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A unique portrait of Canada from the country’s “most remarkable solo traveller.”
Following the death of canoeist Herb Pohl, his friends discovered a manuscript of wilderness writings on his desk. With help and commentary from bestselling canoe author and editor James Raffan, that work has become The Lure of Faraway Places.
“There is nothing like it in canoeing literature,” says Raffan. “It’s part journal, part memoir, part wilderness philosophy and part tips and tricks of the most pragmatic kind written about parts of the country most of us will never see by the most committed and ambitious solo canoeist in Canadian history.”
Following the death of canoeist Herb Pohl, his friends discovered a manuscript of wilderness writings on his desk. With help and commentary from bestselling canoe author and editor James Raffan, that work has become The Lure of Faraway Places.
“There is nothing like it in canoeing literature,” says Raffan. “It’s part journal, part memoir, part wilderness philosophy and part tips and tricks of the most pragmatic kind written about parts of the country most of us will never see by the most committed and ambitious solo canoeist in Canadian history.”
Price: $23.99
Pages: 232
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Imprint: Natural Heritage
Publication Date:
11 May 2007
Trim Size: 9.75 X 6.75 in
ISBN: 9781897045244
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
SPORTS & RECREATION / Canoeing, Canoeing & kayaking, TRAVEL / Special Interest / Adventure, SPORTS & RECREATION / Outdoor Skills
Herb Pohl (1930–2006) was born in Austria and died at the mouth of the Michipicoten River. A solo wilderness canoeist, he was an instructional assistant and student lab supervisor in the biology department of McMaster University for twenty-five years.