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Informationen zum Autor Dave Eggers is the author of twelve books! including The Monk of Mokha; The Circle; Heroes of the Frontier; A Hologram for the King! a finalist for the National Book Award; and What Is the What! a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and winner of France's Prix Médicis Etranger. He is the founder of McSweeney's and the cofounder of 826 Valencia! a youth writing center that has inspired similar programs around the world! and of ScholarMatch! which connects donors with students to make college accessible. He is the winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and is the cofounder of Voice of Witness! a book series that illuminates human rights crises through oral history. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letter. His work has been translated into forty- two languages. www.Internationalcongressofyouthvoices.orgwww.826valencia.orgwww.scholarmatch.orgwww.voiceofwitness.orgwww.valentinoachakdeng.orgwww.mcsweeneys.netwww.daveeggers.net Klappentext A mother and her two young children rent a battered old RV (optimistically christened the 'Chateau') and embark upon a journey through the Alaskan wilderness. At first their trip feels like a vacation: they spot wild animals! build bonfires! enjoy the scenery. But as Josie drives her kids deeper into the forest! dodging wildfires and increasingly eccentric locals! we learn more of the events that forced her to escape her old life. Fraught with unexpected encounters from the sublime to the ridiculous! her tiny family must survive this surreal adventure at all costs! in order to finally discover something clean and redemptive out at the very edge of civilization. Heroes of the Frontier is a captivating and hilarious novel about family! loss and recovery! and a powerful examination of contemporary American life.
