. Their only contact with the outside world is a helicopter or plane once a month, and two trips a year to the 'outside world'. This is the story of how and why Robert - known locally as 'Beansprout' - came to live at Gorge River, and the family's experiences there over the years, living self - sufficiently and forging close bonds with the natural environment. It is an inspiring tale of one man's decision to 'drop out' of capitalist society and successfully establish a lifestyle most New Zealanders can't even imagine, harking back to the days of the earliest pioneers.
Author | : Edwin W. Beitzell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 366 |
Release | : 2013-03-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780788419355 |
This is the first complete history of the Tidewater Potomac (Washington DC to the Chesapeake Bay). It covers the full period from the settlement of Maryland and Virginia in the early 1600s to the late 1960s. The author, editor of the Chronicles of St. Mary's (the monthly magazine of the St. Mary's County Historical Society), tells of the generations of men who worked, fought and sailed the waters of the lower Potomac for over three centuries. For more than 50 years he observed the happenings on the river and deplored the pollution and waste of resources of this beautiful arm of the Chesapeake. During this period, he accumulated a considerable store of river lore. Included in the story is data concerning the effect of several wars and the losses and suffering of the river front people in these wars. The establishment of the Federal City, the "Oyster Wars," steam-boating, great freezes and hurricanes are part of the river story. Boat building on the river is traced from the original Indian dugout canoe through the pinnace, shallop and sloop, and in later years, the pungy, schooner, bugeye and the Potomac River "dory." A chapter on boyhood reminiscences is a nostalgic recall of youth, and the author closes with an appeal to help make the Potomac safe and beautiful for the generations to come. Edwin Beitzell's "Life on the Potomac River" remains the primary reference on the Potomac. His meticulous documentation of the region's watermen and their boats is particularly valuable to anyone who is interested in the history of the Potomac River. We welcome the reappearance of this long out-of-print classic. - Richard Dodds, Curator, Maritime History, Calvert Marine Museum. A wealth of charming illustrations and vintage photographs, as well as a full name plus subject index augment this work.
Author | : Robert Long |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 508 |
Release | : 2011-10-14 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780369361356 |
The author and his family live in complete isolation, in a hut two days walk south of Haast in South Westland. Robert has lived there for nearly thirty years, Catherine for twenty and the kids, all their teenage lives. Outside contact is limited thus creating a lifestyle of self-sufficiency and working with the environment.