Biography & Autobiography, Adventurers & Explorers
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If I Had Only Known
My Unexpected Adventures in the BC Forest Industry by James Girvan
I often wonder if I would have made a different decision when that life-changing phone call came—if had I only known what lay ahead of me? At a time when the forest industry was on a bustling trajectory of development, and foresters were in hot...
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Following the Telegraph Trail
A Trek of a Lifetime by Irene J. Huntley
Following the Telegraph Trail is a true story of an outdoor Canadian adventure. In the 1950s, a man in his prime, who was seeing his family responsibilities pile up, created an opportunity to act on a boyhood dream - to trek with simple equipment...
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No Place to Pee
An Alaskan Woman's Tenure on the Klondike and the Pipeline by Margaret H Piggott
No Place to Pee is an intimate collection from a woman who spent 5,000 hours in a male-dominated industry. Margaret H. Piggott, a retired physical therapist worked as a laborer in Alaska on the Klondike Highway and Alaskan Pipeline from 1975 to...
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A Journey back to Europe
Crossing the Atlantic By Freighter and Exploring Europe in 1960 by Otto Schmalz
In 1960, Otto Schmalz and his wife, Gertrud, decided to take a four-month vacation to their native Europe, where they would tour parts of West Germany, Switzerland, Holland, and Italy, visiting family and friends, and seeing as much of the...
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Rattlesnakes, Airplanes and Gold
One family's wilderness journey in search of adventure and fortune by Douglas Lowell Jack
This book begins with the story of how one American family found their own way into being part of the national pre-occupation with Soviet aggression during the 1950s. They acquired their own bomb-shelter in the form of a 1500-foot long...
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Canoe for Change
A Journey Across Canada by Glenn Green and Carol VandenEngel
Imagine taking on the challenge of a cross-Canada canoe adventure: to live outdoors for months at a time, to embark on your destination knowing you have 8,515 kilometres ahead of you to paddle. Canoe for Change is the story of husband-and-wife...
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For The Love of Nature
by Martin C Dodge
For the Love of Nature is an intimate collection of essays written by a man whose love of nature dates back to his earliest days. These travel stories span a range of global ecosystems, with an emphasis on Alaska, a site of great delight for the...
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Rebel in Coveralls
A Collection of Short Stories by Levi Nathom
Rebel in Coveralls is a blockbuster memoir that recounts the life of an adventurist. In a collection of derring-do short stories, follow along vicariously through the author’s real life adventures, and death defying experiences. Levi Nathom is a...
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Taking Chances
On a New Life in Canada by Otto Schmalz
In 1955, Otto Schmalz had been a single German immigrant in Canada for four years. It was time for him to go back to Europe and find a wife. In this, Schmalz’s fourth book of memoir, he takes us on an adventure that takes us from his return to...
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Spirited Oasis
Tales from a Tanzanian Village by Jeannette Hanby
When two curious biologists seek a new home in a remote part of Tanzania called Mangola, they find adventures in abundance. They are greeted with dramatic scenery, red-dust whirlwinds, a lush oasis, bad roads, and a striking cast of colorful...
