Extreme travel writing for fans of Bill Bryson, Peter Moore, P.J. O'Rourke, Tim Moore.
Tim Cahill is the author of seven books, including A Wolverine Is Eating My Leg, Jaguars Ripped My Flesh, Pecked to Death by Ducks, Pass the Butterworms and Hold the Enlightenment. He is an editor at large for Outside magazine, and his work appears in National Geographic Adventure, The New York Times Book Review, and other national publications. He lives in Montana.
'Tim Cahill is a good companion to quip with while you explore most
of the continents, taking time out, as few of us rarely do, to get
good and properly lost'
*New York Times Book Review*
'Irreverence is a specialty of Tim Cahill's generation and he ranks
among its apostles'
*Washington Post*
Tim Cahill lives the life of adventure we all wanted when we were
kids'
*Village Voice*
'Cahill can be a lot of fun to hang out with. Here is a writer
blessed not only with wit and style, but feeling and
compassion'
*San Francisco Chronicle*
This is not, strictly speaking, a travel book but a collection of articles, most of them previously published in various magazines, on a variety of subjects. The author places the articles into five categories: The Unnatural World, Tooth and Claw, The Natural World, Other People's Lives, and Risk. Cahill, author of Jaguars Ripped My Flesh ( LJ 10/1/87) and A Wolverine Is Eating My Leg ( LJ 2/15/89), has traveled around the world on assignment, covering a wide range of unusual events such as firewalking, caving, etc. He writes with a keen sense of humor, but with a serious and informed attitude. The reader won't find tips on hotels, food, or transportation but a rich and varied tour of interesting and unusual places and events. Recommended for all travel collections.-- George M. Jenks, Bucknell Univ., Lewisburg, Pa.
'Tim Cahill is a good companion to quip with while you explore most
of the continents, taking time out, as few of us rarely do, to get
good and properly lost' * New York Times Book Review *
'Irreverence is a specialty of Tim Cahill's generation and he ranks
among its apostles' * Washington Post *
Tim Cahill lives the life of adventure we all wanted when we were
kids' * Village Voice *
'Cahill can be a lot of fun to hang out with. Here is a writer
blessed not only with wit and style, but feeling and compassion' *
San Francisco Chronicle *
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