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| Genre/Form: | Local author Autobiography Oregon authors Autobiographies Biographies Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Cheryl Strayed; Cheryl Strayed; Cheryl Strayed |
| Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Cheryl Strayed |
| ISBN: | 9780307592736 0307592731 0307592731 9780307476074 0307476073 9781782390626 1782390626 9780857897770 0857897772 9780857897756 0857897756 |
| OCLC Number: | 745979737 |
| Awards: | Midwest Booksellers' Choice Award, 2012. Discover Great New Writers, 2012. Indies Choice Book Awards, 2013. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award, 2013. |
| Description: | 315 pages : map ; 25 cm |
| Contents: | Part 1: The ten thousand things. The ten thousand things ; Splitting ; Hunching in a remotely upright position -- Part 2: Tracks. The Pacific Crest Trail, volume I : California ; Tracks ; A bull in both directions ; The only girl in the woods -- Part 3: Range of light. Corvidology ; Staying found ; Range of light -- Part 4: Wild. The Lou out of Lou ; This far ; The accumulation of trees ; Wild -- Part 5: Box of rain. Box of rain ; Mazama ; Into a primal gear ; Queen of the PCT ; The dream of a common language -- Books burned on the PCT. |
| Series Title: | Oprah's book club. |
| Responsibility: | Cheryl Strayed. |
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Abstract:
'One of the best books I've read in the last five or ten years... Wild is angry, brave, sad, self-knowing, redemptive, raw, compelling, and brilliantly written, and I think it's destined to be loved by a lot of people, men and women, for a very long time.' Nick Hornby
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Strayed's language is so vivid, sharp and compelling that you feel the heat of the desert, the frigid ice of the High Sierra and the breathtaking power of one remarkable woman finding her way - and herself - one brave step at a time. * People * A deeply honest memoir about mother and daughter, solitude and courage, and regaining footing, one step at a time * Vogue * A spectacular book... Both a literary and a human triumph * New York Times * Clear, honest, and quietly riveting * Marie Claire * Read more...
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- Strayed, Cheryl, -- 1968- -- Travel -- Pacific Crest Trail.
- Authors, American -- 21st century -- Biography.
- Hiking -- Pacific Crest Trail.
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- Pacific Crest Trail -- Description and travel.
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