Terry Lynn Johnson
writing outdoor…
| User: | Terry Johnson |
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| Tags: | writing, adventure, outdoors, canoeing, dogsledding |
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Books
Dogsled Dreams Twelve-year-old Rebecca dreams of becoming a famous sled dog racer. She's an inventive, but self-doubting musher who tackles freezing blizzards, wild animal attacks, puppy training and flying poo missiles. All of her challenges though, seem easier than living up to the dogs' trust… Read more
About
Terry Lynn Johnson's passion for the outdoors evolved while she paddled twelve summers in Quetico Provincial Park as a Canoe Ranger. One winter she worked for a dogsledding company and eighteen huskies followed her home. She was hooked. Now Terry continues to work in the outdoors and shares… Read more
Quetico
Quetico Quetico Provincial Park is designated as a Wilderness Park in northwestern Ontario adjacent to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Minnesota USA. After spending 12 years in the interior of Quetico, working as a canoe ranger doing 10-day trips, Terry has a few stories she'd like to share. Her memoirs… Read more
Awards
May 13, 2009 THE ORANGE BIB, a dogsledding vignette by Terry Lynn Johnson, named a finalist in the Writers' Union of Canada Post Card Story Competition. Check this link for full press release writersunion.ca/av_pr130509.asp OUTDOOR WRITERS OF CANADA AWARDS Shimano Writing Award Second… Read more
Links
Cool Links Mush with PRIDE - providing responsible information on a dogs environment. Sled Dog Central Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators The Elevensies - a collection of cool authors with young adult and middle grade books coming out in 2011. The Ontario Federation… Read more
Fun Facts and videos
Fun Facts FUN Fact #1: Despite common usage in annoying commericals or movies, mushers do not say "Mush" to their dogs. One theory as to how this term came to be, is that the French trappers were overheard saying "marche" to their dogs. The term "musher" stuck though,… Read more
Dogsledding news
Dogsledding news… Read more
Memoirs
Boundary Waters Journal - summer 2009 issue published Tales of a Quetico Ranger - excerpts from Terry's memoirs of working in Quetico.… Read more
Mushing terminology
Mushing terminology… Read more
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