“A freshly written and engrossing account.”—American Heritage

“An incredible adventure story. A real classic.”—Annie Dillard, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

“Breezy, confident, irreverent, and wonderfully readable.”—Larry McMurtry, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Terms of Endearment and Lonesome Dove, and co-writer of the adapted screenplay for Brokeback Mountain.

“A freshly written and engrossing account.”—American Heritage

“An incredible adventure story. A real classic.”—Annie Dillard, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

“Breezy, confident, irreverent, and wonderfully readable.”—Larry McMurtry, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Terms of Endearment and Lonesome Dove, and co-writer of the adapted screenplay for Brokeback Mountain.