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Through the Wilderness - by Brad Orsted (Hardcover)

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  • Award-winning Yellowstone photographer and documentary filmmaker Brad Orsted's seven-year search for refuge and redemption in America's greatest wilderness.
  • Author(s): Brad Orsted
  • 256 Pages
  • Biography + Autobiography, Personal Memoirs

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"Award-winning Yellowstone photographer and documentary filmmaker Brad Orsted's seven-year search for refuge and redemption in America's greatest wilderness. When Brad Orsted's fifteen-month-old daughter, Marley, died mysteriously at the home of Brad's mother, he descended into madness. Blaming himself, he plunged into an abyss of grief, guilt, and self-recrimination, fueled by prescription drugs and alcohol. He planned his suicide as his wife, Stacey, searched for a new beginning. She finally found a job in Yellowstone National Park and, with their daughters, Mazzy and Chloe, the pair fled Michigan, looking for refuge and redemption in the 2.2 million acres of glorious American wilderness. Through the Wilderness begins in Yellowstone, five months after the family's arrival in 2012, when, in an alcoholic haze, Brad stumbled into a field of sage and survived a face-to-face encounter with an adult male grizzly bear. For the first time in almost two years, he realized he wanted to live-he just didn't know how. Desperate for help, Brad invited himself to a Crow sweat lodge ceremony, where an elder told him it was time to stop grieving. The elder's words started Brad on a journey towards sobriety and inner peace, only possible because of lessons he learned in the wild, his new job as a wildlife photographer and filmmaker, and two orphan grizzly cubs who carried him back home and taught him how to live again. Brad's ten-year odyssey is about finding the wild inside the human heart. It is a journey of the spirit- a journey to forgiveness and sobriety, to love and life, to memory, and ultimately, to Marley"--



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Award-winning Yellowstone photographer and documentary filmmaker Brad Orsted's seven-year search for refuge and redemption in America's greatest wilderness.

When Brad Orsted's fifteen-month-old daughter, Marley, died mysteriously at the home of Brad's mother, he descended into madness. Blaming himself, he plunged into an abyss of grief, guilt, and self-recrimination, fueled by prescription drugs and alcohol. He planned his suicide as his wife, Stacey, searched for a new beginning. She finally found a job in Yellowstone National Park and, with their daughters, Mazzy and Chloe, the pair fled Michigan, looking for refuge and redemption in the 2.2 million acres of glorious American wilderness.

Through the Wilderness
begins in Yellowstone, five months after the family's arrival in 2012, when, in an alcoholic haze, Brad stumbled into a field of sage and survived a face-to-face encounter with an adult male grizzly bear. For the first time in almost two years, he realized he wanted to live--he just didn't know how.

Desperate for help, Brad invited himself to a Crow sweat lodge ceremony, where an elder told him it was time to stop grieving. The elder's words started Brad on a journey towards sobriety and inner peace, only possible because of lessons he learned in the wild, his new job as a wildlife photographer and filmmaker, and two orphan grizzly cubs who carried him back home and taught him how to live again.

Brad's ten-year odyssey is about finding the wild inside the human heart. It is a journey of the spirit-- a journey to forgiveness and sobriety, to love and life, to memory, and ultimately, to Marley.



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"The spirit in this book is as enormous as the great land and great bears to which Orsted was directed. In converting pain--agony--into beauty, Orsted shares with us not just his great spirit, but that of the land that has taken him in and not so much re-made him as met him where he was, and where he is. A profound, troubling, soul-shattering book by a great artist, great spirit, great being. Through the Wilderness is an unshakably beautiful book." - Rick Bass, author, environmentalist

"Brad Orsted lives on the edge of Yellowstone's wilderness and for most of a decade has walked the narrow ridge between beauty and madness. Mortally wounded by the greatest of tragedies--the loss of a child--he is slowly pulled back into the human realm by wild beasts and the draw of the wild. It is a struggle. Wolves kill an elk in his backyard and feed on it for days; Brad watches. He stumbles into an isolated valley and meets a huge grizzly bear face to face. Suddenly he is jolted into the present with all his senses buzzing. He finds a pair of orphaned grizzly cubs who show him how to live again. Brad's story is the classic American tale of redemption. He has written bravely, with an unguarded heart, of this dangerous journey." - Doug Peacock, author, Green Beret, grizzly bear activist

"Through the Wilderness is as awe-inspiring and wild as the grizzly country it takes place in. Brad's journey through unthinkable tragedy and out into the healing light of nature is a message of love and hope for us all." - Kesha

"Harrowing... [a] haunting and deeply affecting memoir of surviving the unthinkable." - Wall Street Journal


Dimensions (Overall): 9.46 Inches (H) x 6.46 Inches (W) x .95 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.01 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 256
Genre: Biography + Autobiography
Sub-Genre: Personal Memoirs
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
Author: Brad Orsted
Language: English
Street Date: June 27, 2023
TCIN: 1001925875
UPC: 9781250284693
Item Number (DPCI): 247-21-3872
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Q: What significant event does Brad experience in Yellowstone?

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  • A: In Yellowstone, Brad has a transformative encounter with a male grizzly bear that prompts him to reconsider his will to live.

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Q: How long did Brad Orsted spend searching for healing?

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  • A: Brad Orsted spent seven years searching for refuge and redemption following his daughter's tragic death.

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Q: What is the main focus of Brad Orsted's memoir?

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  • A: The memoir chronicles Brad's journey of seeking refuge and redemption in nature after the loss of his daughter.

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Q: What role do the orphan grizzly cubs play in Brad's story?

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  • A: The orphaned grizzly cubs help Brad rediscover his will to live and guide him on his path to healing.

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Q: What type of environment does the memoir primarily take place in?

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  • A: The memoir is set in the vast wilderness of Yellowstone National Park, highlighting its beauty and challenges.

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