Snow Man: John Hornby in the Barren Lands

by Malcolm Waldron

Book Overview

Far to our north lie Canada's Barren Lands, one of the last great unexplored areas of North America. For half a million square miles, fierce blizzards rule in winter and unending sunlight holds sway... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568361831
• ISBN13: 9781568361833
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Kodansha
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

A Dark Voyage Into The Heart of the Canadian Arctic

This book is interesting for a number of reasons. First, it is a story which has a history of its own, written decades ago and re-published in an updated version exhibiting the artwork of the original hardcover. However, it is the story of the legendary John Hornby which grasps the reader, and catapults him back into a time when true adventurists and explorers still existed. The book does a wonderful job of making the reader feel that he is with Hornby in the Arctic, living in a hole dug into an esker, walking blindly through a blizzard, or starving on a river bank in the middle of Arctic 'summer'. A must read for those who enjoy stories of adventure in desolate places.