{"product_id":"where-the-falcon-flies-a-3400-kilometre-odyssey-from-my-doorstep-to-the-arctic-9780735241039","title":"Where the Falcon Flies: A 3,400 Kilometre Odyssey from My Doorstep to the Arctic","description":"\u003cb\u003e#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 SPEAKER'S BOOK AWARD\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Epic. . . . The adventure of a lifetime.\" \u003ci\u003e--Global News\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Canada's most accomplished adventurer and storyteller comes a gripping journey into the vastness of Canada's landscape and history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLooking out his porch window one spring morning, Adam Shoalts spotted a majestic peregrine falcon flying across the neighbouring fields near Lake Erie. Each spring, falcons migrate from southernmost Canada to remote arctic mountains. Grabbing his backpack and canoe, Shoalts resolved to follow the falcon's route north on an astonishing 3,400-kilometre journey to the Arctic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlong the way, he faces a huge variety of challenges and obstacles, including storms on the Great Lakes, finding campsites in the urban wilderness of Toronto and Montreal, avoiding busy commercial freighter traffic, gale force winds, massive hydroelectric dams, bushwhacking without trails, dealing with hunger, multiple bear encounters, and navigating white-water rapids on icy northern rivers far from any help. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his signature style, Shoalts roams as much across space as he does time, winding his way through a stunning diversity of landscapes ranging from lush Carolinian forests to lonely windswept mountains, salty seas to trackless swamps, pristine lakes to glittering mega-cities, as well as the sites of long ago battles, shipwrecks, forgotten forts, and abandoned trading posts. Through his travels, he reveals how interconnected wild places are, from the loneliest depths of the northern wilderness to busy urban parks, and the vital importance of these connections. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhere the Falcon Flies\u003c\/i\u003e invites readers on an extraordinary armchair adventure that spans five ecoregions and centuries of fascinating history, and is a masterwork by one of Canada's most successful and audacious authors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16177988\"\u003eAdam Shoalts\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books Canada\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/29\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.10w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780735241039\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0735241031\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO023000\"\u003eAdventurers \u0026amp; Explorers\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS051000\"\u003eExpeditions \u0026amp; Discoveries\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO030000\"\u003eEnvironmentalists \u0026amp; Naturalists\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eADAM SHOALTS is a historian, archaeologist, geographer, and Westaway Explorer-in-Residence at the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. Shoalts holds a PhD from McMaster University where his research examined the influence Indigenous oral traditions had on fur traders in the subarctic and Pacific Northwest. He is also the author of the national bestsellers \u003ci\u003eAlone Against the North\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA History of Canada in Ten Maps\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Trees\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Whisper on the Night Wind\u003c\/i\u003e. He enjoys long walks in the woods. Follow his adventures on Facebook and Instagram.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Canada","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50810737099049,"sku":"9780735241039","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/5747\/7673\/files\/img_7ca1bc94-c6ff-49e7-a4db-684e206f23a5.jpg?v=1755529476","url":"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/where-the-falcon-flies-a-3400-kilometre-odyssey-from-my-doorstep-to-the-arctic-9780735241039","provider":"New Jersey Corrections Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}