A Small Tall Tale from the Far Far North - 9780374370756
Un libro in lingua di Peter Sis edito da Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2001
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"Sis casts a spell of enchantment . . . Jan Welzl never had a better friend." -- The Washington Post Book World
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.
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.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: A Small Tall Tale from the Far Far North
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Peter Sis
- Editore: Farrar Straus & Giroux
- Collana: Farrar Straus & Giroux (School And Library)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 23 Gennaio '01
- Genere: JUVENILE FICTION
- Argomenti : Survival Fiction Eskimos Fiction
- Dimensioni mm: 247 x 266 x 12
- ISBN-10: 0374370753
- EAN-13: 9780374370756