Mountain Madness: Found and Lost in the Peaks of America and Japan

by Clinton Crockett Peters

Book Overview

With Mountain Madness, Clinton Crockett Peters chronicles his travels and personal transformation from a West Texas evangelical to mountain guide-addict to humbled humanist after a near-fatal injury in Japan's Chichibu Mountains. From 2007 to 2010, Peters lived in Kosuge Village (population nine hundred), nestled in central Japan's peaks, where he was the only foreigner in the rugged town. Using these three years as a frame, this essay collection...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820358533
• ISBN13: 9780820358536
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.7" x 8.5"