What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
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SOLVED. Children/YA wilderness adventure, survival. 2 boys crash in Canadian wilderness on a lake and survive by fishing, trapping fish, and hiking out. [s]
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When I read about Hatchet, it seems like it duplicated this much earlier work.
That's what made me think of it. I looked at the date you mentioned and thought the same.
It wasn't high count adventure from what I can read about it.
"Far North" by Will Hobbs?"Those insatiable fans of Hatchet are the likeliest audience for this winter survival tale, which weds its adventure-seeking thrills to education about Dene Indian culture. Fifteen-year-old Gabe, a Texan, enrolls in a boarding school in Canada's Northwest Territories to be near his father, whose love of the wilderness has become infectious. But Gabe gets more than he bargained for when an airplane accident leaves him and his roommate Raymond, a Dene, stranded near the fierce Nahanni River at the start of a long winter. Guided by their fellow survivor Johnny Raven, a Dene elder, Gabe and Raymond learn to hunt beavers, trap rabbits and make snowshoes and mittens from animal hide. More significantly, they learn respect for ancient Dene beliefs. When Raven dies of the cold, the two boys must struggle out of Deadmen Valley on their own. Predictably sentimental, Hobbs's (Beardance) fast-moving tale nonetheless delivers breathless action and an inspiring sense of Canada's vast landscape."
http://www.amazon.com/Far-North-Will-...
Eric Wilson appears too late to be the author.
And thank you Laina, Adele, and Laura!
Far North was written in 1996 so at least 22 years after the story was partially read to me and my class. But thank you
Northland Castaways by Burton L. Spiller?What happens to two American boys stranded in the Canadian North Woods, without any shelter, food, matches, compass, or maps, and with Scout knives as their only equipment? Can they hope to be sighted by any plane searching for two small figures in the vast area of lonely lakes and forests? Can the boys survive until rescuers find them? Or can they make their way through a hundred miles or more of untamed wilderness, back to civilization?
This is the great adventure that comes to fourteen-year-old Ronald Carson and his cousin Dick, who is a year younger. The boys are flying up from the States to spend the summer with Ronald's father, an engineer at a mining camp in the northern wilds of the province of Quebec. Their amphibian plane is forced down by motor trouble on a small lake in desolate country. The pilot repairs the engine and takes the plane aloft to test it, only to crash into the lake. Alone on the lake shore, with night only a few hours away, the boys are faced with the stark realization that only by their own resourcefulness can they keep themselves alive now. They try, awkwardly at first, to put their book-learned woodcraft to this survival test. Their experiences, as they struggle against great odds and all forces of nature, make an absorbing story, full of suspense and interest.
The Bulletin of the National Association of Secondary School Principals, 1958
Thank you!Ayshe,
I cannot thank you enough. It is the book I am looking for. I have wanted to finish reading this book for over 45 years!!! I am amazed that you found it!!!
how did you do it? Had you read it? Bill
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Ayshe, I can not thank you enough!!!! I have spent days trying to find this book? How did you do it?
You are a phenomenal!!! Bill
It's great that it was the one! No, I haven't read it, it was just luck: Google Books search for plane crash Canadian "two boys", limiting the years range to 1950-1980 brought it up.
What's the Name of That Book???
Books mentioned in this topic
Northland Castaways (other topics)High Country Adventure (other topics)
Hatchet (other topics)
Authors mentioned in this topic
Burton L. Spiller (other topics)Eric Wilson (other topics)
Towards the end of the book they start hiking out and fly fish along the way.