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Running With Reindeer: Encounters in Russian Lapland Took Roger Very Good Book

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Condition
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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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“Preowned book in good condition please see all photos. No noticable condition issues.”
ISBN
9780719557361
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN-10
0719557364
ISBN-13
9780719557361
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30422348

Product Key Features

Book Title
Running with Reindeer : Encounters in Russian Lapland
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Essays & Travelogues
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel
Author
Roger Took
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.6 in
Item Weight
27.4 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.5 in

Additional Product Features

LCCN
2003-464825
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
'A useful social document of a potentially beautiful existence dominated unfortunately by the ubiquitous mosquito', 'Roger Took has style, and his elegantly written and sometimes nicely self-depracating prose makes his book quite exceptional in recent travel writing on Russia', 'Pure adventure ... A fascinating and convincing picture of one of the most inhospitable and inaccessible corners of the world', 'An absorbing and almost encyclopaedic account of northern travels ... Out of Roger Took's story emerges the beauty of the land, the well-observed character and comedy of the people, the smells of food and smoky tents', 'One of those rare, remarkable books that leave the reader with a vivid sense of a part of world he is unlikely to visit... Took's curiosity and gently self-depreciating style make him the perfect guide to this fascinating land', 'Gripping ... Full of information about historical sideshows, the book also charts the changes that have taken place in the last decade. It presents a picture of an utterly unfamiliar corner of the last Russian empire - remote, troubled and run-down', 'On the whole, like most visitors to Russia, Roger Took finds warmth, humour and generosity. He gives a readable, entertaining account of his experiences in a region that remains, despite salmon, apatite and the Northern Fleet, one of the uttermost parts of the earth', 'What a superb Reindeer book! It's now tempting me to read not only at bed-time, when reading for fun is allowed, but at intervals during the day when I should be writing.', 'Enthralling - as we ride with Roger, wrapped in deerskins, though a frosty forest, on a reindeer sledge'
Dewey Decimal
914.7/13/0486
Synopsis
Shortlisted for the 2004 Thomas Cook Travel Book Award - Roger Took's extraordinary tales of living in the Murmansk region of north-western Russia after the collapse of Communism, Russian Lapland is rarely heard of today but after World War I it was briefly at the centre of the ideological divide. What the Bolsheviks brought to Russia's north-western corner - forced collectivization, land clearances, slave labour and the suppression of the indigenous Lapps (Sami) - was so ruthless that in the end, even in Russia the region's name could not be spoken without embarrassment. It was renamed Murmansk region, and now is usually called the Kola Peninsula. After the collapse of Communism, Roger Took spent much of the next decade living there, perhaps the first foreigner to do so since 1920. Here, he describes not only the Soviet mining towns and the great Arctic port of Murmansk - home to the nuclear Northern Fleet - but also the lost areas, long closed to Russians and foreigners alike. Travelling across tundra and taiga, through wetlands and forests, and in all seasons, he finds a pristine wilderness full of wildlife and rivers teeming with fish. He follows the lives of Sami families struggling to retain their traditions of herding and hunting; of pioneer villagers descended from medieval Novgorod fur-traders and now coping with the new economy; and of men and women originally forced north to mine Russian Lapland's fabulous mineral wealth but now unemployed and stranded. And as nuclear submarines rot and old industries crumble, he observes how new Russian biznes is creating wealth in its own way.;The result is a series of encounters, some emotionally disturbing but historically rich, some comical but physically dangerous, others absurd but endearing. Moving between the lines of the official histories, coping with arduous Arctic conditions, avoiding the still-vigilant security services, Roger Took presents a vivid account of a unique part of Europe.
LC Classification Number
DK500

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