Wanderlust: an eccentric explorer, an epic journey, a lost age
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Deep in the Arctic wilderness, Peter Freuchen awoke to find himself buried alive under the snow. During a sudden blizzard the night before, he had taken shelter underneath his dogsled and become trapped there while he slept. Now, as feeling drained from his body, he managed to claw a hole through the ice only to find himself in even greater danger: his beard, wet with condensation from his struggling breath, had frozen to his sled runners and lashed his head in place, exposing it to icy winds that needed only a few minutes to kill him… But if Freuchen could escape that, he could escape anything. Freuchen’s life seemed ripped from the pages of an adventure novel—and provided fodder for many books of his own. A wildly eccentric Dane with an out-of-nowhere sense of humor, his insatiable curiosity drove him from the twilight years of Arctic exploration to the Golden Age of Hollywood, and from the burgeoning field of climate research to the Danish underground during World War II. He conducted jaw-dropping expeditions, survived a Nazi prison camp, and overcame a devastating injury that robbed him of his foot and very nearly his life. Through it all, he was guided not only by restlessness but also by ideals that were remarkably ahead of his time, championing Indigenous communities, environmental stewardship, and starting conversations that continue today. Meticulously researched and grippingly written, Wanderlust is an unforgettable tale of daring and discovery, an inspiring portrait of restlessness and grit, and a powerful meditation on our relationship to the planet and our fellow human beings. Reid Mitenbuler’s exquisite book restores a heroic giant of the last century back into public view.
Authors, Danish -- 20th century -- Biography.
Explorers -- Arctic regions -- Biography.
Explorers -- Denmark -- Biography.
Freuchen, Peter, -- 1886-1957.
Holocaust survivors -- Biography.
Resistance movements, War -- Denmark -- Biography.
Survival -- Arctic regions -- Biography.
Notes
Mitenbuler, R. (2023). Wanderlust: an eccentric explorer, an epic journey, a lost age. First edition. New York, Sugar23 Books, Mariner Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Mitenbuler, Reid. 2023. Wanderlust: An Eccentric Explorer, an Epic Journey, a Lost Age. New York, Sugar23 Books, Mariner Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Mitenbuler, Reid, Wanderlust: An Eccentric Explorer, an Epic Journey, a Lost Age. New York, Sugar23 Books, Mariner Books, 2023.
MLA Citation (style guide)Mitenbuler, Reid. Wanderlust: An Eccentric Explorer, an Epic Journey, a Lost Age. First edition. New York, Sugar23 Books, Mariner Books, 2023.
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505 | 0 | |a Preface -- Prologue -- "I was shivering in my boots" -- "I could do the job" -- "The island of my dreams" -- "Irrepressible restlessness" -- "Chaos" -- "I am good at something here" -- "Only as skeletons in a museum" -- "Hell on Earth" -- "Give me winter, give me dogs, you can have the rest" -- "Big Peter" -- "It is the dark and cold that make us think most" -- "We must pay for its beauty time after time" -- "Life loomed ahead" -- "A revolution was taking place in me" -- "One gets the idea here..." -- "A vast desert of cold and dead" -- "Some dogs do not give a damn what they eat" -- "I have hated pudding ever since" -- "Even arctic explorers need publicity" -- "But a pawn in this game of the gods" -- "I could not leave the book alone" -- "Whether she was an angel or not" -- "Tired of being a curiosity" -- "At least I have the remedy..." -- "I know good men by sight" -- "What a way to die" -- "What is so funny?" -- "I had a premonition" -- "But now it had charged me a bitter commission" -- Storfanger -- "There was no reason to choose the slower and harder way" -- "I have seen so many naked people in my time" -- "Somebody here wants to see you" -- "I want the elemental, infinite thing" -- "I'll die on that icecap sometime" -- "A turning point in my life" -- "Eat their candy and listen to their stupidness" -- "Unusual, spectacular, disturbing" -- "Hollywood perspective" -- "Strange, independent personalities" -- "Loved to serve a good cause" -- "Once all this is done with" -- "Is it worth it?" -- "The rest of my life would be a voyage" -- "But this habit of not guarding my tongue" -- "It was not easy" -- "It was business (maybe monkey business)" -- "It was love at first sight" -- "The poetry of progress" -- "Peter Freuchen has lived nine lives" -- Epilogue. | |
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