Walk 1500 miles through Finland. From the islands of the Baltic to the Arctic coast, this work of travel literature looks at the Finnish people through their connection to the natural world.
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Jim O Donnell writes from the mountains of northern New Mexico where he led the campaign to pass the Valle Vidal Protection Act of 2005. An expert in natural resource planning, Jim has developed watershed restoration partnerships between communities and land management agencies. An author, gardener and archaeologist, Jim holds a Master s Degree in Community and Regional planning and is certified in Permaculture Design. He is a principal in Collaborative Green, a sustainability consulting firm. His written work has appeared in Hyenas Laughed at Me and Now I Know Why, Catch 2, Wild, Suomen Luonto and Conceptions Southwest.
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Not your National Geographic Magazine point of view,
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This review is from: Notes for the Aurora Society (Paperback)
I finshed reading O'Donnell's book two days before the latest NatGeo arrived with an uplifting view of Finland's national park system, a sharp contrast with O'Donnell's walked-the-walk observations. I got much more out of "Notes for the Aurora Society" than from the magazine.
Jim O'Donnell invites you into his hiking boots. You feel what he feels and see what he sees. His description of his journey will either make you want to follow in his footsteps (or perhaps blaze a similar trail elsewhere), or it will kill any interest you may have in spending any time in Finland. What this book will not do is leave you indifferent. My only negative criticism is of the nitpicking variety. The manuscript would have been well served by the services of a professional copyeditor/proofreader to weed out the typos and misspellings that even the most careful writer overlooks.
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Time very well spent,
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This review is from: Notes for the Aurora Society (Paperback)
I always judge books by two criteria. Did I enjoy reading it? and Was I enriched with the information I learned? For Jim O'Donnell's "Notes for the Aurora Society", both answers are most certainly YES!!!! The author gives us a rather frank, but enjoyable and readable, account of an incredible trip of human experience....An American on foot across Finland ...it covers a diverse range of topics including geography, ethnology, ethnography, environmentalism, agriculture, architecture, conservationism, ornithology, biology, sociology, history, politics, and more through observations, interviews, and interactions...In the style of Bill Bryson but with added elements.. The key to good writing is bringing the reader along for the journey... O'Donnell does this very well...Congrats
This book is a wonderful pleasure read, academic course supplement, book club choice, or gift. Highly recommended !!!!
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Finland's forests by foot...,
This review is from: Notes for the Aurora Society (Paperback)
It is no small feat of physical fortitude for Jim O'Donnell to have crossed Finland on foot, but to have kept his sense of humor so sharp, and his observations on nature and the Finnish culture so keen and well-researched, is amazing. This story draws you into an epic jaunt through not only the fens, fells, lakes, rivers and forests of Finland, but the state of mind of the Finnish people as the author encounters travelers from all walks of life along roads and trails of this journey. O'Donnell manages to weave history, language, and environmental science into a personal exploration of the human experience in the extreme and almost mythic northern landscape of Finland. Take a long walk and a sauna with Jim O'Donnell for a unique look at modern Finland.
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