Last Flight Out - Hardcover

White, Randy Wayne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1585743836 ISBN 13: 9781585743834

Publisher: UNKNO, 2002

Synopsis

The author of Batfishing in the Rainforest takes readers on a breathtaking tour of his favorite travel spots, diving into a lake called the Bad Blue Hole and searching for orangutans in Borneo, among other adventures.

About this title

About the Author

Randy Wayne White, a former fly-fishing guide whose "Out There" column ran for many years in Outside magazine, currently writes a monthly column for Men's Health magazine. Among the many books he's written are The Sharks of Lake Nicaragua, Batfishing in the Rainforest, Last Flight Out, and the "Doc Ford" mystery series. His novel Sanibel Flats was chosen as one of the 100 Best Mysteries of the 20th Century by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. White is the winner of the Conch Republic Prize for Literature and the John D. MacDonald Award for Excellence in Florida Fiction. He also served on the Florida Judicial Nominating Commission for four years, and currently serves on the Florida Bar Association Grievance Committee. He lives on Pine Island, on Florida's southwest coast.

From the Back Cover

Whether he's looking for wild orangutans on Borneo or diving off the coast of South Africa, Randy Wayne White is one of America's most adventurous travelers. Now Randy's back in Last Flight Out, a brand-new collection of essays keeping us up to date on his latest excursions.Randy White is a "mover" and has no time for people who can't keep up. Join him as he dives in the infamous lake called the Bad Blue Hole on the desolate Cat Island in the Bahamas. Search for the perfect hot pepper in Colombia, and closer to home, go raccoon hunting in Pioneer, Ohio, where the hunted almost always outsmart the hunters. Get in the ring with Shine Forbes, an eighty-year-old fighter in prime condition and Ernest Hemingway's former sparring partner, and go on a secret mission to steal back General Manuel Noriega's bar stools. Though he rarely finds what he's looking for - such as the half-human, half-alligator creature known as "Gatorman" - he cultivates his unique ability to revel in the unique and comical situations of each exotic trip.From a jungle survival school in Panama to a week at a professional wrestler's training camp, White leaves the reader mesmerized by the potential of undiscovered places and the promise of endless adventure in unfamiliar territory. An icon of the new breed of thick-skinned, high-endurance travelers, Randy White is the real deal. (6 x 9 /4, 266 pages)Randy Wayne White is a former fly-fishing guide. He wrote the "Out There" column for Outside magazine for many years, and is the author of The Sharks of Lake Nicaragua and Batfishing in the Rainforest. He is also the author of the popular "Doc Ford" mystery series. He is a monthly columnist for Men's Health.

Reviews

White, author of The Sharks of Nicaragua and the popular "Doc Ford" mystery series, has collected 23 adventure stories that describe strange and sometimes comical encounters with people he has met in the United States and Latin America. These include jumping out of speedboats at night, attending jungle survival school in Panama, driving a rental car in Cuba in search of everglades, and searching for hot pepper plants in Colombia. Written in the first person, the ten-page stories generally keep the reader's interest. However, the macho theme becomes repetitive, and some of the stories may intrigue in the beginning but do not fulfill their promise in the end. Recommended for public libraries collecting travel/adventure compilations; an optional acquisition for other libraries. [The stories originally appeared in Outside magazine between 1987 and 2000. Ed.] John McCormick, New Hampshire State Lib., Concord
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Edition details

• Publisher: UNKNO
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1585743836
• ISBN 13: 9781585743834
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 243