November 1974 Issue [Wraparound] Tales of grandeur, tales of risk Adjust Share by Annie Dillard, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags Adventure and adventurers Alfred Lansing Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Book reviews Books Colin Fletcher Colin M. Turnbull Edward Abbey Edwin Way Teale Elizabeth Marshall Thomas Farley Mowat Gavin Maxwell Gerald Malcolm Durrell Henry Beston Isak Dinesen John Hersey John Muir Katharine Scherman Peter Freuchen Piers Paul Read Reviews Richard Evelyn Byrd Richard Henry Dana Sigurd F. Olson Theodora Kroeber More from Annie Dillard Ex Post The life of a woman of letters The two of them This is the life Adjust Share