The Boy and the Mountain: A Father, His Son, and a Journey of Discovery

by Torbjørn Ekelund

Book Overview

In this engrossing book, a father and son ascend a mountain together, retracing the steps of a boy who went missing there a century earlier--a quest that spawns a tender meditation on nature, family, and the joy of discovery.

Six-year-old Hans Torske disappeared in Norway's Skrim mountains in 1894. Why he wandered away from his family's cabin is still a mystery, but his body was found the following summer, lying atop a 2,860-foot...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1771645091
• ISBN13: 9781771645096
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Greystone Books
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 7.6"