The Dangerous River: Adventure on the Nahanni

by R. M. Patterson

Overview

Written with R. M. Patterson’s characteristic sharp wit and observation, this classic tale chronicles the year he spent battling frigid temperatures and wild waters along the Nahanni River in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Patterson originally travelled to the North with hopes of finding gold, and clues to the mysterious disappearance of earlier prospectors. Instead, he fell in love with the landscape, and through his meticulously recorded journals and hauntingly beautiful photographs he introduced the now-famous Nahanni River to the world. Patterson’s bestselling first book is now back in print and ready to take readers down the treacherous and challenging waters of the Nahanni River once again.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781926971360
Publisher:	TouchWood Editions
Publication date:	07/06/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	564,325
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

R.M. Patterson (1898-1984) moved to Canada when he realized that working in a London bank would never bring him happiness. He spent the remaining years of his life pursuing adventure in the Canadian West and was a delightfully evocative writer and an intrepid explorer. Authoring a total of five books about his excursions into the Canadian wilderness and his life on a southern Alberta ranch, Raymond Murray Patterson earned himself legions of fans and made Canada's wilderness famous. TouchWood Editions is proud to be keeping his works in print.

Table of Contents

Maps viii

Foreword to Canadian Edition, 1966 xii

Foreword to Original Edition, 1953 xv

Chapter 1 The Legend 1

Chapter 2 South Nahanni River 21

Chapter 3 The Trail South 81

Chapter 4 Deadmen's Valley 111

Chapter 5 Fall of the Leaf 157

Chapter 6 Winter Trails 205

Chapter 7 Awakening of the River 265

Afterword 287

Epilogue Janet (Patterson) Blanchet 288

Appendix 290

Biographical Notes 291

Endnotes 293

Glossary 295

Index 298