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Gifts of the Wild: A Woman's Book of Adventure (Adventura Books) | 
 enlarge | Author: Emerick & Goode Conlon
Publisher: Seal Press
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 448879
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.5 x 1.1
ISBN: 1580050069
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.5082
EAN: 9781580050067
ASIN: 1580050069
Publication Date: April 3, 1998
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Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: softcover, clean new condition
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Wilderness offers our jaded age a way to test our soft and hard spots. The 34 writers in Gifts of the Wild touch down in Patagonia and Nepal and skip across vast expanses of America. Visiting college professor Pam Houston dips a toe into freezing waters and the bonds between men by joining a group of fly-fishing male poets on their after-midnight jaunts. Susana Levin's sharply honed "Night Skates" follows a loose-knit clan of deranged urban guerrillas who cruise the huffing rise and stomach-churning drops of San Francisco's streets on in-line skates at night. Spilling down the long, dizzy ski jump of Golden Gate Avenue, says Levin, "I was having the kind of rush you only get when you're doing something really fun, really stupid and illegal." Whether read in an armchair or stuffed into a backpack, this lively collection calls to the wild in all of us. --Francesca Coltrera
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| Customer Reviews:
Excellent. Uplifting and Positive. December 29, 1998
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
I bought this book for a friend for Christmas on a whim. When I previewed it, I decided that I needed a copy as well. This is a fantastic book.
Inspirational May 27, 1998
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
What a fabulous book! It's a collection of writings by women about their experiences in the outdoors...ranging from a terrifying night skate down the hills of San Francisco to a swim with wild dolphins to ice climbing to a walk in the forest. Every story is wonderfully written and inspires me to experience life to the fullest.
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