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Michael Friis Johansen - Boy Who Walked, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

Boy Who Walked

The Death of Burton Winters & the Politics of Search & Rescue

Av Michael Friis Johansen

269 kr

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Beskrivning
In January 2012, 14-year old Burton Winters froze to death after his snowmobile broke down on the ice just outside his home in Makkovik, Labrador. While his death was tragic on its own, grief turned to outrage as details emerged about his struggle for survival and how the search for Winters was handled by government agencies. Revelations include the fact that he had walked for 19 kilometres over rocky ice before lying down to die, and that rescue crews waited three days before finally searching for the boy. In this book, Michael Johansen tells the story of Burton Winters life, explores how he died, and why there is a rising chorus demanding changes to Canada's search and rescue procedures.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2013-01-01
  • Mått: 140 x 206 x undefined mm
  • Vikt: 246 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 206
  • Förlag: Boulder Books
  • ISBN: 9781927099247
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Michael Johansen's book, "The Boy Who Walked," is a tract for our times, evidenced by the subtitle, "The Death of Burton Winters and the Politics of Search and Rescue." His is a descriptive treatment of the almost unthinkable tragedy. My good friend and fellow author, Benjamin W. Powell Sr., originally of Carbonear, Newfoundland, but now the patriarch of Charlottetown, Labrador, often said to me, "A good writer takes his readers on a journey." If this is true, then Johansen is a writer par excellence. He sets out to investigate what went wrong leading to Burtons death. -- Burton K Janes, The Compass, Sept 29, 2017

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