Distant Fires : Duluth to Hudson Bay

"The waves on Lake Superior nearly splattered them all over the cliffs, and mosquitoes almost ate them alive in the Boundary Waters.

Halfway through the three-month trip, they buried their underwear.

But who needs underwear when you’re 22 years old and living out the adventure of a boyhood dream?" —St.

Paul Pioneer Press"Distant Fires, a true-life adventure, describes a 1,700-mile canoe trip from Duluth to York Factory on Hudson Bay. Anderson and a companion retraced the paddles taken by Eric Sevareid and a companion almost sixty years earlier.

Their trials and tribulations, plus Anderson’s sense of humor, make the trip fun in book form.

Pen-and-ink illustrations are by noted Minnesota wildlife artist Les Kouba." —Minneapolis Star Tribune"Distant Fires is a voyage of discovery.

Scott Anderson is an inquisitive traveler, and when he sees something that piques his interest, he stops for a chat.

He also has a marvelous eye for the natural world that surrounds him in his summerlong journey.

He is a natural-born writer." —Duluth News Tribune"Some of [Anderson’s] phrasing is very happy indeed: ‘the resting place of the rivers.’ I wish I had written that." —Eric Sevareid