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

Mountain Madness: Found and Lost in the Peaks of America and Japan By Clinton Crockett Peters Cover Image
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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 profiles who he was before Japan, why he became obsessed with mountains, and his fallout from mountain obsession, including an essay on Craig Arnold, the poet who disappeared on a Japanese volcano. Ultimately, the collection asks, how can landscape create and end identities?

About the Author


CLINTON CROCKETT PETERS has been awarded literary prizes from Shenandoah, North American Review, Crab Orchard Review, Columbia Journal, and the Society for Professional Journalists. His writing has appeared in Orion, Southern Review, Hotel Amerika, The Rumpus, and many other venues. He lives in Carrollton, Texas.
Product Details
ISBN: 9780820358536
ISBN-10: 0820358533
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Publication Date: March 1st, 2021
Pages: 176
Language: English