Audiobooks by John Long

An Audio Bundle: Explore & Rescue Audiobook

Explore offers first-hand accounts from the world’s boldest explorers, men and women encountering storms, starvation, cannibals, predators and disease in their pursuit of adventure. Their stories are immediate, passionate and dramatic accounts of contact with the unknown, discovered in the Himalaya, the ruins of Peru, the jungles of New Guinea and the Amazon, the ice flows of the Arctic, along with death in the big city. With selections from Tim Cahill, Redmond O’Hanlon, John Long, Fridtjof Nansen and Harold Brodkey, Explore will take you off the map to those few refuges where true discovery is still possible. Rescue: Stories of Survival From Land and Sea offers stories about what happens when things go terribly wrong in some of the world’s most perilous places: Himalayan peaks, African plains, vast oceans, remote Arctic wilderness. But mostly, Rescue is about what humans can endure and achieve in the face of overwhelming duress. Both Explore and Rescue are Publishers Weekly 'Listen Up' Award winners.

Alan Kesselheim, Dorcas S. Miller, Dwight Brooks, Fridtjof Nansen, Gene Savoy, Geoffrey Childs, Harold Brodkey, Jack Olsen, John Long, Kenneth Grahame, Lawrence Millman, Nina Mazuchelli, Pete Sinclair, Ralph Barker, Redmond O’hanlon, Sir Wilfred Grenfell, Thomas James, Tim Cahill (Author), Anne Flosnik, Colleen Delany, David Elias, Gary Telles, Graeme Malcolm, Grover Gardner, Nick Sampson, Terence Aselford (Narrator)

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Voyages and Travels of an Indian Interpreter and Trader

In 1768 John Long set out from Gravesend in England, bound for Canada and a position as an articled clerk. Quickly developing an affection for the First Nations people he encountered, he determined to learn native languages and thereby make him useful in the 'Indian Trade' living first among Mohawks at Cahnuaga (Kahnawake) and later, among Ojibwa and Cree people north of Lake Superior. Long's journal provides a thrilling depiction the life of a fur trader in the late eighteenth century. It is a dangerous world, where starvation, torture, murder, war, disease and misfortune are constant threats. Although clearly writing for a contemporary English readership, with all the attitudes and sensibilities that required, Long's affection for and comfort with the First Nations people with whom he lives and works comes through strongly - indeed, even when offered comfortable accommodation within the officers quarters at Michilimackinac, he prefers to continue to live outside the fort with his First Nation friends and partners. The stories he tells about life on the fur trade frontier and the hazards and dangers he encounters are described with frankness and humour, neither aggrandizing his own achievements or diminishing those of others. While Long's 'Voyages and Travels' has been republished a number of times. it is still not well known. This is a tragedy, as few other works provide as clear and engaging picture of life on the fur trade frontier.

John Long (Author), Nick Adams (Narrator)

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Climb: Stories of Survival From Rock, Snow and Ice

Year after year, in spite of monumental dangers, climbers return to the world's most difficult mountains, whether it's the cliffs of Yosemite or the peaks of the Himalaya. At these places, even the most cautious climber must accept the possibilities of moving unroped to save time, braving terrain vulnerable to rockfall, trusting afternoon thunderstorms to hold off long enough to get below treeline. Mistakes, bad weather and bad luck often lead to death. This collection offers harrowing accounts of extreme mountaineering and its potentially fatal consequences.

Daniel Duane, Evelyn Waugh, Galen Rowell, H.G. Wells, Hamish Macinnes, John Long, Maureen O'neill, Pete Sinclair, Tom Patey (Author), Gary Telles, Graeme Malcolm, Kimberly Schraf, Nick Sampson, Terence Aselford (Narrator)

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Explore: Stories of Survival From Off The Map

Explore offers first-hand accounts from the world's boldest explorers, men and women encountering storms, starvation, cannibals, predators and disease in their pursuit of adventure. Their stories are immediate, passionate and dramatic accounts of contact with the unknown, discovered in the Himalaya, the ruins of Peru, the jungles of New Guinea and the Amazon, the ice flows of the Arctic, along with death in the big city. With selections from Tim Cahill, Redmond O'Hanlon, John Long, Fridtjof Nansen and Harold Brodkey, Explore will take you off the map to those few refuges where true discovery is still possible.

Dwight Brooks, Fridtjof Nansen, Gene Savoy, Harold Brodkey, John Long, Lawrence Millman, Nina Mazuchelli, Redmond O'hanlon, Tim Cahill (Author), Anne Flosnik, Colleen Delany, Gary Telles, Grover Gardner, Nick Sampson (Narrator)

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An Audio Bundle: Climb & High

Winner of Publisher's Weekly 'Listen Up' Award. Year after year, in spite of monumental dangers, climbers return to the world's most difficult mountains, whether it's the cliffs of Yosemite or the peaks of the Himalaya. At these places, even the most cautious climber must accept the possibilities of moving unroped to save time, braving terrain vulnerable to rockfall, trusting afternoon thunderstorms to hold off long enough to get below treeline. Mistakes, bad weather and bad luck often lead to death. Climb offers harrowing accounts of extreme mountaineering and its potentially fatal consequences. Everest and K2--two of the most feared and respected peaks in the world. High offers a unique perspective on climbing these two peaks, from early exploration disasters, to the modern tragedies. These stories remind us, in vivid written accounts, why Everest and K2 are among the world's most dangerous places, yet why the world's best climbers can't stay away from them.

Brummie Stokes, Charles Clarke, Charles Houston, Chris Bonington, Daniel Duane, David Roberts, Ed Webster, Evelyn Waugh, Fs Smythe, Galen Rowell, H.G. Wells, Hamish Macinnes, Jim Haberl, John Long, Matt Dickinson, Maureen O'neill, Pete Sinclair, Robert Bates, Tom Patey (Author), Alan Sklar, Eric Conger, Gary Telles, George Guidall, Graeme Malcolm, Kimberly Schraf, Nick Sampson, Simon Prebble, Terence Aselford (Narrator)

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The Only Blasphemy

John Long (Author), Gary Telles (Narrator)

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The Green Arch

In "The Green Arch," mountaineer and author John Long offers vivid descriptions of ascending the west face of Tahquitz Rock--a granite, 8,846-foot-tall rock formation located on the high western slope of the San Jacinto mountain range in Southern California--as a teenager with his childhood climbing friends.

John Long (Author), Gary Telles (Narrator)

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Bikpela Hol

Dwight Brooks, John Long (Author), Gary Telles (Narrator)

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