Under Big-Hearted Skies

A Young Man's Memoir of Adventure, Wilderness, & Love

Tom Stewart

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Lucky Dollar Media
08 August 2020

True stories; The natural world, country life & pets; Field sports: fishing, hunting, shooting; Walking, hiking, trekking; Travel writing

Under Big-Hearted Skies is an affectionate yet piercing account of working on the prairies, mountains, lakes, and oceans. Stories of adventure and conflict and comedy, with crashing float planes in isolated forests, oil-rigs spewing in the night-shift North, fist fights both won and lost, hearts both swelled and broken--but it's the underlying hope, humanity, and love that make this book rare and these stories worth telling. The people on its pages shine like North Stars and supermoons and there's honesty and optimism that moves from side-splitting to heart-aching. Simply put, this book is memorable and worthy of being read: adventures of a young man putting years behind him under fortunate skies.

By: Tom Stewart
Imprint: Lucky Dollar Media
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 249g
ISBN: 9781777221102
ISBN 10: 1777221102
Pages: 228
Publication Date: 08 August 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Tom Stewart was born in 1982 and grew up in St. Andrews north of Winnipeg. He attended University of Manitoba taking literature and philosophy for two years, dropped out, and worked across northern Canada as a fishing and hunting guide, oil-rig roughneck, bush plane pilot, and he backpacked internationally in the off-seasons. Tom played poker for several years, no longer flies planes, and now lives in Tofino, Vancouver Island.

Reviews for Under Big-Hearted Skies: A Young Man's Memoir of Adventure, Wilderness, & Love

I have tears rolling down onto my chin right now. Wow. Reading Under Big-Hearted Skies was a joyful experience-it's not often one encounters a narrator with Tom's heart, experience, and technical expertise. -Margo LaPierre, editor for Guernica Editions