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Author | : Fairbanks |
Publisher | : Balboa Press |
Total Pages | : 285 |
Release | : 2013-10 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1452511497 |
Exploring widely diverse settings-from the wilds of the Australian Outback to urban adventures to biblical lands-this collection of short stories, poems, and other writings celebrates what it is to be Australian. It encompasses love, revenge, debauchery, wonder, loss, and uncertainty, but a common thread of hope emerges from the colourful and eccentric writings of bush author Fairbanks. An elder Aboriginal storyteller regales a group of eager tourists with an ancient story of betrayal, loss, and clever deception by "The Old Man in the Mountain." In "Tjamiti Ngunytji," an American youth is rescued by a character living in a remote outback Aboriginal community. After the devastating Black Saturday Bushfire destroyed his Victoria home and manuscripts, Fairbanks was inspired to capture the fleeting reflections of such an experience in "The Smouldering Stump." Life is, has always been, and will continue to be a complex thing, shaped by friendship and love bonds, ugliness and conflict, anticipation and uncertainty, comedy and joy, tragedy, mystery, and more. Above all, there is hope and beauty for those who look for it. The Old Man in the Mountain and Other Stories celebrates the many threads in the colourful tapestry of life with the quirky, sometimes irreverent Aussie sense of humour.
Author | : Leif Whittaker |
Publisher | : Mountaineers Books |
Total Pages | : 359 |
Release | : 2016-09-20 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1680510703 |
• A fresh perspective on a famous father and a legacy forged on the icy slopes of Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak In 1963, the world followed the first American Mount Everest Expedition, and watched as “Big Jim” Whittaker became the first American to stand on top of the world. He returned home a hero. My Old Man and the Mountain is Leif Whittaker’s engaging and humorous story of what it was like to “grow up Whittaker”—the youngest son of Jim Whittaker and Dianne Roberts, in an extended family of accomplished climbers. He shares glimpses of his upbringing and how the pressure to climb started early on. Readers learn of his first adventures with family in the Olympic Mountains and on Mount Rainier; his close yet at times competitive relationship with his brother Joss; his battle with a serious back injury; and his efforts to stand apart from his father’s legacy. With wry honesty he depicts being a recent college grad, still living in his parents’ home and trying to find a purpose in life—digging ditches, building houses, selling t-shirts to tourists—until a chance encounter leads to the opportunity to climb Everest, just like his father did. Leif heads to Nepal with all the excitement, irony, boredom, and trepidation that are part of high-altitude climbing. Well-known guides Dave Hahn and Melissa Arnot figure prominently in his story, as does “Big Jim.” But Leif’s story is not his father’s story. It’s a unique coming of age tale on the steep slopes of Everest and a climbing adventure that lights the imagination and fills an emotional human endeavor with universal meaning.
Author | : Denise Ortakales |
Publisher | : Legend (Sleeping Bear) |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781585362363 |
An illustrated retelling of an Indian legend from New Hampshire.
Author | : Allan Seager |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 1950 |
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Author | : Fairbanks |
Publisher | : BalboaPress |
Total Pages | : 283 |
Release | : 2013-10-04 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1452511500 |
Exploring widely diverse settingsfrom the wilds of the Australian Outback to urban adventures to biblical landsthis collection of short stories, poems, and other writings celebrates what it is to be Australian. It encompasses love, revenge, debauchery, wonder, loss, and uncertainty, but a common thread of hope emerges from the colourful and eccentric writings of bush author Fairbanks. An elder Aboriginal storyteller regales a group of eager tourists with an ancient story of betrayal, loss, and clever deception by The Old Man in the Mountain. In Tjamiti Ngunytji, an American youth is rescued by a character living in a remote outback Aboriginal community. After the devastating Black Saturday Bushfire destroyed his Victoria home and manuscripts, Fairbanks was inspired to capture the fleeting reflections of such an experience in The Smouldering Stump. Life is, has always been, and will continue to be a complex thing, shaped by friendship and love bonds, ugliness and conflict, anticipation and uncertainty, comedy and joy, tragedy, mystery, and more. Above all, there is hope and beauty for those who look for it. The Old Man in the Mountain and Other Stories celebrates the many threads in the colourful tapestry of life with the quirky, sometimes irreverent Aussie sense of humour.
Author | : Louise Clements |
Publisher | : PublishingWorks |
Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780974480305 |
When nine-year-old Ernest and his father travel to New Hampshire to say goodbye to the stone formation known as the Old Man of the Mountain, Ernest experiences the peace of the woods, listens to his father tell Nathaniel Hawthorne's story of "The Great Stone Face," and has a mysterious encounter.
Author | : GLADYS HASTY CARROLL |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 1969 |
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Author | : Jean Craighead George |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 213 |
Release | : 2001-05-21 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0593115007 |
"Should appeal to all rugged individualists who dream of escape to the forest."—The New York Times Book Review Sam Gribley is terribly unhappy living in New York City with his family, so he runs away to the Catskill Mountains to live in the woods—all by himself. With only a penknife, a ball of cord, forty dollars, and some flint and steel, he intends to survive on his own. Sam learns about courage, danger, and independence during his year in the wilderness, a year that changes his life forever. “An extraordinary book . . . It will be read year after year.” —The Horn Book
Author | : Osamu Dazai |
Publisher | : Tuttle Publishing |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2012-04-10 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 1462916813 |
Crackling Mountain and Other Stories features eleven outstanding works by Osama Dazai, widely regarded as one of the 20th century Japan's most gifted writers. Dazai experimented with a wide variety of short story styles and brought to each a sophisticated sense of humor, a broad empathy for the human condition, and a tremendous literary talent. The eleven stories in this collection of Japanese literature present the most fully rounded portrait available of a tragic, multifaceted genius of modern Japanese letters.
Author | : Edward William Thomson |
Publisher | : DigiCat |
Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 2022-09-15 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
Old Man Savarin by Edward William Thomson is a collection of short stories about an old lady who goes fishing, an old grandfather who proposes to lend someone some money, a poor couple with twelve young children to feed, and more. Excerpt: "Yes, indeed, my grandfather was once in jail," said old Mrs. McTavish, of the county of Glengarry, in Ontario, Canada; "but that was for debt, and he was a ferry honest man whatever, and he would not break his promise—no, not for all the money in Canada."