In the Mountains of Heaven: True Tales of Adventure on Six Continents - Softcover

Tidwell, Mike

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1585746274 ISBN 13: 9781585746279

Publisher: The Lyons Press, 2003

Synopsis

In this collection of 25 essays, travel writer Mike Tidwell gets marooned on a desert island, travels the Silk Road with nomadic shepherds and hitchhikes on Cajun shrimp boats through Louisiana's bayou country. What makes Tidwell's writing different is his ability to draw out those he meets - a Bombay prostitute, a Hanoi barber and a real-life Tarzan in the Amazon rain forest.

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Review:

"Fascinated me; the portrait of a benign Kurtz." - Paul Theroux, on Amazon Stranger "A riveting story... This is a stirring account of his experiences." - Publishers Weekly, on The Ponds of Kalambayi "Brilliant and terrifying...unforgettable reading." - Kirkus Reviews, on In the Shadow of the White House

From the Back Cover:

In this collection of twenty-five essays, award-winning travel writer Mike Tidwell shatters the mold of the travel genre. His writing is more than just adventurous tales about getting from here to there. There's plenty of that, of course, whether it's getting marooned on a desert island or traveling the Silk Road with nomadic shepherds or hitchhiking on Cajun shrimp boats through Louisiana's bayou country.
But what makes Tidwell's writing different - what makes it deeper is his uncanny ability to draw out those he meets - a Bombay prostitute, a Hanoi barber, a real-life Tarzan in the Amazon rain forest.
In the Mountains of Heaven is a powerful and fascinating book of travel, a volume sure to earn Tidwell a place alongside Tim Cahill and Randy Wayne White in the pantheon of adventure writers.

About this edition

• Publisher: The Lyons Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1585746274
• ISBN 13: 9781585746279
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240