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George Erickson
Reviews and Reader Feedback
Reviews of True North
"Erickson is not only a brave adventurer in his own right, but he can also weave a good story."
-- Chicago Tribune
"A blend of stunning landscapes, wildlife, myths, and experience, True North reveals Erickson's love of nature and his passion for truth."
-- The Humanist
"Erickson, a rugged individualist, if ever there was one knows his stuff."
-- Pettsburgh Tribune-Review
"A wonderful book"
-- Clive Cussler, NEW YORK TIMES Bestselling Author
"Ultimate adventure - one of the ten best new outdoors books of the year."
-- OUTDOOR CANADA
"True North is a winner!"
-- National Center for Science Education - E. Scott
"An incredible summer of adventure."
-- Minneapolis Star Tribune
"An entertaining romp through the north, astronomy and exploration... written with humility and
humor by a pilot with the capacity to dream, and the ability to make the dream come true."
-- Canadian Flight
"True North brims with revelation, humor and downright fun reading, with lessons
in physics, geology, history, religion and survival."
-- The Oregonian
"Elegant prose and an ability to spin a tale."
-- GLOBE AND MAIL
"Erickson is the spiritual descendant of the great explorers he writes about."
-- Chicago Tribune
Reader Feedback on True North
"I will finish True North tomorrow and will be sorry - delightful reading with great social commentary and history."
-- Julius Salinas, Certified Flight Instructor
"I just finished True North and I'm sorry I'm done. If prizes were awarded for
imagination, the Nobel prize would be yours."
-- Elliott Newcomb
"Captivated for three nights running. The mix of flying, adventure, anecdotes, personal reflection
and historical perspective is perfect."
-- Tom Okoneski
"I love your links to science. Send me ten copies!"
-- Cpt. Nels Krueger, United Airlines
"I loved True North. Send me 20 copies to give for Christmas."
-- Norville Petersen
"True North is just wonderful. Want to know how much it means to me? I'm
starting again at chapter 1."
Captain Mark O'Leary, Northwest Airlines
"Send me another book. I can't get mine away from my wife!"
-- Keith Hovland
Review of Back to the Barrens:
On the Wing With da Vinci & Friends
(which is a sequel to True North)
from the Canadian Aircraft Owners and Pilots Assoc.
Reader Feedback on Time Traveling
with Science & the Saints
"If you can only afford one book about Humanism and the conflict of science with
religion, get Time Traveling with Science and the Saints!"
-- Mel Lipman, president - American Humanist Assoc.
"A rapidly readable chronicle ... fluid narrative style ... an antidote to the pale and
apologetic way in which the lives of the great men and women of science are often depicted."
I really meant it when I said that Time Traveling needs to be in the hands of all our students.
My husband read it too...and wondered how science ever got off the ground considering the
relentless and often vicious opposition from organized Christianity.
The "True Believers" won't read it, and the Rationalists don't need it for themselves ... but it's
those in the big "middle" who may be impressed to see, in a terse and thorough outline, the outrages
of religion versus science down through the ages.
-- Bette Chambers - AHA past president
"Time Traveling with Science and the Saints really hooks the reader. The title is
incredibly appropriate. The book is a solid 4 stars."
-- Epinions magazine
"I have graduate degrees from Norway and California, and George Erickson's Time Traveling
is one of the most important books I have ever read! It belongs in every library in
the world and should be mandatory reading in all high schools and universities."
-- Jorg Aadahl, CA
"Erickson's final chapter offers a devastating polemic against the forces of intellectual
repression, including Pope John Paul II and George W. Bush. He mercilessly exposes the
nonsense of those who call Creationism "science"; of those who ban effective birth control
yet take no responsibility for the inevitable children, poverty and suffering; and of
those who use the words of the Prince of Peace as a justification for war and genocide"
-- Website review (Great Britain)
The author donates all of his book profits to educational charities.
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