Full name: Last Places: A Journey in the North

Author: Lawrence Millman Year: 1990 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Travel Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Barns&Noble Amazon LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780618082483 0618082484

A classic of northern exploration and adventure, LAST PLACES is Lawrence Millman's marvelously told account of his journey along the ancient Viking sea routes that extend from Norway to Newfoundland. Traveling through landscapes of transcendent desolation, Millman wandered by way of the Shetland Islands, the Faeroes, Iceland, Greenland, and Labrador. His way was marked by surprising human encounters--with a convicted murderer in Reykjavik, an Inuit hermit in Greenland, an Icelandic guide who leads him to a place called Hell, and a Newfoundlander who warns him about the local variant of the Abominable Snowman. By turns earthy and lyrical, LAST PLACES is an ebullient celebration of the exotic North. Similar books: Frost on my Moustache by Tim Moore The Rough Guide to First-Time Around the World by Doug Lansky Along the Edge of America by Peter Jenkins Bad Trips by Keath Fraser Vagabonding by Rolf Potts Equator by Thurston Clarke Around the World in 80 Days by Michael Palin Thrilling Cities by Ian Fleming Full Circle by Michael Palin Pole To Pole by Michael Palin A Woman's Passion for Travel by Marybeth Bond To the Ends of the Earth by Paul Theroux The Tao of Travel by Paul Theroux The Size of the World by Jeff Greenwald Falling Off the Map by Pico Iyer Reckless Traveler by Walter Rhein The Royal Road to Romance by Richard Halliburton How to Live In a Car, Van, or RV by Bob Wells Travels With Myself by Tahir Shah Weird California by Greg Bishop