A Journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, in the years 1808 and 1809: In which is included, some account of the proceedings ... Jones ... to the court of the King of Persia

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This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1812 edition by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London.

A Second Journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, between the Years 1810 and 1816: With a Journal of the Voyage by the Brazils and Bombay to the Persian Gulf

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A Second Journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, between the Years 1810 and 1816: With a Journal of the Voyage by the Brazils and Bombay to the Persian Gulf
James Justinian Morier
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A Journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, in the years 1808 and 1809: In which is included, some account of the proceedings ... Jones ... to the court of the King of Persia

ASIN: 1402152078
Release Date: 2004-02-03

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This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1818 edition by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London.

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Quite revealing.

Armenia: A Journey Through History
Arra S. Avakian , and Ara John Movsesian
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Quite revealing........2006-10-13

This book is quite revealing.
It is indeed a case study.

Armenia's history takes us back to prehistoric times described in biblical literature as the Garden of Eden and Archaeologists discovered evidence it was one of the few sites of human existence.

In the third century, Armenia became the first country to adopt Christianity as its official religion. All pagan subjects were converted following upon its ruler's (Tiridates III) adoption of Christianity with full regard to the Roman Empire.

The tug or power between Russia on the one hand and the Ottomans on the other brought the establishment of the first Armenian Republic encompassing lands previously ruled by Russia in the East and the Ottomans in the West.
There was a time of relative calm.
But!!!
The Armenian Holocaust is tragic.
Over one million perished between 1915-1917 during the reign of the Young Turks.
The young Turks came to power five years before WWI and abolished the Caliphate and deposed Sultan Abdul Hamid.
((Gamal Pasha is one of their officers and in Lebanon he is always referred to as `The Butcher' for the bloody record he imprinted by hanging Syrians and Lebanese nationalists.))

The treaty of Sevres on August 10, 1920 promised the protection of the burgeoning state of Armenia by League of Nations.
When the Turkish National Movement took power, the treaty of Sevre was rejected.
In 1920 Armenia and Turkey fought each other.
The Armenians were defeated and their armies surrendered all their weapons (and lands) to the Turks..
In the same year, the Russian army marched into Armenia proper and established the Soviet rule; two years later the country was incorporated into the Soviet Union.
The Church struggled in both eras, 1) Under the Turks and 2) Under the Communists.
The years of relative stability were those when one of the two competing powers broke apart

Journey through Asia Minor, Armenia, and Koordistan, in the Years 1813 and 1814: With Remarks on the Marches of Alexander, and Retreat of the Ten Thousand

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Journey through Asia Minor, Armenia, and Koordistan, in the Years 1813 and 1814: With Remarks on the Marches of Alexander, and Retreat of the Ten Thousand
John Macdonald Kinneir
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ASIN: 1402160275
Release Date: 2002-03-22

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This narrative history of the Caddo Indians creates a vivid picture of daily life in the Caddo Nation. Using archaeological data, oral histories, and descriptions by explorers and settlers, Cecile Carter introduces impressive Caddo leaders past and present. The book provides observations, stories, and vignettes on twentieth-century Caddos and invites the reader to recognize the strengths, rooted in ancient culture, that have enabled the Caddos to survive epidemics, enemy attacks, and displacement from their original homelands in Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, and Oklahoma.

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Caddo Indians : Where We Come From.......1999-11-27

I found this writing to be an excellent source of information and reference material. Ms. Carter clearly has an extremely enviable position from which to view and record the unfolding Caddo Tribal Culture.

I was also enamored with the authentic Tribal photographs. This book contains very well taken photos of the Caddo Tribal grounds in Binger, Oklahoma and Culturally accurate Caddo Tribal members in authentic Native American dance regailia.

This easily read book is also providing me with many bits of information for my childs research projects.

Where We Came From is a must have book for your personal library.

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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

Creation and Time: A Biblical and Scientific Perspective on the Creation-Date Controversy

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Good Overview of Old-Earth Creationism
Ross fails to legitimize progressive creationism
Old Earth Creation
Bad Theology, Bad Science
Simply erroneous, though well-intended

Creation and Time: A Biblical and Scientific Perspective on the Creation-Date Controversy
Hugh Ross
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"IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH."-Genesis 1:1

One of the most commonly held beliefs among Christians and nonChristians alike is that science and Scripture absolutely and irreconcilably contradict each other about the age of the earth. While most scientists affirm an "old universe" theory, may Christians favor a "young universe" interpretation and somewhere in between, million of devout Christian who respect scientific finding are deeply and painfully torn.

"How can we love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength if we must separate our minds from our faith?" asks Dr. Hugh Ross, an astrophysicist and a Bible-believing Christian. "Such a separation violates the very meaning of faith."

In Creation and Time, Dr. Ross provides a solution to the creation-date controversy that requires no compromise by either the scientist trusting in the facts of nature or the Christian holding to the inerrancy of Scripture.

"Dr. Ross graciously examines the scientific merits of a young-earth creation and its biblical foundation. He not only demonstrates the more likely age of the universe, but also celebrates the greatness and majesty of its Creator. Creation and Time is a valuable gift to the Christian community."-Chuck Smith, Jr., senior pastor, Capo Beach Calvary Church, Capo Beach, CA

"This is a most important book that should be taught in every church and in the every school to stop the unwarranted war between science and religion."-Allan Sandage, Ph.D., astronomer, Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, recipient of the Crafoord Prize

"Creation and Time is the best book on this topic in print. It is a must for anyone interested in the conflict between science and Scripture. Dr. Ross' pleas to overzealous 'young earthers' not to make the age of the earth a test of orthodoxy is long overdue."-Norman L. Geisler, dean of Southern Evangelical Seminary

"This is a book whose time has come. Never has there been a more urgent moment to staighten out this deep misunderstanding in the evangelical community."-Ralph D. Winter, general director of the U.S. Center for World Missions

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Good Overview of Old-Earth Creationism.......2006-11-25

Dr. Hugh Ross has an updated treatment in his newer book "A Matter of Days." I haven't read that one yet, but that may be a place to go after this one.

This book is geared towards Christians who accept the authority of Scripture.

This one was a quick read, but it contained a good bit of information. The three best things found in this book supporting the author's point of view was 1) a biblical defense of "day" in Genesis 1 being longer than 24-hours 2) a theological defense of Old-Earth Creationism (for example: the revelation of nature doesn't lie) 3) a quick examination of some Young-Earth Creationist scientific evidences.

The best biblical evidence for the Old-Earth view was, I found the most valuable. Of these, those that struck me the most were:
1) The seventh day doesn't contain the "morning and evening" phrasing. Psalm 95 and Hebrews 4 relate God's rest to God's favor and peace with God. In other words, the Sabbath rest of the seventh day is ongoing and we should strive to enter that rest via belief in Jesus. If it is ongoing, we are currently living in the seventh day, and it is much longer than one 24-hour period.

2) When you parallel the sixth day account with the account in Genesis 2, that very much looks like longer than one 24-hour period. In the 6th day male and female are created in God's image. In Genesis 2, Adam is created. He names all the animals. He realizes he has no suitable partner. He is put into a deep sleep. God performs surgery on him and creates Eve. He wakes up and realizes Eve is great for him. I think that suggest a longer period of time than 24-hours.

3) Genesis 2:4 reads "These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens." So we have an instance where "day" at least means at least 6 24-hour periods.

Ross fails to legitimize progressive creationism.......2006-08-13

This book was Hugh Ross's first major effort to defend and legitimize his views on creation, often called progressive creation (PC), as being consistent with biblical orthodoxy. It was published by the once biblically sound publisher Navpress who has since lost all credibility as a trustworthy Christian publisher by continuing to publish works by Ross. This books main aim is to show how the biblical data is consistent with the standard evolutionary views on the order of events in earth history. Though Ross denies that this order proceeded entirely by natural process, especially in biology, he accepts all the evolutionary dates for the major appearances popularized in evolutionary circles. Many of the arguments that Ross uses in this book have been refuted by young earth creationists (YEC's) in books and articles responding to this book. However, Ross seems to have ignored these responses and repeats much of these same arguments today.

The critical reader will find that Ross has failed to demonstrate his position is a real biblical position. Unlike other genuine biblical debates like eschatology, baptism, election, etc. that is debated primarily with biblical arguments, this debate is a debate between one side that uses biblical arguments (YECs) and the other side that ultimately uses scientific arguments (PCs). Sure Ross uses many biblical arguments in this book and others. He knows he has to do this to give the appearance that his views are biblically based and consistent with Christian orthodoxy. Many cults use this same tactic. But like many cults, his main source for defending his position is extra-biblical. What he calls the 67th book of the Bible (pg 56), the `facts' of nature. These `facts' are really just the standard evolutionary order of events that everyone has heard before. It is important for Ross to convince people that science `proves' his position (p. 138). This is needed because he knows without the intimidation of science, very few people will every come to the conclusions he makes from scripture alone. It can be argued that this is Ross's must successful tactic in promoting his position. Instilling fear into non-scientifically trained Christian laypeople that a young earth position will drive people away from Christ (p 122) rather than convincing people with scripture that his position is consistent with the biblical data. Of course there are thousands of scientifically astute young earth creationists who prove otherwise, but Ross ignores them.

This really is the thrust of the so called `debate'. YEC's never make the claim that science proves their position. Sure they use science to support their view, but ultimately its biblical data that their case stands or falls on. PC's on the other hand use scientific data to 'prove' their position is correct. Though Ross will claim his position is consistent with a literal reading of Genesis (p. 143), its clear by arrogantly claiming science proves his position, no biblical arguments alone will ever persuade him. In fact, you will never hear a progressive creationist say that they became a progressive creationist because the biblical arguments compelled them to become one. In this book, Ross acknowledges he already accepted the big bang as a `fact' before he read Genesis (p 143). And its clear this was his primary hermeneutic for long creation days of millions and billions of years. What this does is exclude about 99% of the Christian community from the debate. Only people with earned PhD's in relevant disciples are capable of challenging his views. And when people who have those credentials disagree with him, he dismisses them because the majority of non-Christian secular scientists agree with Ross (p. 118). Of course any non-conservative Christian will never accept a young earth because only conservative Christianity can accommodate this position. This elitist attitude with regard to scripture is textbook cultism. Yes Ross shares many central Christian beliefs with regard to the deity of Christ, and other views, but his position is really an attack on the reliability of the Bible.

Ross also makes use of noted theologians who he claims agree with him. However, by checking out what many of these theologians really believe who will find that they disagree with Ross on many key areas, or make it clear that science is driving their biblical interpretation. For example, Ross often names Gleason Archer and Norman Geisler as supportive of his position. However, neither believe in a local flood like Ross does, and Archer has stated that a `superficial reading of Genesis without considering scientific data leads to 24 hour creation days'.

I encourage Christians to really checkout the claims that Ross makes in this book and others. Many resources are available that respond and refute what he has to say in this book. Too often we Christians are so eager to gain intellectual respectability in a non-believing world at the expense of the word of God. However, we would be much better off putting our trust in the One who knows everything rather than in fallen mankind with limited knowledge who in comparison knows nothing.

Proverbs 29:25 -- The fear of man lays a snare, but he who trusts in the LORD is safe.

Old Earth Creation.......2005-07-09

Evolution does not give all the answers. Paleontologist discovered many Species spanning different intervals of time. The intervals of time are too short to be explained by evolution. Species do not proliferate rather they reduce in numbers. The evidence of dinosaurs suggests a vast array of species.

The earth is old. There are hundreds of reliable scientific tools demonstrating the earth is old. The size and age of the cosmos and the gravitational motion that shapes and moves the universe suggest the earth is old. There are three evidences the earth is old: 1. Expansion of the universe. The cosmos is expanding outward from a starting point which is an infinitesimally small volume. The cosmos has been expanding for 15 billion years and based on the temperature and smoothness of the background radiation, we know the origin must have been very hot and extremely compact, at the time of the explosion. Entropy explains the observed affect of order moving to disorder. The second law of thermodynamics means a tendency for disorder to increase over time. Hydrogen is more ordered and less entropic than galaxies, stars, planets, and life essential elements.
2. Stellar burning. The brightness of the stars tells us how long the star has been burning. Stars convert hydrogen to helium. Based on this conversion process, Stars in our universe may have started forming 1.5 billion years ago. 3. The Abundance of radioactive material. Supernovas produced Uranium 238 and Thorium 232. We know the universe can not be older than a trillion years because Uranium and Thorium have half life of several billion years and these elements can still be found.

Star formation did not have to occur during genesis. 1987, the Large Magellanic cloud was discovered, a Supernova, whose light took 80,000 years to reach earth. This supernova outshined 10 billion other stars. Dr. Hugh says, "It's fear that runs deeper and wider then the specific case of creation time scales. Nature may tell us something-if not long ages for the cosmos and life, something else - that inescapably disagrees with God has said in his word. Then where will the Christian faith be?" Then quoting 2 Timothy 1:7 says, "God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and a sound mind" What are the evidences of nature: 1. fossils representing ancient creatures 2. coal, oil, gas the remains of previous generations of life 3. the earth's crust testifying of rock subjected to past pressures 4. Tree rings, ice layers, erosion of craters and mountains the result of ongoing natural processes.

The known facts: Fact 1: The universe is only billions of years old, not quadrillions or a near infinite number of years. Fact 2: The universe can be traced back to a single, ultimate origin of matter, energy, time, and space. Fact 3: The universe, our galaxy, and our solar system exhibit more than sixty characteristics that require exquisite fine-tuning for their existence, and also for the existence of life.

Where does God fit in? God comes in both before and at the moment of creation. God intervenes along the way, personally designing and crafting a particular galaxy, star, planet, moons, and a set of heavy elements in preparation for his creation of life on one planet, earth. If the universe contained more than 10 billion-trillion stars, nuclear fusion would proceed so efficiently that all of the stars would burn up too quickly and erratically to support a planet carrying life. Fewer than 10 billion trillion stars the stars would never fuse the heavier elements - carbon, nitrogen, oxygen that are essential for life chemistry.

Dr Huges estimates the creation of man at (10,000 - 35,000 years ago) evidence of a Spiritual creature who worshipped. Religious relics have been discovered dating back 8,000 to 24,000 years ago. The First spiritual creatures are in complete agreement with biblical dates. Prior species were intelligent mammals and not spiritual beings or in other words, human.

Bad Theology, Bad Science.......2005-06-22

I originally was a supporter of Ross' "Day-Age" Theory until reading Universe By Design by Dr. Danny Faulkner and learned of the "White Hole" cosmology coming from Dr. Russ Humphreys. Not only are there numerous problems with the "Big Bang" theory, Ross' theology ultimately negates Christianity's main point, salvation through Christ's death and resurrection. Ross' theology REQUIRES that animals live and die before man's sin, which the Bible states as the cause of death, decay, and suffering (I hope you can see where I'm going with this). Therefore, Ross' "God" is one who enjoys seeeing his creation suffer. In the description on this site, Ross is quoted as saying that God could've created through evolution, but whose to say that God couldn't have created us like he said?

Simply erroneous, though well-intended.......2004-07-29

This unfortunate book only succeeds in defending the 'science' theories of predominantly unsaved men while downgrading the Holy Bible in the process.

Beware whenever an author attempts to synthesize or integrate the Bible with anything else. You end up with a mixture of iron and clay that collapses under its own tottering weight.

Here the alloy of Genesis and astrophysic-geologic-genetic- evolutionic hypotheses does violence to both sides of the equation.

GENESIS vs. sciencism. They are not equivalent or alloyable.

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Well-told stories from the wilderness.......2006-01-20

This is Chris Czajkowski's third book, and is written a little differently than her first two. Those two were written in chronological order, telling of events taking place over a set amount of time. This one is a collection of stories that take place over a longer period of time and are in not necessarily in any particular order.

In case you've never read any of her Czajkowski's books before, she lives in the British Columbia wilderness, a 2-4 day walk from a road or civilization. She makes her living hosting visitors who come to experience the beautiful Coast Mountains. Some of the stories in this book are about that, but she also tells of repeated bear break-ins, some of the hair-raising adventures experienced out on the trail, her dogs (who serve as both companions and pack animals), tracking down an elusive wildflower, attempting to raise an orphaned baby squirrel, and of course the wild weather that sometimes whips through the area.

As always, Chris tells her stories expertly. She is a good writer, and the fact that this book is true makes it all the more interesting. Whether or not the wilderness life appeals to you, these stories entertaining to read.

wonderful intimate diary of life in the mountains.......2000-07-08

This book was billed as a "riveting adventure story" and a "heartfelt elegy to the true wilderness." While I wholeheartedly agree with the latter, the former is misleading. The author frequently mentions the romance of her chosen home and the book does focus on the notable events of her daily life. But if you're looking for one of those overblown life-or-death dramas, look elsewhere. She deals very realistically with the dangers inherent in her lifestyle. The brief but detailed descriptions of the world around her definitely can make you feel like you're right there. And the stories of events in her daily life, big and small, good and bad, can be riveting indeed but probably not to most.

The author obviously loves her life and her home. There is real beauty in the simple and honest portrayal of life in a remote area. If you've spent any time living near true wilderness, reading this book feels like sitting down in a cozy cabin with a stranger suddenly become friend and trading stories over a cup of tea. In short, I couldn't put it down.

Love buying my books online but browsing bookstores still can bring wonderful books to your attention. So thanks to the Paulina Book Company in Sisters, Oregon, for having this author's books and other carefully selected gems collected in one place. Her "Diary of a Wilderness Dweller" looks to be just as good and I'm hoping Amazon can track down her out of print titles. Highly recommend this author to anyone that likes quality books of this genre.

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