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Strange and Dangerous Dreams: The Fine Line Between Adventure and Madness

Strange and Dangerous Dreams: The Fine Line Between Adventure and Madness

Geoff Powter
A psychologist examines the explorers and adventurers who crossed the line — Meriwether Lewis, Donald Crowhurst, Maurice Wilson, and others whose obsessions consumed them. Adventure as pathology, told with clinical empathy.
exploration Mountains & Climbing Narrative Nonfiction
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Publisher Mountaineer Books
Published 2006
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