To win your copy of Perseus in the Wind in time for the Perseid meteor shower, simply leave a comment re: Why you are a wander reader. Follow @Wanderlit on twitter for a second chance to win.
The Perseid meteor Shower will soon be upon us. Every wanderluster who ever watched shooting stars streak across an unfamiliar sky knows that special feeling of adventure. The Perseid Meteor shower is arguably the most beloved sky event in the northern hemisphere. It appears in the warmth of mid-summer when laying out at night to watch the sky seems like a particularly good idea. During it’s peak, 50 to 100 restless bursts of light travel through our heaven in a quick, brilliant journey.
Something happens to human beings when they look up at the stars. It’s a universal meditation. A time to ponder, wonder, dream…
In honor of the Perseid meteor shower, I am giving away two copies of Perseus in the Wind by Freya stark. This book is named after a moment in Freya Stark’s life where she stood in the mountains of Elburz in Persia. She said that by day there was a mountain pass that, by day, looked like a great saddle until nightfall. “Then the pass becomes a gateway to the stars.”
She continues, “It happened that in this Elbruz summer the constellation of Perseus night after night spanned the gap of the pass with is scimitar. He danced in a wind whose earthly brother blew thin from the north and the Caspian Sea. I came to feel his stars as a friendliness and a bond in the gaiety of spaces and the cold of night.”
Perseus in the Wind is Freya Starks most personal and intimate work. Sometimes called “the poet of travel” she is an amazing inspiration to female solo travelers. Well educated and a voracious reader, she is also an inspiration to wander-readers.
Details:
One commenter and one twitter follower will win a trade paperback copy of Perseus in the Wind by Freya Stark from The Freya Stark Collection by Macmillan (value $15.00)
Entry closes at 11:59 Eastern Daylight Savings Time on July 31, 2013. The winners will be selected and notified August 1, 2013. The winning commenter will be notified via email and the winning tiwtter follower will be notified by via twitter message. Winners will have three days to respond before a new winner will be chosen. Will ship to North American addresses only.
good luck! I hope Dame Freya inspires you under the Perseid meteor shower and inspires your wanderlust.