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The Boy and the Mountain: A Father, His Son, and a Journey of Discovery

The Boy and the Mountain: A Father, His Son, and a Journey of Discovery - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Torbjorn Ekelund, Becky L. Cook (Translator)Publish date:2023-05-23Pages:144
Language:EnglishPublisher:Greystone BooksISBN-13:9781771645096ISBN-10:1771645091UPC:9781771645096Book Category:Nature, Biography & Autobiography, Family & RelationshipsBook Subcategory:Essays, Adventurers & Explorers, ParentingBook Topic:FatherhoodSize:7.60 x 5.30 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SCA89KXAN3

The Boy and the Mountain: A Father, His Son, and a Journey of Discovery


In this engrossing book, a father and son ascend a mountain together, retracing the steps of a boy who went missing there a century earlier--a quest that spawns a tender meditation on nature, family, and the joy of discovery. Six-year-old Hans Torske disappeared in Norway's Skrim mountains in 1894. Why he wandered away from his family's cabin is still a mystery, but his body was found the...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Greystone BooksISBN-13:9781771645096ISBN-10:1771645091UPC:9781771645096Book Category:Nature, Biography & Autobiography, Family & RelationshipsBook Subcategory:Essays, Adventurers & Explorers, ParentingBook Topic:FatherhoodSize:7.60 x 5.30 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SCA89KXAN3

Torbjørn Ekelund is an outdoor enthusiast, writer, author, and co-founder of the online magazine Harvest. He is the author of In Praise of Paths, A Year in the Woods, and The Boy and the Mountain.


Publisher: Greystone Books

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