Knight, ed
256pp
ISBN: 1580051057Fathers have a profound impact on their daughters, shaping their abilities to love and to venture forth physically and emotionally. At the same time, daughters break down the walls of masculinity that men sometimes erect, with a purity and power thatmothers, wives, and girlfriends do not possess. Weaving together the thrill of adventure with the complex and unique issues surrounding that connection, this book examines what happens when father and daughter embark side by side on an adventure of theirchoosing: Mark Jenkins exposes his daughter to the mountains at an early age, but discovers that the lure of pop culture can eclipse his best efforts to teach her about the outdoors; Anna Todd travels to Lebanon nearly 20 years after her father, ajournalist, was killed while covering the war in Lebanon; Amy Engeler climbs Maine's highest peak with her father-in-law and two children; Dan Glick learns how to be both father and mother to his adolescent daughter on a round-the-world trip. These &other honest essays by both fathers and daughters offer inspiration and insight into how travel can affect this tender and often complex relationship
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