Hap Wilson
Autor(a) de The cabin: a search for personal sanctuary
About the Author
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Obras por Hap Wilson
Missinaibi: Journey to the Northern Sky: From Lake Superior to James Bay by Canoe (1994) 10 exemplares
Wilderness Rivers of Manitoba: Journey by Canoe Through the Land Where the Spirit Lives (1998) 6 exemplares
Temagami Canoe Routes 1 exemplar
Trails & Tribulations 1 exemplar
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
Membros
Críticas
Estatísticas
- Obras
- 14
- Membros
- 82
- Popularidade
- #220,761
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Críticas
- 1
- ISBN
- 23
I have mixed feelings about the book. In the first place, Wilson is an excellent writer with a better-than-average vocabulary. He knows just how to hook you at the beginning of the chapter and to keep you enthralled to the end. I read this rather short book one chapter at a time to savour his craft. I also loved how his descriptive skills put me right back into the park where I have paddled in the past.
That said, it was frustrating to endure his attitude at times. The hyperbole in describing how difficult the country is was overwhelming. I’ve paddled much of the park, and have found it difficult but not unendurable. Aside from that, the most frustrating thing was Hap’s sense of entitlement. In one chapter, he describes his anger at the government who burned down his illegally constructed cabin—while he, as a park ranger, burns down the structures of other squatters.
This issue came to a point for me when I read his comments on organized religion:
"I had lost faith in organized religion because of the hypocrisy of its flock and the audacity of its tenets in the face of Nature."
One could lose faith in the environmental movement for the same reason.… (mais)