Lighting Out
A Golden Year in Yosemite and the West
Published on 1. March 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-59485-921-2 (ISBN)
Description
"On the granite faces of Yosemite, Duane's prose comes most alive . . . Lively and engaging."
-- Kirkus Reviews
-- Kirkus Reviews
Reviews / Votes
In a sort of nouveau Dharma Bums, drifting in and out of Bay Area counterculture and the High Sierra, young Californian Duane combines a climber's journal with a memoir of the year following his graduation from Cornell. -- Kirkus Associates "Kirkus Reviews" This captivating debut offers a glimpse at the 'Generation X' counterculture on the West Coast. job at an upscale mountaineering shop. -- Tim Markus "Library Journal"More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Seattle
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 139 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
347 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59485-921-2 (9781594859212)
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E-Book
02/2015
Mountaineers Books
€16.49
Available for download
Person
Daniel Duane grew up in Berkeley, California. After obtaining his undergraduate degree from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, he quickly returned to the West Coast to climb, surf, and generally live life. Duane climbed actively in the Yosemite Valley from 1987 to 1992, got a Ph.D. in American Literature at UC-Santa Cruz, and currently lives in San Francisco with his two daughters and his wife, the writer Elizabeth Weil.