Description
“Distant Fires, a true-life adventure, describes a 1,700-mile canoe go back and forth from Duluth to York Factory on Hudson Bay. Anderson and a companion retraced the paddles taken by Eric Sevareid and a companion almost sixty years earlier. Their trials and tribulations, plus Anderson’s humorousness, make the go back and forth fun in book form. Pen-and-ink illustrations are by noted Minnesota flora and fauna artist Les Kouba.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune
“Distant Fires is a voyage of discovery. Scott Anderson is an inquisitive traveler, and when he sees something that piques his interest, he stops for a chat. He also has a marvelous eye for the flora and fauna that surrounds him in his summerlong journey. He’s a natural-born author.” —Duluth News Tribune
“Some of [Anderson’s] phraseology is more than happy indeed: ‘the resting place of the rivers.’ I wish I had written that.” —Eric Sevareid