The Incredible Journey
de Sheila Burnford
- Usado
- Tapa blanda
- Estado
- used - good/none - paperback
- Librería
-
Oakville, Ontario, Canada
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Sobre este artículo
This book has been read, some wear to covers, previous owner has marked the front cover and first inner page. No other markings inner pages, spine intact, some creases.
"Instinct told them that the way home lay to the west. And so the doughty young Labrador retriever, the roguish bull terrier and the indomitable Siamese set out through the Canadian wilderness. Separately, they would soon have died. But, together, the three house pets faced starvation, exposure, and wild forest animals to make their way home to the family they love. The Incredible Journey is one of the great children's stories of all time—and has been popular ever since its debut in 1961." Good Reads
"Sheila Philip Cochrane Burnford, née Every, (11 May 1918 – 20 April 1984) was an English novelist. Born in Scotland but brought up in various parts of the United Kingdom, she attended St. George's School, Edinburgh and Harrogate Ladies College. In 1941 she married Doctor David Burnford, with whom she had three children. During World War II she worked as a volunteer ambulance driver. In 1951 she emigrated to Canada, settling in Port Arthur, Ontario. Burnford is best remembered for The Incredible Journey, a story about three animals traveling in the wilderness (1961), the first of a number of books she wrote on Canadian topics. The book was a modest success in 1961 but became a bestseller after it formed the basis of a successful Disney film. Although The Incredible Journey is marketed as a children's book, and in fact won the 1961 Canadian Children's Book of the Year award, Mrs Burnford has stated that it was not intended as a children's book. She also wrote One Woman's Arctic (1973) about her two summers in Pond Inlet, Nunavut on Baffin Island. She traveled by komatik, a traditional Inuit dog sled, assisted in archaeological excavation, having to thaw the land inch by inch, ate everything offered to her, and saw the migration of the narwhals. This is a world that has experienced unlimited change, but Burnford saw the best and worst of Pond Inlet at a time gone forever. She died of cancer in the village of Bucklers Hard in Hampshire at the age of 65. " Good Reads
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El Nov 28 2011, WarriorNY dijo:
The Incredible Journey really is an incredible book. It is a simple story but Sheila Burnford conveys so much beauty into a mere 145 pages. The friendship of Luath, Bodger and Tao and their amazing trek to return home will touch your heart.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Ohkwaho Books and Fine Art (CA)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 189-2023
- Título
- The Incredible Journey
- Autor
- Sheila Burnford
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Softcover
- Estado del libro
- used - good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- none - paperback
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- Editorial
- Bantam Books
- Fecha de publicación
- 1962
- Páginas
- 145
- Tamaño
- 17.5 x 11.7 cm
- Peso
- 0.66 libras
- Palabras clave
- Fiction, Animals
Términos de venta
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Oakville, Ontario
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