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Impossible Beyond This Point
- True Adventure Creating a Self-Sufficient Life in the Wilderness
- Narrated by: Robin J Sitten
- Length: 14 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Adventurers, Explorers & Survival
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Publisher's Summary
The true story of one family's struggle and triumph creating a self-sufficient life in the wilderness. Join the Horn family on the adventure of a lifetime. Learn how a couple from the city moved to the wilderness with three small boys and carved out a life in the middle of nowhere that has endured for nearly 50 years.
Impossible Beyond This Point is a compelling must-listen for anyone interested in (or contemplating) getting away from it all.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Anonymous User
- 06-05-21
something more than it seems
simple, slow moving, lots of what may seem unnecessary detail. ..but it never bores and adds up to much more than the sum of its parts
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- Noname
- 09-21-20
To detailed
The story is very detailed and slow moving I lost interest to quickly. The narrator was good.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- FocusOnSimple
- 10-23-20
Top story
lovely sweet story about going off grid as a Family. nicely told. definitely would recommend.