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The High Country Illuminator: A Tale of Light and Darkness and the Ski Bums of Avalon Paperback – January 31, 2013

by Daniel Ford (Author)
4.0 out of 5 stars 1 rating
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"The High Country Illuminator created Avalon by climbing to the fourth tower of old Number One lift and crying: 'Lest there be light!'"

Thus begins the madcap adventure of a ski-bum winter toward the end of the 1960s. HCI is otherwise known as George Togalok, a Native American from the Salt River Canyon country. Around him assemble cunning Silver Fox, brainy Duke University, the Outt-keepers, Max, Max's Buddy, some fluffy birds, and other young slackers who want nothing more from life than the chance to ski the fluffy white powder of the Colorado Rockies. "The writing is adept," marveled the review for Skier magazine, 'the plot bewildering, the pace dizzy, and the skiing scenes (as the children say) are out of sight."

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  1. Print length
    168 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publication date
    January 31, 2013
  4. Dimensions
    6 x 0.38 x 9 inches
  5. ISBN-10
    1481854763
  6. ISBN-13
    978-1481854764
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"The writing is adept, the plot bewildering, the pace dizzy, and the skiing scenes (as the children say) are out of sight." -- Skier magazine

"Extremely bizarre and delightfully humorous ... stirs up the ski resort with professional ability and a touch of magic" -- Oregon Journal

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In his years of writing for magazines and newspapers, Daniel Ford skied much of North America and Europe, but always he came back to Aspen, the gem of the Colorado Rockies, where he once spent a ski-bum winter and courted the young woman who became his wife. The High Country Illuminator is his tribute to that town and its mountain, which the locals know as Ajax, and to a time when it was possible for hardy young men (and some hardy young women) to live by their wits in what today is the world's most exclusive ski resort.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 31, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 168 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1481854763
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1481854764
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.3 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.38 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Daniel Ford

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Daniel Ford has spent a lifetime studying and writing about the wars of the past hundred years, from Ireland's war of liberation to America's invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. A U.S. Army veteran and a reporter in Vietnam, he wrote the novel that was filmed as 'Go Tell the Spartans', starring Burt Lancaster. As a historian, he is best known for his prize-winning study of the American Volunteer Group--the gallant 'Flying Tigers' of the Second World War. Most recently, he has written a memoir of his life so far: "Looking Back From Ninety: The Depression, the War, and the Good Life that Followed." Visit www.DanFordBooks.com and sign up for a monthly newsletter about war, flying, and less important subjects.

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  • Don Silva
    4.0 out of 5 stars In the Great Outdoors Free and Faraway
    Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2012
    Dan Ford's The High Country Illuminator sets moving a story you can't set aside. Dan Ford knows skiing, skiers, and ski country and brings together a wild party of unforgettable, freedom-loving characters. If you love skiing you'll get this book and enjoy the mountains and high country. The fast-moving dialogue carried me along as the narrative twisted and turned on the trails of the Rockies and the skiers prepared for Revolution. I know no other book like this one.
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