"Washington Black came out of a strange confluence of interests—a fascination with a Victorian-era criminal trial centering around the disappearance and supposed resurrection of the wealthy scion Roger Tichborne; an interest in 19th-century scientific conventions, especially the cataloguing and depiction of marine creatures; the realities of plantation life in Barbados; the classic bildungsroman journey from innocence to experience. The research could have gone on forever..."
The firm's hiking tradition began in 1993, when founder John B. Quinn led 15 legal analysts through Coyote Gulch in Utah. Since then, the outing has grown significantly, and the firm started travelling internationally in 2008. Now hundreds of employees flock each year to iconic trails like Switzerland's Faulhornweg, Japan's Mount Fuji, and Greece's Mount Olympus, to name a few.
Pohnpei, an island in the Pacific Ocean that's part of the Federated States of Micronesia, offers stunning scenery, warm people, world-class waves, great fishing, and incredible diving.
AMC's 'Nautilus' blends thrilling adventure with a critical look at imperialism, showcasing the struggles of enslaved crew members and challenging societal norms in the 1850s.
"In 2010, at the age of eighty, Fenn had self-published The Thrill of the Chase: A Memoir. In the book, he revealed that he had buried a bronze treasure chest loaded full of gold coins and nuggets, emeralds, diamonds."
Our collective nerves spiked the instant we arrived at the Kern River... bobbing at the river's edge was a blue rubber raft in which we were to spend the next two days navigating 20 miles of turbulent whitewater.