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Lines on a Map
Lines on a Map

Lines on a Map

Unparalleled Adventures in Modern Exploration
ISBN: 9781771602891
Frank Wolf

John Vaillant

$25.00
  • Paperback / softback Trade paperback (US)

Shortlisted for the 2019 Banff Mountain Book Award for Adventure Travel

Two decades of adventure writing are captured in this entertaining and inspiring collection of travel journalism by renowned adventurer, writer, filmmaker and environmentalist Frank Wolf.

Lines on a Map is a compilation of Frank Wolf’s best work from the past two decades. Some of the adventures include: two friends on a cycling and volcano-climbing odyssey across Java, the world's most populous island, in the world's most populous Muslim country, Indonesia, in the wake of 9/11; a surreal private lunch with former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau during an 8000 km canoe journey across Canada; discovering the past and present on a 900 km hiking and kayaking journey from Skagway, Alaska, to Dawson City, Yukon; negotiating the cultural divide during a whitewater paddling expedition in Laos and Cambodia with Russian extreme kayakers; exploring the nature and politics of a multi-billion dollar pipeline in northern BC by hiking, biking and kayaking the GPS track of the proposed project route from the oil sands to the British Columbia coast; conducting a mammal tracking survey in the course of a 120 km ski traverse of Banff National Park; discovering the truth about the existence of Sasquatch in northern Ontario; retracing Viking history during a canoe trip across Scandinavia.

Complete with dozens of colour photographs, Wolf weaves together humour, drama and local knowledge to transport readers to some of the outermost corners of the globe in an epic quest to celebrate the freedom to move, explore and be wild.

Book Details

328

August 28, 2018

Width: 5.50 in
Height: 8.50 in

Frank is a master at weaving together his love of the land, people, culture and the importance to protect it. That’s what really sets him apart from other extreme adventurers.

- Grant Lawrence "....you will cheer as you read Wolf’s humorous and exciting narratives. [Y]ou will be inspired by his sheer strength and indomitable will to prevail." - John Valliant, author of the Golden Spruce and the Jaguar's Children,

Wolf’s new book collects the best stories from a full 24 of his mainly Canadian expeditions over the past two decades, and the result is a pretty gripping montage of his quests, body-breaking travails and the humour that gets him through.

- Nick Walker, Managing Editor "...[R]eading Wolf —as he takes the time to see our wilderness and talk to Canadians across the nation—helped remind me that first, the disparity of regions and people is nothing new, and second, we’d be much better off focusing on what we have in common." - Heather Allen, Armchair Book Club

Wolf is at his best when he's exploring his personal definition of adventure, inspiring readers to cut loose, accept the challenge and live their most audacious dream.

"...a collection of stellar travel journalism..." - Outside Magazine