Contributed by Nancy Pfeiffer
Book Signing
5/7/2018 - 4PM
Fireside Books
720 S Alaska St. Palmer
FREE Admission
Dinner with the Author
5/7/2018 - 6PM
Fireside Books
Turkey Red
550 S Alaska St. Palmer
Tickets: $30
Beside a rain-swollen river in Patagonia, a man approached on a horse. His mount, a rusty red beauty, sported the short-trimmed mane and neatly squared-off tail of a well-kept horse. The man wore goatskin chaps, a woolen poncho and the jaunty black beret typical of the region. This pair belonged to this place in a way I could only dream of.
The man stared at us. We were up to our knees in mud and dwarfed by huge backpacks. It was apparent we had money, but we had no horses.
“Por qué no tienes caballos?” he asked as he rode into the river. At that moment I knew. I wanted to travel this country like the people who lived there. I wanted to know this place as only one on horseback could.
As a novice horsewoman, Nancy Pfeiffer took off across Patagonia alone on horseback. Over the next two decades and three thousand kilometers of rugged horse trail, the hospitable people who live there took her in, and Patagonia slipped silently into her soul. As if watching a beloved child grow up, Nancy bore witness to the subtle, yet disturbing, changes barreling down on Patagonia.
“Riding Into the Heart of Patagonia” is the story of that journey. It is also a deep insider's exploration of landscape, culture and what it means to care about place.
Her book “Riding into the Heart of Patagonia” is coming out on April 28th, 2018. Copies will be available at Fireside Books in Palmer, as well as www.nancypfeiffer.com, IndieBound, Amazon and Barnes and Nobel.
Stories from the book will be accompanied by stunning photos of the Aysen region of Patagonia by photographer, Fredrik Norrsell.
About the Author:
As a lifelong adventurer and outdoor educator, Nancy Pfeiffer has traveled from Antarctica to the Arctic Ocean. Life as a mountaineering guide has given her the opportunity to experience the world’s highest summits, yet it is the landscapes and cultures encountered along the way that intrigue her most. Her published works range from poetry to scientific research, and explore subjects from the joys and frustrations of building a house as a single woman to mountaineering for paraplegics. Nancy lives with her husband, Fredrik, in a cabin outside Palmer, Alaska.
