The Whisper on the Night Wind: The True History of a Wilderness Legend

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Product Description Spellbinding adventure from Canada's most beloved modern-day explorer. Traverspine is not a place you will find on most maps. A century ago, it stood near the foothills of the remote Mealy Mountains in central Labrador. Today it is an abandoned ghost town, almost all trace of it swallowed up by dark spruce woods that cloak millions of acres. In the early 1900s, this isolated little settlement was the scene of an extraordinary haunting by large creatures none could identify. Strange tracks were found in the woods. Unearthly cries were heard in the night. Sled dogs went missing. Children reported being stalked by a terrifying grinning animal. Families slept with cabin doors barred and axes and guns at their bedsides. Tales of things that "go bump in the night" are part of the folklore of the wilderness, told and retold around countless campfires down through the ages. Most seldom seem very tangible. Sasquatch, windigos, and other legends are easily dismissed by skeptics. But what happened at Traverspine a hundred years ago was different. The eye-witness accounts were detailed, and those who reported them included no less than three medical doctors and a wildlife biologist. Something really did emerge from the wilderness to haunt the little settlement of Traverspine. Adam Shoalts, decorated modern day explorer and an expert on wilderness folklore, picks up the trail from a century ago and sets off into the Labrador wild to investigate the tale. It is a spine-tingling adventure, straight from a land steeped in legends and lore, where Vikings wandered a thousand years ago and wolves and bears still roam free. In delving into the dark corners of Canada's wild, The Whisper on the Night Wind combines folklore, history, and adventure into a fascinating saga of exploration. Review PRAISE FOR ADAM SHOALTS   “One of Canada’s greatest modern explorers.” CBC   “Adam Shoalts is Canada’s Indiana Jones—portaging in the north, dodging scary rapids, plunging into darkness, and surviving to tell the tale.” TORONTO STAR   “Adam Shoalts is one heck of a paddler.” POSTMEDIA   “Explorer Adam Shoalts’s monumental 4,000-kilometre journey . . . calls to mind the likes of Vilhjalmur Stefansson and Joseph Tyrrell.” CANADIAN GEOGRAPHIC “Move over Jacques Cartier, Christopher Columbus, and Sir Francis Drake—Adam Shoalts is this century’s explorer.” HAMILTON SPECTATOR “Adam Shoalts . . . [has] finished an incredible journey through Canada’s Arctic.” GLOBAL NEWS   “Shoalts is a skilled woodsman and naturalist, able to survive the northern wilds with rudimentary equipment.”  CANOE AND KAYAK MAGAZINE     PRAISE FOR BEYOND THE TREES   “Beyond the Trees is a remarkable tale—and a staggering feat… It’s mesmerizing to be guided through Canada’s wilderness through Shoalts’ eyes…Shoalts also wields a wicked wit.” ATLANTIC BOOKS TODAY “[ Beyond the Trees] might just soothe your need for adventure . . . wonder-filled . . . [a] beautiful book.” BUZZFEED   “A wild adventure . . . riveting.” MONTREAL GAZETTE   “Adam Shoalts does what most of us would never dare to do… Beyond the Trees is a very readable homage to the wilds of the Canadian North.” RICHMOND NEWS “[A] rousing adventure story . . .” CANADA.COM “Adam has a magic way of writing and making you feel like you are hiking through the wilderness with him.” BOOKS WITH COOKE “ . . . the adventure of a lifetime [told] in thrilling detail.” TVO   “[Shoalts] brings us along on his solo journey across the Arctic, infused with the wonder of seeing this majestic land and the urgency of making it back before winter sets in.” TORONTO STAR “His journey took him…across the terrestrial world’s largest expanse of wilderness outside Antarctica…[an] engaging, hazard-strewn account.” NATURE “If you love an outdoor adventure, Beyond the Trees is for you.” KAMLOOPS MATTERS     PRAISE FOR A HISTORY OF CANADA IN TEN MAPS   “It’s an epic journey . . . Shoalts has do