JOURNEY FROM THE ARCTIC
by Brown, D.C
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Collectible - Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. First American Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Collectible - Fine/Near Fine. Stated First American Edition. Text/BRAND NEW. Blue linen boards/Fine. DJ/NF; price-clipped; w/light edge & surface wear; under mylar. Upper text edge dyed green. Memoir/travelogue. Chronicle of a 1954, 6-month winter's journey on horseback. from Artic Finland to the fiords ofsouthern Norway taken by author Donald C. Brown (1911 -) and his Danish companion, Gorm Stifter. Brown, no stranger to horses, was a member of the last horse cavalry of the British Army until the unit's retirement 1940. Winter was chosen, for "to go to the North except in the winter seems hardly sporting." What follows is a truly remarkable account of how Brown, a Danish companion, Gorm Skifter, and their two trusty mounts accomplish the impossible ... crossing silent Arctic plateaus, threading through giant Swedish forests, and finding safe passage around treacherous Norwegian marshes and moors. A vivd tale of an unhurried adventure, albeit with needs to dodge snow storms, live off the land, and plan for sheltered sleep.
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- Bookseller
- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010817
- Title
- JOURNEY FROM THE ARCTIC
- Author
- Brown, D.C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition, First Thus
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- Adventure/Expedition/Travel Narrative/Finland/Horseback
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adventure/Expeditions;
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