River of Fire - by Hap Wilson (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

New York's Men's Journal Magazine hired a studio photographer from Brooklyn, a post-master/writer from Thermond West Virginia and two Canadian river guides to paddle one of the country's most dangerous whitewater rivers - the Seal in northern Manitoba, for the purpose of publishing the quintessential Canadian adventure story. Add to this unlikely melange of characters, the possibility of capsizing in freezing water, the threat of polar bears, a midnight sail down Hudson Bay and Manitoba's worst boreal wild fire, this chronicle will carry the reader to the extreme edge of exploration.

Review Quotes

"In River of Fire, Wilson captures the power, humour, adventure and intrigue.... the very essence of adventure on a northern river. Now, more than ever, society needs to re-awaken to the life-changing and profound experience that is time and travel in the natural and still wild world. In a manner of storytelling worthy of Aldo Leopold and John Muir, Hap Wilson's River of Fire will indeed light your soul on fire and into a yearning for still possible wilderness adventure." - Les Stroud aka Survivorman

About the Author

Hap Wilson is the author of 17 nature-related books, an artist, photographer and wilderness guide. He is the co-founder of the environmental group Earthroots, and is the recipient of the Bill Mason Award for Lifetime Achievement in River Conservation. His book Voyages - Canada's Heritage Rivers, won the Natural Resources Council of America Award for Best Environment Book, and has written for many national magazines. He is an International Fellow of the prestigious Explorer's Club and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. Wilson has travelled over 60,000 km by canoe and snowshoe, has been an Ontario park ranger, a New Zealand park warden and a wilderness skills teacher for Outward Bound. On the lighter side, Wilson taught actor Pearce Brosnan how to paddle a canoe and throw an axe for the Attenborough movie ' Grey Owl' . He currently owns and operates Cabin Falls Ecolodge with his wife Andrea in Temagami's wilderness park. Find him at hapwilson.com