In this personal epic, Michael McBride guides us through two wild and wondrous worlds — Africa and Alaska — revealing their surprising parallels through stories of grit, grace, and survival. From the heat of the savannah to the ice of the tundra, these lands shaped the lives he lived and the legacy he now shares.
Table of Contents
Opening Reflections: Preface, Dedication, and Introduction to the Grand Antipodes
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Chapter 1. The Grand Antipodes—Alaska and Africa
Chapter 2. Black Currants, Ancient Messengers
Chapter 3. The History of Alaska’s Kamishak Bay
Chapter 4. Under the Bering Sea
Chapter 5. Into the Okavango Delta
Chapter 6. Walking in the Footprints of Polar Bears
Squarehead Cove and the Silver Horde
Timbavati, the Zulu “River of Stars”
Bateleurs
Hluhluwe–Imfolozi Park
Even in a Land Rover
At Chenik
To Chenik
In the Congo for the UN
Working in the Congo for the United Nations
Harry Minzoff and the Ship Creek Raft Men
Picking Highbush Cranberries and Black Currants
The End
To Africa by Way of Tuxedni Bay
George Hamm & Southern Africa
Simeon Moxi Tikchik Map
If A Mountain Could Dream
Addendum
Bibliography
Epilogue
If A Mountain Could Dream–
Meet the Author Michael McBride