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S'està carregant… R. M. Patterson : A Life of Great Adventurede David Finch
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. I don't know why I spent $36 to order in this book from the local shop, and then waited aeons to actually crack the covers ... but I just put it down a week ago and it was such a pleasure. I'd previously reread my fave of Patterson's books--Trail to the Interior--and delved into this biog. I was shocked to discover that R.M. had lied about seeing the Great Falls of the Nahanni in the 1920s, but the rest of the man's great adventures are largely true. The biography also reveals some surprising poor decisions and subsequent near-death experiences. It's good to know about Patterson's personal friends and get a sense of how all his adventures dovetailed together. Maybe the book suffers a bit from the need to paint a glorious picture of a man who rather had it (monetarily) easy--a momma's boy, Oxford-educated (if he didn't do stellarly). Yet I think Finch does a creditable job of not inventing too much between the letters and diaries, though he needs must a few times. "How Patterson must have laughed at that." I have yet to read Far Pastures and Finlay's River, and feel very glad I have those awaiting me, though the latter will sadden me for those rivers and trails forever inundated now. And how I wish I could read the book on Napoleon's horsemen that never saw publication! Patterson remains one of my favourite adventure wordsmiths, up there with Canada's own Farley Mowat. ( ) Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
"I think that will be a great adventure" said R.M. Patterson's mentor at the Bank of England when informed of the young man's decision to leave for Canada in 1924. He could not have known all the adventures that awaited Patterson in the Canadian wilds. This biography goes with Patterson to the Peace River country of northern Alberta where he homesteaded and on to the Northwest Territories, where he lived out his dream-questing after the fabled Nahanni gold on the River of Death. There, his escapades earned him the title "Hard to Kill" and provided the basis for Patterson's bestseller "The Dangerous River." Patterson then married sweetheart Marigold Portman in 1929 and took up cattle and dude ranching on the Buffalo Head Ranch in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies. Not content to just settle down and raise a family, he also used the ranch as a base for his adventures and spent the next 16 years exploring the high country of the Continental Divide with such colourful characters as George Pocaterra and Adolf Baumgart. In the late 1940s the Patterson family moved to Vancouver Island, where RMP continued his exploration of remote northern rivers in British Columbia and the Northwest Territories. And he returned to his beloved Nahanni three more times. By the time of his death in 1984, Patterson had become a Canadian legend, both for his exploits and for his five published books and numerous articles. His vivid portrayal of the Canadian wilderness has never been bettered. Through Patterson's diaries and letters and through personal communication with Patterson's family and friends, David Finch has created a fascinating portrait of a man who lived life to the fullest. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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