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The Adventurer's Son : A Memoir by Roman Dial (2020, Hardcover)

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER "Destined to become an adventure classic." -- Anchorage Daily News Hailed as "gripping" ( New York Time s) and "beautiful" ( Washington Post ) , The Adventurer's Son is Roman Dial's extraordinary and widely acclaimed account of his two-year quest to unravel the mystery of his son's disappearance in the jungles of Costa Rica. In the predawn hours of July 10, 2014, the twenty-seven-year-old son of preeminent Alaskan scientist and National Geographic Explorer Roman Dial, walked alone into Corcovado National Park, an untracked rainforest along Costa Rica's remote Pacific Coast that shelters miners, poachers, and drug smugglers. He carried a light backpack and machete. Before he left, Cody Roman Dial emailed his father: "I am not sure how long it will take me, but I'm planning on doing 4 days in the jungle and a day to walk out. I'll be bounded by a trail to the west and the coast everywhere else, so it should be difficult to get lost forever." They were the last words Dial received from his son. As soon as he realized Cody Roman's return date had passed, Dial set off for Costa Rica. As he trekked through the dense jungle, interviewing locals and searching for clues--the authorities suspected murder--the desperate father was forced to confront the deepest questions about himself and his own role in the events. Roman had raised his son to be fearless, to be at home in earth's wildest places, travelling together through rugged Alaska to remote Borneo and Bhutan. Was he responsible for his son's fate? Or, as he hoped, was Cody Roman safe and using his wilderness skills on a solo adventure from which he would emerge at any moment? Part detective story set in the most beautiful yet dangerous reaches of the planet, The Adventurer's Son emerges as a far deeper tale of discovery--a journey to understand the truth about those we love the most. The Adventurer's Son includes fifty black-and-white photographs.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0062876600
ISBN-13
9780062876607
eBay Product ID (ePID)
26038266374

Product Key Features

Book Title
Adventurer's Son : a Memoir
Author
Roman Dial
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Parenting / Fatherhood, Central America, Personal Memoirs, Essays & Travelogues
Publication Year
2020
Genre
Family & Relationships, Biography & Autobiography, Travel
Number of Pages
368 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
21.3 Oz

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Reviews
Gripping. ... Dial paints a riveting, richly conflicted portrait of family legacies and the call of the wild., [A] powerful memoir of a father's love of adventure and of his child. ... Complex and moving. ... Through the twists and turns of his search, Dial must follow his own compass to stay true to the son he knew., Roman Dial Has Written a Brave and Marvelous Book. It's a Page-Turner That Will Rip Your Heart Out.
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