Giant anthills in the Wild West spiked with gems. A North Carolina farmboy who spots a stone shining from the bottom of a spring. An 18th century explorer  who leaves bloody footprints on the Canadian tundra, and a bumbling geologist who crosses his path 220 years later.  BARREN LANDS  is the true story of the centuries-long hunt for a North American diamond mine and the two men who in 1998 proved it existed--at the literal edge of the earth. 

"Gripping."--Smithsonian  

"Superb."--Globe &Mail

"Krajick, a talented storyteller, strikes it rich."--The Economist

A Natural History magazine "Natural Selection"

Watch for "Diamonds in the Rough"--the Discovery Channel film based on "Barren Lands."      

"Barren Lands: An Epic Search for Diamonds in the North American Arctic," Kevin Krajick. NONFICTION: ADVENTURE/SCIENCE. 464 pages (notes, maps). Hardcover: $26. Henry Holt & Co. ISBN  0-7167-4026-5 Paperback: $16/$23.95 Canada. Owl Books. ISBN 0-8050-7185-7

Public Relations: Kristin Minnick, 212-886-9272, kristin.minnick@hholt.com. Literary Representation: Regula Noetzli, 518-398-6260, regula@taconic.net

Author: Kevin Krajick, 212-666-4824, krk4@columbia.edu

 

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