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Copyright © 2008 by Robert Kull

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The poem by Rumi on page 63 appears by kind permission of Coleman Barks.

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Cartography by Bill Nelson

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kull, Robert C.
Solitude : seeking wisdom in extremes : a year alone in the Patagonia wilderness /
Robert Kull.

       p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-1-57731-632-9 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1. Solitude. 2. Spiritual life. I. Title.
BJ1499.S65K85 2008
204.092—dc22
[B]

2008020886

First printing, September 2008
ISBN 978-1-57731-632-9
Printed in Canada on 100% postconsumer-waste recycled paper

 

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