Impossible beyond this point

Horn, Virgil, 1924-1990, author.

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"Virgil Horn was an accomplished poet, sculptor and jewelry artist, as well as a ... teacher and WWII veteran ... In 1972 Virgil chronicled the family's extraordinary adventure in Hooray the Wilderness, but the manuscript was never published. Impossible Beyond This Point includes much of Virgil's original writings ... In the early 1960s, Marcella and Virgil heard about a mine in Trinity County and both fell in love with the wilderness paradise th...

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Self-reliant living Personal narratives

Trinity County (Calif.)

Wilderness survival Personal narratives

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ISBN:

9781492756699
1492756695

Description:

viii, 373 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:

"True adventure creating a self-sufficient life in the wilderness" -- Cover
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Contents:

A new beginning
Prepping for an adventure
Camp desperation
The hermit
The move to the Flat
The packers
Gardens and water
Life at the Flat
Visitors
Schooling dilemma
Settling in at Denny
Life in Denny
A new home
Springtime in Denny
North Fork's second summer
Denny again
Easter Bunny Trail
Home for good
Cats, generators and livestock
Settling in at the Flat
Characters of the canyons
Winter snows and earthquakes
Dental work and soft drinks
Adventurers, younger and older
High country
Crops and frost
Sawmills, waterwheels and paranoia
Mineral exams and high water
Goats and a geodesic dome
A kitchen and vandalism
Sylmar
Gold nuggets
Pranks and drought
George Jorstad and amateur radio
Suction dredge
Poor planning
Working a mine

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1526073

Other Authors:

Horn, Joel, author
Horn, Marcella, author

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