The Boy from Gorge River
The Boy from Gorge River

Author: Chris Long

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2022-04-01

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1775492087

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**The number-one bestseller** The story of how an extraordinary childhood shaped an extraordinary life On the West Coast of the South Island, past deep fiords and snow-capped mountains, Chris Long grew up two days' hike from the nearest road. He was born into the country's most isolated family, his parents committed to freedom from capitalist society and connection to the natural world. In this inspiring memoir, Chris describes a childhood with nature on his doorstep - helping his father catch crayfish and his mother grow vegetables, playing with toys crafted from driftwood and jade, and learning to live in the wild - until, in his teenage years, he began to wonder: could he survive in the wider world? By the son of the authors of A Life on Gorge River and A Wife on Gorge River, The Boy from Gorge River is an enthralling account of chasing adventure while forever staying true to where you come from.

A Life On Gorge River
A Life On Gorge River

Author: Robert Long

Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited

Published: 2010-05-01

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 1869791487

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The fascinating life of the most remote family in New Zealand. Robert Long and his family - wife Catherine, and children Christan (17) and Robin (14) - live in complete isolation, in a hut two days' walk south of Haast in South Westland. Robert has lived there for nearly 30 years; Catherine for 20 and the kids all their lives. Their only contact with the outside world is a helicopter or plane once a month, and two trips a year to the 'outside world'. This is the story of how and why Robert - known locally as 'Beansprout' - came to live at Gorge River, and the family's experiences there over the years, living self-sufficiently and forging close bonds with the natural environment. It is an inspiring tale of one man's decision to 'drop out' of capitalist society and successfully establish a lifestyle most New Zealanders can't even imagine, harking back to the days of the earliest pioneers.

A Wife On Gorge River
A Wife On Gorge River

Author: Catherine Stewart

Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited

Published: 2012-09-07

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 1869799240

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Life with New Zealand's remotest family in a follow-on from the bestselling A Life on Gorge River by Robert Long. In 2010, New Zealand met its remotest family, through the writing of Robert Long — aka Beansprout — and we were intrigued. Now Beansprout's wife, Catherine Stewart, tells her story, and answers many of our questions. Why did she decide to join him on the wild West Coast, two days' walk from the nearest road? Why and how did they raise their family there? Was it terrifying to be so far from medical help? How did she home-school the children? How have they all fared now the kids are young adults, forging their own way in the world? And what lessons are there for the rest of us from her experiences raising her family in such splendid isolation? In this entertaining bestseller, and with dry humour and fascinating insights, Catherine paints a vivid picture of her life at Gorge River and beyond.

Downriver
Downriver

Author: Will Hobbs

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-07-10

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 1442445475

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Fifteen-year-old Jessie and the other rebellious teenage members of a wilderness survival school team abandon their adult leader, hijack his boats, and try to run the dangerous white water at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.

West Virginia Waterfalls: The New River Gorge
West Virginia Waterfalls: The New River Gorge

Author: Ed Rehbein

Publisher: Headline Books

Published: 2010-10

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 9780929915791

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More than 100 waterfalls grace the cliffs and canyons of the New River Gorge and its tributaries. This book invites you to savor this untapped wealth of beauty in two enjoyable ways by viewing photographs of these waterfalls and by experiencing them for yourself. Photographers, hikers, and nature lovers Ed Rehbein and Randy Sanger have photographed some of the most beautiful places in the New River Gorge, plus provided maps and information on how to visit each waterfall yourself. The pull-out hiking guide will keep you on the path to your own Appalachian adventures!

Between the Rivers
Between the Rivers

Author: Harry Turtledove

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2007-04-01

Total Pages: 415

ISBN-13: 1429914963

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At the sun-drenched dawn of human history, in the great plain between the two great rivers, are the cities of men. And each city is ruled by its god. But the god of the city of Gibil is lazy and has let the men of his city develop the habit of thinking for themselves. Now the men of Gibil have begun to devise arithmetic, and commerce, and are sending expeditions to trade with other lands. They're starting to think that perhaps men needn't always be subject to the whims of gods. This has the other god worried. And well they might be...because human cleverness, once awakened, isn't likely to be easily squelched.

Seven Lives on Salt River
Seven Lives on Salt River

Author: Dick Scott

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages:

ISBN-13:

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Around the north-east of the Kaipara Harbour the author encounters the remarkable histories of seven families who had been in close contact with Ngati Whatua during the early days of European settlement. One of the histories is of the first New Zealand-born Prime Minister, Gordon Coates.

River in Ruin
River in Ruin

Author: Ray A. March

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 2012-04-01

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 0803238347

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Traces the misuse of the Carmel River, detailing the increasing demand for water that has lead to multiple dams and that has left the river as one of the top ten endangered rivers in North America.

The End of the Dream
The End of the Dream

Author: Philip Wylie

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2015-05-29

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 0575133899

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Wylie's final novel, published posthumously, focuses on man's destruction of the world through his unheeding and willful poisoning of the atmosphere, the land, the seas and rivers, and finally the human race itself.