Great Heart: The History of a Labrador Adventure (Kodansha Globe)

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Summary: Good adventure story
Review: This book tells the story of two expeditions across Labrador. The first took place in 1903 by three men, on which one of them, Leonidas Hubbard, died. Three years later, his wife, Mina, made the same journey successfully. These accounts are well written and make good use of the original journals.

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Summary: A First Rate Wilderness Adventure with a Twist!
Review: This is a fabulous narrative of a wilderness adventure, like many others filled with the hazards adventurers encounter when they stray far from home. What makes the story unique is not a side-bar intrigue of romance and mystery but a deep underlying question about human motivation, relationships and dreams - as lived through the minds and bodies of the adventurous. The story is told with skill and grace - and is spellbinding.

Rating:
Summary: A First Rate Wilderness Adventure with a Twist!
Review: This is a fabulous narrative of a wilderness adventure, like many others filled with the hazards adventurers encounter when they stray far from home. What makes the story unique is not a side-bar intrigue of romance and mystery but a deep underlying question about human motivation, relationships and dreams - as lived through the minds and bodies of the adventurous. The story is told with skill and grace - and is spellbinding.

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Summary: Both an outstanding literary AND outdoor adventure.
Review: This is a truly remarkable book. It is one of a few books that I can unconditionally recommend to friends. It appeals to the outdoorsman/woman as well as those seeking insight into the human spirit as it deals with tragedy, tenacity, and vision. A sobering and, yet, inspiring read.

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Summary: Simply Wonderful.
Review: This story make you want to explore. But it highlights the dominance of nature over man. The writers did a wonderful job letting the story tell itself. If you enjoy the outdoors or are intrigued by man's (and woman's) need to go further, read this book.

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Summary: A fantastic story of exloration and adventure by canoe
Review: Two great writers about canoe tripping come away with a review of a story which has long been hidden. They allow us to experience how difficult the canoe explorations were at the beginning of this century. Now us, at the end of this century, can only hope to save this type of adventure for our offspring.

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Summary: Authentic & compelling.
Review: Using Leon and Mina Hubbard's diaries, as well as those of their guides, Dillon Wallace and George Elson (great character!), Davidson and Rugge reconstruct the extraordinary story of a woman's search for the truth behind her husband's death in 1903. They flesh out the facts, give form to the unspoken fears and desires hidden between lines of desperate journal entries, and then skillfully breathe life into the tragic events. A powerful docunovel in a class all its own. Don't miss it.

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Summary: The Best Adventure Story Ever
Review: Why don't more people know about this book? It puts most adventure stories to shame and makes most survivors of "hardships" look like wimps. Adventurers with virtually no prior experience, wearing wool sweaters and cotton pants, carrying tons of food, canoe and portage through uncharted waters only to get hopelessly lost. Between the bugs, cold, lack of food, etc... you wonder how any could survive. The concepts of leadership, friendship and conquest are tested. After a harrowing adventure ending in death, the widow of the expedition leader races a team member into the wilds of Labrador the following year. In 1905, it was hard enough for a man to make this unprecedented trip, and unheard of for a woman to try. It is a must read for all adventure lovers!

Rating:
Summary: The Best Adventure Story Ever
Review: Why don't more people know about this book? It puts most adventure stories to shame and makes most survivors of "hardships" look like wimps. Adventurers with virtually no prior experience, wearing wool sweaters and cotton pants, carrying tons of food, canoe and portage through uncharted waters only to get hopelessly lost. Between the bugs, cold, lack of food, etc... you wonder how any could survive. The concepts of leadership, friendship and conquest are tested. After a harrowing adventure ending in death, the widow of the expedition leader races a team member into the wilds of Labrador the following year. In 1905, it was hard enough for a man to make this unprecedented trip, and unheard of for a woman to try. It is a must read for all adventure lovers!