One Man Against the Mountain: The story of a quest to survive winter alone in the Big Horns - Softcover

Mosher, Mary Jo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1931942935 ISBN 13: 9781931942935

Publisher: Galde Press, Incorporated, 2012

Synopsis

“To prove them wrong...” This story isn’t just about a man’s struggle to survive a brutal Walker Prairie winter in a canvas tent. It’s also about Danny Longwell’s struggles within himelf: his feelings about his overly strict father, his feelings about death, his lack of self-confidence, and his battles with loneliness. Through the brutally cold, stormy winter, as he labors to keep warm and meditates on his life and his sanity for this undertaking, he slowly comes to an understanding regarding himself and others.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"One Man Against the Mountain" is a slightly fictionalized account of an outdoorsman's quest to prove that he could survive through a winter at high elevations in the Big Horn Mountains near Sheridan, Wyoming. Living in a canvas tent, relying on supplies he had brought in on horseback the previous fall and occasional help from people who had told him he was crazy to try this quest, he not only survived but learned a lot about himself and the generosity of others. Danny Longwell, a Sheridan, Wyoming, resident and his two dogs lived through brutal subzero temperatures and deadly blizards, cutting wood to fire the small wood stove that kept the temperature inside the tent survivable. Longwell kept a journal of his adventure, and excerpts from the journal are used throughout the book, as well as photographs he took during his time on 'the mountain.'

About the Author:

Mary Jo Mosher is a retired journalist with a newspaper background, co-founder of her hometown newspaper in Minnesota, and a free-lance writer. She is the author of Penny’s Tale: A Story of Adoption and a Search for Truth (Galde Press, 2011) and, with her daugher, Kristine Mosher, Hiking Minnesota II (Globe-Pequot Press, 2002).

About this edition

• Publisher: Galde Press, Incorporated
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1931942935
• ISBN 13: 9781931942935
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 244