{"product_id":"walking-home-a-journey-in-the-alaskan-wilderness","title":"Walking Home: A Journey in the Alaskan Wilderness","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the spring of 2007  hard on the heels of the worst winter in the history of Juneau  Alaska  Lynn Schooler finds himself facing the far side of middle age and exhausted by labouring to handcraft a home as his marriage slips away. Seeking solace and escape in nature  he sets out on a solo journey into the Alaskan wilderness  travelling first by small boat across the formidable Gulf of Alaska  then on foot along one of the wildest coastlines in North America. Walking Home is filled with stunning observations of the natural world  and rife with nail-biting adventure as Schooler fords swollen rivers and eludes aggressive grizzlies. But more important  it is a story about finding wholeness-and a sense of humanity-in the wild. His is a solitary journey  but Schooler is never alone; human stories people the landscape-tales of trappers  explorers  marooned sailors  and hermits  as well as the mythology of the regions Tlingit Indians. Alone in the middle of several thousand square miles of wilderness  Schooler conjures the souls of travellers past to learn how the trials of life may be better borne with the help and community of others. In Walking Home Schooler creates a conversation between the human and the natural  the past and present  and investigates  with elegance and soul  what it means to be a part of the flow of human history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44952006131765,"sku":"ByrdShop_140881028X","price":54.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781408810286.jpg?v=1770148027","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/walking-home-a-journey-in-the-alaskan-wilderness","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}