In the Mountains of Heaven: True Tales of Adventure on Six Continents

by Mike Tidwell

A gifted travel writer collects twenty-five oddball stories of adventures from across the globe, including trips on Cajun shrimp boats in Louisiana's bayous, following the Silk Road, and being marooned on a desert island. Original.

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction

240 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2000

About the author

Mike Tidwell is founder and director of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, a grassroots nonprofit dedicated to raising awareness about the impacts and solutions associated with global warming in Maryland, Virginia, and DC. He is also an author and filmmaker who predicted in vivid detail the Katrina hurricane disaster in his 2003 book Bayou Farewell: The Rich Life and Tragic Death of Louisiana’s Cajun Coast. His newest book, focusing on Katrina and global warming, is titled The Ravaging Tide: Strange Weather, Future Katrinas, and the Coming Death of America’s Coastal Cities. Tidwell’s most recent documentary film, We Are All Smith Islanders, vividly depicts the dangers of global warming Maryland, Virginia, and D.C.

Tidwell has been featured in numerous media outlets including NBC's Meet the Press, NPR, the New York Times and the Washington Post. He is also the co-host of the nationally syndicated radio show "Earthbeat," which features ground-breaking global warming news and interviews live from the nation's capital.

In 2003, Tidwell received the Audubon Naturalist Society's prestigious "Conservation Award." Two years later he received an honorary Doctorate of Letters from Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana. On Earth Day 2010 -- the 40th anniversary of Earth Day -- the Montgomery County Council named Tidwell one of the County's top 40 environmental leaders over the past 40 years. A long-time resident of Maryland, Tidwell lives in Takoma Park with his eleven-year-old son Sasha.

Reviews

[Benjamin · Rating 4 out of 5]

The was a engaging collection of travel stories by a guy who worked at a Washington DC newspaper. Despite finding the book a little too preachy at the end, I really enjoyed the stories, especially the ones about unexplored (by me, at least) corners of the United States. As with most things I read, my list of places to visit grew a little longer!

[Moniquedupre · Rating 5 out of 5]

LOVE IT!

[Jen Gustafson · Rating 5 out of 5]

great book. very well written, keeps you attached. adventurous, humorous, educational.