National Outdoor Book Awards Winners Announced
From K2climb.net:
A father and son reconnecting on an Alaskan river. A biography of a river running legend. An investigation into one of North America's worst mountaineering disasters.
These are some of the themes found among the winners of the 2007 National Outdoor Book Awards (NOBA).
The winners of this annual award program represent some of the finest outdoor writing and artwork being published today. The NOBA Foundation, Idaho State University and the Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education sponsor the awards program.
Awards are given in ten individual categories.
"The overall quality of the entries was very high this year," said Ron Watters, a professor emeritus at Idaho State University and the chairman of the National Outdoor Book Awards. "Consequently, the judges awarded two winners in several of the categories."
One of those categories is the Literature category. Sharing top honors is "Blue Horizons" by Beth Leonard. "Blue Horizons" is a beautifully written collection of vignettes about a six-year, 50,000-mile ocean voyage that she and a companion took from one end of the world to the other.
Read any great outdoor books lately? Leave a comment if the NOBAs overlooked one of your favorites from 2007.
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