I'm very pleased to announce that High Summer, the story of my walk the length of the Canadian Rockies in 1988, will be published in a new updated edition through Andrew Terrill's independent publishing imprint, the Enchanted Rock Press, on November 1st.
Rereading the book for the first time in many, many years for this edition reminded me how different it was to undertake such a walk in the days before GPS, the Internet, smartphones, and satellite communicators. I really was out of touch for days and weeks at a time. Some of the stories in the book made me feel nervous! I've written a new introduction about what a different world it was then and put in some footnotes to clarify or explain things that might be puzzling but left the story as originally written.
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| On Kiwetinok Pass, Yoho National Park, July 2, 1988 |
High Summer was first published in 1989, in an edition long out of print. Back then all photography was on film and I took over 3000 colour slides during the walk. Just 21 appeared in that first edition. For the new edition there are 98 black and white photos in the paperback and 105 colour photos in the ebook, most of them never published before. One of my main tasks for the new book has been selecting and scanning slides, work that took time but which was very enjoyable. Even so it made me grateful for digital photography!
Working with Andrew Terrill has been a delight. His enthusiasm for my work is infectious and the magic he works on my old slides is astonishing. The new book is his design and I think it looks much better than the original one. Andrew has also redrawn the maps and made them far more attractive and informative. I never thought I would see the book in print again and I am very grateful to Andrew for republishing it and putting in so much work to make it look as good as possible.
High Summer will be available on Amazon from November 1st, 2024 as a paperback and an ebook, and from other online book retailers shortly after.
Ebook pre-orders can now be made on Amazon.
For UK readers HERE
US readers HERE
Canadian readers HERE
It's a real pleasure to see this back in print, and the decision to keep the original text untouched is undoubtedly the right one. I can only echo your comments on the way Andrew brings such enthusiasm to athe project, but he also consults widely on things like cover design. The release date also couldn't be much better with Christmas approaching.
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