"Armchair sailors will enjoy the vicarious thrills of Foy's brief journeys, and even those with no intentions of abandoning their smartphones will find something to ponder in his speculations about the challenges of gadget-free navigation." "Kirkus Reviews" "Finding North" takes readers on a journey around the world and deep into the nature of ?how humans find their way around. It's a voyage that is both personal and expansive, exploring how navigation works and its meaning in people's lives. Andrew Johnston, author of "Time and Navigation " and "Earth from Space" With engaging and personal prose, George Michelsen Foy explores the history, natural history, and most critically the vital importance for us today of navigation. In an age when we too often rely on technology to tell us where we are and where we're going, Foy's compelling story asks at what cost? What do we lose when we allow our skills of navigation earned through centuries of finding our way in a wild and sometimes foreboding world to fade? As we careen further into a century of global change, Foy shows how in a world of 'mystery and fear, and the near certainty of loss, ' we will need these skills of navigation more than ever. Paul Bogard, author of "The End of Night" George Foy frames his story of the history and practice of navigation with a hazardous personal sea voyage in a ship that might not be in good enough repair to make the trip. It's a wonderful device which he also uses to chart a difficult navigational path through his inner world his seafaring ancestors; the tragic loss of his brother; his family; and his fears. And all of this is delivered in sensible, warm, and intelligent prose. Voyagers of all kinds will cherish this book?. Paul Raeburn, author of "The Game Theorist's Guide to Parenting" and" Do Fathers Matter?""

GEORGE MICHELSEN FOY is the author of" Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute Silence" and twelve critically acclaimed novels. He was a recipient of a National Endowment of the Arts fellowship in fiction and his articles, reviews, and stories have been published by "Rolling Stone, "the" Boston Globe, Harper's, "the" New York Times, " and"Men's Journal, " among others. He teaches creative writing at NYU and is married with two children. Foy divides his time between coastal Massachusetts and New York.