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Wild by nature : from Siberia to Australia, three years alone in the wilderness on foot / Sarah Marquis.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250081971 (hardcover) :
- Physical Description: 259 pages : colour illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2016.
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- Chapter 1: Preparation -- Chapter 2: Mongolia, my beginning -- Chapter 3: Central Mongolia -- Chapter 4: Gobi Desert -- Chapter 5: Gobi Desert - second attempt -- Chapter 6: China -- Chapter 7: Gobi Desert - third attempt -- Chapter 8: Siberia -- Chapter 9: Laos -- Chapter 10: Thailand -- Chapter 11: Northern Australia -- Chapter 12: Southern Australia. |
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| Subject: | Marquis, Sarah, 1972- > Travel. Hiking. Wilderness survival. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stroud Branch | 613.69 Mar | 31681010000891 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Using her wits and skills as a hunter to get by, the author describes her solo ten-thousand-mile trek across the Gobi Desert where she encountered mafiosos, drug dealers, thieves on horseback, temperature extremes, dehydration, and illness. - Baker & Taylor
Using her wits and skills as a hunter to get by, a woman describes her solo 10,000-mile trek across the Gobi desert where she encountered mafiosos, drug dealers, thieves on horseback, temperature extremes, dehydration, ringworm and dengue fever. By a National Geographic Explorer of the Year. An international best-seller. - McMillan Palgrave
One woman
10,000 miles on foot
6 countries
8 pairs of hiking boots
3,000 cups of tea
1,000 days and nights
"The only way to survive three years of walking was to embrace the moment of now.ââfrom Wild by Nature
Not since Cheryl Strayed gifted us with her adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail in her memoir, Wild, has there been such a powerful epic adventure by a woman alone. In Wild by Nature, National Geographic Explorer Sarah Marquis takes you on the trail of her ten-thousand-mile solo hike across the remote Gobi desert from Siberia to Thailand, at which point she was transported by boat to complete the hike at her favorite tree in Australia.
Against nearly insurmountable odds and relying on hunting and her own wits, Sarah Marquis survived the Mafia, drug dealers, thieves on horseback who harassed her tent every night for weeks, temperatures from subzero to scorching, life-threatening wildlife, a dengue fever delirium in the Laos jungle, tropic ringworm in northern Thailand, dehydration, and a life-threatening abscess.
This is an incredible story of adventure, human ingenuity, persistence, and resilience that shows firsthand what it is to adventure as a woman in the most dangerous of circumstance, what it is to be truly alone in the wild, and why someone would challenge themselves with an expedition others would call crazy. For Marquis, her story is about freedom, being alive and wild by nature.
