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Title: The Hard Way : Stories of Danger, Survival, and the Soul of Adventure by Mark Jenkins ISBN: 0-7432-2227-X Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 05 July, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Exciting, moving accounts of adventure travel
Comment: Mark Jenkins has one of the most honest and direct writing styles in nonfiction. This book is a collection of his columns from his years at Outside Magazine as well as other publications. When you read his unflinching accounts of his travels you are confronted with not only his exhilaration for whatever his predicament, but also his fears and self-doubt. His type of travel is not the package tour but definitely off-the-beaten-path. It's an unadorned and authentic view of humanity in the midst of challenge, against a backdrop of new vistas.
Rating: 5
Summary: Fun and inspiring adventure-laden book to read
Comment: This was a very cool and exciting book to read. I have never read any of Jenkins's columns but I was intrigued by the premise of the book when listening to him on a radio interview. Jenkins sounds like the guy I want to be, but without the guts. He attacks life....he attacks nature, but he's turned his sojourns all over the world into a sort of an art form.
The book is a collection of adventures and I like the fact that he threw in other different stories in there including an encounter with a thief and parallel storytelling over a number of years.
I realized that it wasn't actually the adventures I enjoyed, but rather the memories and experiences he had while undertaking these adventures. Just like the cliche: "It's not about the destination, but about the journey."
The pace of the book is good and it does not get repetitive so please check this one out.
Rating: 4
Summary: An Adventurous Collection
Comment: This is an enjoyable collection of Mark Jenkins' articles for various outdoor magazines. Jenkins shows an often morbid tilt to his writing and covers his death-defying adventures in many different types of extreme sports. The best articles here include "Hitching" about the lost art of hitch-hiking, "Ego Trip" about how an adventurer can make stupid decisions even if the quest is successful, and "From the Mouths of Babes" concerning the pursuit of extreme outdoor sports with little kids. Also enjoyable are Jenkins' tales of his dozens of severe injuries and his exploits with his equally danger-prone father and brothers. This collection is a little thin but it's quite an enjoyable look into the heart of adventure and why people do it.
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Title: Wild Stories : The Best of Men's Journal by Editors of Mens Journal ISBN: 0609610465 Publisher: Crown Pub. Date: 07 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Outside 25: Classic Tales and New Voices from the Frontiers of Adventure by Hal Espen, Outside ISBN: 0393051862 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 07 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Hold the Enlightenment by Tim Cahill ISBN: 0375713298 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 09 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Off the Map: Bicycling Across Siberia by Mark D. Jenkins ISBN: 0060975326 Publisher: Harperperennial Library Pub. Date: March, 1993 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Touching the Void : The Harrowing First-Person Account of One Man's Miraculous Survival by Joe Simpson ISBN: 0060916540 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 10 January, 1990 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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