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Book SynopsisA beguiling picture of the ups and downs of backwoods living - now in paperback!
Trade Review"This is a fascinating story about the difference between the destructive forces of nature and the destructive forces of humans. It begins with a charming naivete and ends with a clear-eyed wisdom." -Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature
"[Verena Conley's] Minnesota Walden is resplendent but also beset by natural and man-made plagues that continually threaten her serenity. The book's wisdom is that it reveals how she finally triumphs over her complex environment by recognizing that for the most part she doesn't have to."-Ross McElwee, director of Sherman's March and Bright Leaves
"A great book to read aloud - especially in a car escaping a city." -David Black, award-winning screenwriter, journalist, novelist, and producer
Table of ContentsContents AcknowledgementsPrologue: A Cabin in the WildernessPart I. Babes in the Woods Heading for the Wilderness Home Alone at the Cabin Summer Pleasures Forest Paths The Art of Ricing Winter Pleasures Of Mice and Men Round-robin with the Weasels Icy Roads Cabin Opener Tree-Planting Ceremony Bruno the Bear Blueberry Hill Raspberry Picking Devastation Part II. The War Against the BeaversThe War Begins Jim Rondeau Strange Bedfellows Tree Nailing Nature Attacks The First Trapper A New Beaver Dam The Logging Letter A Tour with the "Forest Coordinator"Amos, the Eco-Trapper Edna, the Woodswoman More Beaver Stories The First Victim A Silent Spring A New Plague Urbanization The Beavers Return Joe Ahearn Big Timber Wolves More Chaos "Nature's Ways" Back to Blueberry Hill Epilogue
