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"Not to be missed" -- Kirkus Reviews One hundred years ago a young man named Jan Welzl left his home in Europe and headed for the Far North. He rode off in a horse-drawn cart, traded the cart for a sled pulled by reindeer, and was gone for thirty years. Like Robinson Crusoe, he turned adversity into adventure and the wilderness into a dream, where anything could happen and anyone could be a hero. In this reissue of one of his earlier works, award-winning author/artist Peter Sís explores the life of Czech folk hero Jan Welzl and re-creates his extraordinary Arctic odyssey. Mixing fact with legend, he paints the fascinating story of a little-known explorer and the native people who became his teachers and his friends. With maps, storyboards, panoramas, and even a myth told in pictographs, Peter Sís has concocted a visual feast.
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A Small Tall Tale From The Far Far North, Peter Sís
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- Released
- 2001
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Peter Sís
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
- Released
- 2001
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 40
- ISBN10
- 0374467250
- ISBN13
- 9780374467258
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Children's Books, True Stories, Biographies, Adventure, Czech Literature, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Juvenile Nonfiction, Stories, Culture and Society, Popular science publications, History for children and youth, 19th-20th Century, Eskimos, Inuit
- First published
- 1993
- Original title
- A Small Tall Tale from the Far Far North
- Rating
- 3.9 out of 5
- Description
- "Not to be missed" -- Kirkus Reviews One hundred years ago a young man named Jan Welzl left his home in Europe and headed for the Far North. He rode off in a horse-drawn cart, traded the cart for a sled pulled by reindeer, and was gone for thirty years. Like Robinson Crusoe, he turned adversity into adventure and the wilderness into a dream, where anything could happen and anyone could be a hero. In this reissue of one of his earlier works, award-winning author/artist Peter Sís explores the life of Czech folk hero Jan Welzl and re-creates his extraordinary Arctic odyssey. Mixing fact with legend, he paints the fascinating story of a little-known explorer and the native people who became his teachers and his friends. With maps, storyboards, panoramas, and even a myth told in pictographs, Peter Sís has concocted a visual feast.