Hurley's Journal

A modern classic of wilderness literature, Hurley's Journal was the hugely popular "kitchen table gazette," written and published quarterly by Michael Hurley from 1995 to 2003 as an "excuse" to go canoe-camping all over North America with his children. The journal provided not only practical advice but celebrated the romance, lore, and wisdom of life in the wilderness in award-winning prose. The original issues are now collectors' items, cherished by more than ten thousand people in forty-eight states and overseas who subscribed to the journal during its eight-year run. This 20th anniversary edition brings to a new generation of voyageurs, in one hardcover volume spanning nearly 800 pages, Hurley's essays, detailed trip reports, and intricate, hand-drawn maps for fifty-two canoe trips in thirteen states and Canada, ranging from weekend getaways to far-flung wilderness adventures. Beautifully illustrated with more than one hundred pages of stunning black-and-white photographs of the author's adventures, Hurley's Journal is certain to be a treasured reference and beloved companion to explorers and family campers alike for years to come.