In the Wake of the Jomon Stone Age Mariners And a Voyage Across the Pacific

The story of an extraordinary 3,000-mile journey from Asia to the Americas in pursuit of Stone Age wanderers "Jon Turk is one of today's boldest, most inquisitive, and most articulate adventurers. His voyage by small boat across the North Pacific will make you rethink how humans first populated the Americas." --Peter Stark, author of Last Breath: The Limits of Adventure "Turk's sailing and paddling trip from Japan to Alaska is a modern-day Kon-Tiki expedition that paints a fascinating portrait of life along Siberian shores." --Brian Fagan, author of The Long Summer "An extraordinary adventure." --Sea Kayaker Could prehistoric humans have reached North America by crossing the Pacific in dugout boats? Writer and adventurer Jon Turk tells the incredible tale of his successful attempt to recreate what may have been the first great migration to the New World. In the Wake of the Jomon folds a scientific mystery inside a gripping narrative about the sea, an ancient people, and the wilderness of northeast Siberia. Beyond the limits of science, through storm and hardship, Turk pursues an elemental insight into what motivated mankind's exodus from our African cradle to every corner of the globe.Turk, Jon is the author of 'In the Wake of the Jomon Stone Age Mariners And a Voyage Across the Pacific', published 2006 under ISBN 9780071474658 and ISBN 007147465X.