Kinds of Winter: Four Solo Journeys by Dogteam in Canada's Northwest Territories (Life Writing, 54) - Olesen, Dave

As New; After a 15-year career as a sled dog racer, musher Dave Oleson turned his focus away from competition and set out to fulfill a lifelong dream. Over the course of four successive winters he steered his dogs and sled on long trips away from his remote Northwest Territories homestead, setting out in turn in the directions of the four cardinal compass points - south, east, north, and west - and home again to Hoarfrost River. His narrative ranges from the personal and poignant musings of a dogsled driver to loftier planes of introspection and contemplation. Olesen's life story colours his writing; educated immigrant, husband and father, professional dog musher, working bush pilot, and denizen of log cabins far off the grid. He and his dogs feel at home in country lying miles back of beyond.
As New
Soft cover
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
2014
Waterloo, ON