The Way Out: A True Story of Ruin and Survival
by Craig Childs
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Author: Craig ChildsEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-03-08
ISBN: 0316107034
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Back Bay Books
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Book Review: An Incredible Journey
Summary: 5 Stars
The Way Out is a book you'll want to read over and over again. It's just too powerful to fully absorb in one reading. As with "The Secret Knowledge of Water", Mr. Childs leads you into the very psyche of Living Land. He bears his soul and humbles himself before a chasm of rock. An absolute master of imagery and metaphor, Mr. Childs doesn't just take you into the majesty of a canyon or the solitude of the desert, he empties you out there so that you might fill again. "The Way Out" is his best work yet.
Susan Haley, Author
RAINY DAY PEOPLE
Summary of The Way Out: A True Story of Ruin and Survival
- A breakout book from a writer increasingly celebrated as the 21st-century bard of the American Southwest--a writer in the tradition of Barry Lopez, Peter Matthiessen, Terry Tempest Williams, among others. - In March 2003, Craig Childs received the Spirit of the West Literary Achievement Award, given to a writer whose body of work captures the unique spirit of the American West. - As a chronicle of adventure, as emotionally charged human drama, as confessional memoir, The Way Out is a transcendent book, a work destined to earn a lasting place in the literature of extremes. - Not since John Krakauer's bestselling Into the Wild has a book so compellingly explored the boundary between wilderness adventure and madness.Royalty Books
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