"This book traces the history and literature of the imaginary voyage--stories of mariners journeying through uncharted waters to find strange and marvelous sights. Through the overlapping spheres of history, geography, cosmography and literary criticism,this book examines the mystique of what lies just over the horizon"--
... Mark: Halfway to Heaven: My White-knuckled—and Knuckleheaded—Quest for the Rocky Mountain High (2009) Ollestad, ... Jennifer: The Last Man on the Mountain: The Death of an American Adventurer on K2 (2010) Lankford, Andrea: Ranger ...