Rock, Paper, Fire: The Best of Mountain and Wilderness Writing by Marni Jackson


Rock, Paper, Fire: The Best of Mountain and Wilderness Writing
Title : Rock, Paper, Fire: The Best of Mountain and Wilderness Writing
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ISBN : 1894773675
ISBN-10 : 9781894773676
Language : English
Format Type : Paperback
Number of Pages : 285
Publication : First published October 11, 2013

In the past few years, as writing about the outdoors has moved from a minority genre into the mainstream, climbers, adventurers, and environmental activists have gathered at the Banff Centre in the Canadian Rockies to explore their passions through writing. Now, their most inspired work is collected in one volume, Rock, Paper, Fire: the Best of Mountain and Wilderness Writing, compiled by Banff Mountain and Wilderness Program Faculty Editors Marni Jackson and Tony Whittome, and introduced by award-winning writer and veteran tree planter Charlotte Gill. This wide-ranging anthology of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry is about discovering the real excitement of the earth's wild places and their effects on the human creative spirit.

Rock, Paper, Fire: The Best of Mountain and Wilderness Writing Reviews

  • Michael S

    This collection of essays contains some of the best outdoor writing I have ever read, and outdoor/adventure writing is kinda my thing. There is climbing, kayaking, skiing, hiking, and camping. The writers are spiritual, angry, insightful, adventurous, and everything in between.

  • Leithan

    Some great stories but had higher hopes. Some cut off abruptly while others weren’t remarkable.

  • Kathleen McRae

    I really enjoyed some of these writings that described a wilderness area.

  • Kim Lanza

    I had high hopes...I am a huge fan of the Banff Mountain Film Festival and expected to be blown away by the writers. Instead I found myself reading a few pages of each story and only feeling compelled to finish a few. I plan on passing it on to a friend. Perhaps it was just my mood but there are too many good books waiting for me to spend more time on this one.

  • Charles

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