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'Guy Grieve jacked in his desk job to spend a year alone in the Alaskan wilderness. With only moose, bears and wolves for company, he survived freezing temperatures, built a log cabin, learned to hunt and handle a dog team and had several brushes with death.' -- Metro 'The book captures Grieve's maverick adventure, and has an energy and pace to it, a compelling, rushing quality, like a dog sled chasing through the snowscape ... also has a real flavour of the frontier, told by a man who shoots a hole in his roof for a chimney with his shotgun, and puts a recipe for beaver ribs and pea soup in the end notes. CALL OF THE WILD may be the perfect present to give your dreamy spouse for Christmas, but you risk him stealing out of the house at 2am with his snowshoes on. One awaits his next adventure with anticipation.' -- Scotsman 'Hilarious' -- Daily Mail 'A wild adventure' -- Independent
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Guy Grieve's life was going nowhere - trapped in a job he hated, commuting 2,000 miles a month and up to his neck in debt. But he dreamed of escaping it all to live alone in one of the wildest, most remote places on earth - Alaska. And just when he'd given up hope, the dream came true. Suddenly Guy was thrown into one of the harshest environments in the world, miles from the nearest human being and armed with only the most basic equipment. And he soon found - whether building a log cabin from scratch, hunting, ice fishing or of course dodging bears in the buff - that life in the wilderness was anything but easy...Part Ray Mears, part Bill Bryson, CALL OF THE WILD is the gripping story of how a mild-mannered commuter struggled with the elements - and himself - and eventually learned the ways of the wild.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
My kind of book,
This review is from: Call of the Wild: My Escape to Alaska (Paperback)
This book is a great read. It is not filled with deep detail that no-one really wants to read about. Its full of adventure and the author tells the story in a way that keeps you interested throughout the book. Talk about a one year adventure.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
happy there are people like Guy,
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This review is from: Call of the Wild: My Escape to Alaska (Paperback)
I am so happy that there are people like Guy Grieves still around. I really applaud him for getting out of the rat race. His descriptions of his work place and the people who inhabit such places is dead on. Work culture is indeed soul destroying, and when you do the math, and realize the hours upon hours of wasted life for money, it would make any man weep. May we all be so brave as Guy, and good on him, he deserve the life he has created. It is an interesting read.
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4.6 out of 5 stars (16 customer reviews) 17 of 19 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Entertaining HOW TO adventure,
By Stompk "Stompk" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Call of the Wild: My Escape to Alaska (Paperback)
I thought this book was amazing. I've heard that alot of people are a bit unhappy about him "abandoning" his family, but nonetheless. it is an exciting adventure. If you were going to repeat his journey, this would be a MUST HAVE book. not only does he go into depth about how he did each task, and which tools he used and where they were bought, but he also gives insight and tips into daily activities and tasks that most would consider mundane or embarrassing (see "poopcicle" :-)I found it to be a great insight into Alaskan wilderness living and survival and thought it was wonderfully written. another book that was hard to put down, and will stay filed in my "keep this book" list, so I can refer to it someday when my dream of doing this is realized. 7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
great book,
By ynissim - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Call of the Wild: My Escape to Alaska (Paperback)
i bought this book after reading "Alone In the wilderness" about Dick P. living alone in twin lakes and wanted to learn about other people's experience living in the wild.i enjoyed reading Guy's adventure, it is easy to read and once i started it was hard to stop, highly recommended. 23 of 29 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting, entertaining, and anger inducing,
By Lisa Kearns "Mom of Four" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Call of the Wild: My Escape to Alaska (Paperback)
Throughout this book, I was very angry with Mr. Grieve for leaving his family for a year to "find himself". Many of us are approaching middle age, commuting, working in cubicles, parenting toddlers, and chafing at the sameness of our lives. His type of adventure is something he should have done before marriage and before having kids. Every time I read about his calls home and his sorrow over missing his children I felt angry again. His wife deserves all the credit for keeping the family together while Guy went on this venture. I wonder how he would have handled it if Juliet (his wife) had decided she wanted to take a year off to go someplace far away.On the other hand, I really enjoyed the book. I love reading about how he came to Alaska without ANY skills or ideas about survival, and how he learned and adapted. His struggling with insects, felling trees, starting fires, trapping beavers, melting enough snow to drink, mushing sled dogs and learning to shoot firearms was impressive. I especially enjoyed reading the step by step instructions he gave for building a cabin and clearing a portage, and the footnotes he used throughout the book to explain certain terms he used. The photos he included were a great addition to the story, too. He included several lists in the back of the book, which explained what gear he used and how he cooked some of his meals. I would have liked to see a list of the foods he took with him, and their quantities. I would also have liked to read the articles he sent to The Scottsman newspaper. Guy owes a huge debt to the family who lent him tools, a snow machine, and their time and experience in building his cabin. He is very lucky to have found other people willing to lend him a four wheeler and to teach him to handle a dog team. I wonder if he has stayed in touch with them since his adventure ended. Overall, this is a good book for those who dream of building a cabin and living in the wilderness. Mr. Grieve has a very humble and honest way of telling his story. If you can get past the part where he left his family, you will enjoy the book. |
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