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Title: |
The Boy Who Walked |
| Sub-title: |
The Death of Burton Winters & the Politics of Search & Rescue |
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| By (author): |
Michael Friis Johansen |
| ISBN10-13: |
1927099242 : 9781927099247 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Size: |
206x140mm |
| Pages: |
206 |
| Weight: |
.246 Kg. |
| Published: |
Boulder Publications - January 2013 |
| List Price: |
15.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
Temporarily Out of Stock, more expected soon
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| Subjects: |
Biography: general |
| In January 2012, 14-year old Burton Winters froze to death after his snowmobile broke down on the ice just outside his home in Makkovik, Labrador. While his death was tragic on its own, grief turned to outrage as details emerged about his struggle for survival and how the search for Winters was handled by government agencies. Revelations include the fact that he had walked for 19 kilometres over rocky ice before lying down to die, and that rescue crews waited three days before finally searching for the boy. In this book, Michael Johansen tells the story of Burton Winters life, explores how he died, and why there is a rising chorus demanding changes to Canada's search and rescue procedures. |
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“Michael Johansen's book, "The Boy Who Walked," is a tract for our times, evidenced by the subtitle, "The Death of Burton Winters and the Politics of Search and Rescue." His is a descriptive treatment of the almost unthinkable tragedy. My good friend and fellow author, Benjamin W. Powell Sr., originally of Carbonear, Newfoundland, but now the patriarch of Charlottetown, Labrador, often said to me, "A good writer takes his readers on a journey." If this is true, then Johansen is a writer par excellence. He sets out to investigate what went wrong leading to Burton’s death.” -- Burton K Janes, The Compass, Sept 29, 2017
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