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Dewey Decimal Number: 910 EAN: 9780404116385 ISBN: 0404116388 Label: AMS Press Manufacturer: AMS Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 467 Publication Date: 1995-12 Publisher: AMS Press Studio: AMS Press Editorial Review: Product Description: An adventure classic by the famed explorer who lived among the Greenland Inuit. (SEE QUOTE.) Average Rating:
 Rating: - MagnificentThis book should get an 11 and be read by every adventurer intheuniverse. It is the inspirational story of Freuchens life adventuring in and around Greenland at the turn of the century.....an amazing life, a remarkable man, a fantastic book. If you plan to read only one book in your life forget about Dosteovsky, Proust, and Shakespeare, and read this. I liked it Rating: - One of the great adventurers and story tellers.Unlike many European adventurers who forced their vision upon the natives, Peter Freuchen adopted their ways. He was quite a remarkable individual. His life jumped from one life changing adventure to another. This book covers his life in the Artic, which was remarkable. Later in his life, he wrote a book which covers this material and other adventures (including Alaska, the Soviet Union) called 'Vagrant Viking'. I highly recommend that book too. Also unlike many adventurers (such ... Read More Rating: - Arctic AdventuresI have truly enjoyed this book, even more so, due to being the granddaughter of the Great Peter Fruechen. Have had several comments from different people to his books written. I am quite happy to hear of it's continuance of exceeding responds. Nicole Tuluganerk from Nunavut Rating: - A must readMy grand father introduced me to this book and Jim Corbett's writing. Any one who ever longed to travel should read Freuchen and Corbett. Honestly written, with detail, wisdom, and the appreciation of irony that makes life in hardship enjoyable. I read it every fall when cold weather sets in. I agree with the previous reviewer. If you only read one book this year, make it Arctic Adventure. Rating: - Incredible story of exploring Greenland... great writer.Fruechen was an early Greenland explorer and wrote a brilliant chronical of his adventures. Combines vivid descriptions of the hardship, landscape and eskimos with a sharp sense of humor. Freuchen, in my opinion, is the Michael Jordan of story tellers. If I had only one book in the world to keep, this would be it. |
