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Summary: "full circle"
Review: I have a well-worn copy of the original printing by Sierra Club Books, which inspired my own travels in the American West. To find "On the Loose" back in print, nearly 30 years later, and to give the book as a gift to my son, is to come "full circle."
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Summary: "full circle"
Review: I have a well-worn copy of the original printing by Sierra Club Books, which inspired my own travels in the American West. To find "On the Loose" back in print, nearly 30 years later, and to give the book as a gift to my son, is to come "full circle."
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Summary: A journey through nature!
Review: I haven't seen this book in 20 years. I loaned my copy, but I can always recall it's pictures like yesterday. You see that nature and creation are wonderous. If anybody can get me a copy you can take me back to my youth.
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Summary: Two brothers' spiritual photos and insights on the West
Review: I received my copy of On The Loose 24 years ago and it is still my favorite book. This moving account of two young borthers' love for the American West is inspirational. The breathtaking photographs paired with brief and almost religious text are extremely insightful, while at the same time sad. I enjoy reading parts of this book from week to week and always find new meaning when I reread its well worn pages. Like many others, I would love the opportunity to give this book to close friends, and I am looking forward to the time when the Sierra Club reprints it.
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Summary: Two brothers' spiritual photos and insights on the West
Review: I received my copy of On The Loose 24 years ago and it is still my favorite book. This moving account of two young borthers' love for the American West is inspirational. The breathtaking photographs paired with brief and almost religious text are extremely insightful, while at the same time sad. I enjoy reading parts of this book from week to week and always find new meaning when I reread its well worn pages. Like many others, I would love the opportunity to give this book to close friends, and I am looking forward to the time when the Sierra Club reprints it.
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Summary: Changed My Life
Review: It's quite rare when you can honestly say that a book changed your life but after having read "On The Loose" during my sophmore year at college in 1969, I became an ardent enviromentalist. I also purposed to hike the Appalachian Trail as a result of reading it. Eight years later I fulfilled that promise proudly carrying "On The Loose" in my backpack the entire way.
I feel so fortunate to still have my original copy ... it's stained from many days of being with me on various hikes all over the United States but I suspect I'll want to be buried with it!
I am so happy to see it re-published. I just hope my grandchildren will someday read it and be moved as I was so many, many years ago.
The best books are often the simplest - this is truly a masterpiece. Anyone who cares about the environment or just plain loves going for a hike needs to read it and "feel the eternal connection".
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Summary: My inspiration through life comes from this book.
Review: Like one of the other reviewers, I was introduced to this book by an Outward Bound instructor. My introduction took place in an open meadow, high in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of Colorado. It was 24 years ago, and I can still remember it clearly. That is how profoundly this book has touched me.I loaned my copy. Unfortunately she couldn't follow and I couldn't stay. I've spent several years trying to find another copy.
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Summary: Gems of nature, poetry & "unfastidious outdoorsmanship"
Review: Like other reviewers, I lent my copy (almost 20 years ago) and have searched in vain for another ever since. Somewhere there are a lot of people who owe a great debt to us, the lenders. Brilliant photography, color and black and white, juxtaposed with insightful excerpts of noted literary figures. Some of the best quotations are from the Russell brothers themselves. They guide the reader to a balanced perspective on nature in peril from the whims of industrial society, all the while evoking the strength and beauty of America's open spaces. Sorry for the "New Age" drift, but I rank this alonside Robert Persig's "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" as an intellect and soul catching volume. Random House (and the Sierra Club) - Please run a limited edition reprint of this treasure. Rest assured that it will sell out at almost any price, because it's priceless to those who have read it.
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Summary: Would pay almost any price to find a copy of On The Loose
Review: My biggest mistake was in buying and loaning out one too many copies of this incredibly moving and inspirational account of two brothers growing up wild and On The Loose. After giving this book as a gift over 20 times, I loaned out my own copy and never saw it again. What will it take Sierra Club to convince you to reprint this book? I have many freinds waiting for me to find a copy of what is my version of the bible. If there is anyone out there who knows how to get a copy, please let me know.
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Summary: News on up coming books by Renny Russell
Review: Remember the most popular book the Sierra club ever publishd, called On The Loose? It's the story of a shared vision of two brothers celebration of wilderness in the West, and what it was like to grow up with it in their blood. "The point of it all is Out There, a little beyond that last rise you can barely see, hazy and purple on the sky. These pages are windows. And windows are to see through." Timeless as it is inspirational, the book has become an American classic. Unavailable for several years, the good news is that Gibbs Smith, Publisher. will reissue the book next spring. The following year, its sequel, Rock Me On The Water, will be published. It is also the story for all who have enjoyed On The Loose and wondered what happened to the two brothers. With its many lavish illustratipons and photographs, this long over-due book could be enjojed by anyone who has journeyed down a wild river--or has just wanted to . Its for those who have lost someone close yet kept their spirit alive, or for those who just love a good adventure--one that will touch places in the heart.
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