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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Verena Andermatt ConleyPublisher: University of Minnesota Press Imprint: University of Minnesota Press Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.335kg ISBN: 9780816642175ISBN 10: 0816642176 Pages: 192 Publication Date: 02 June 2003 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of Contents"Contents 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"Reviews"""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" I had not found the long-sought adventures of my childhood heroes. I never found what I thought was the harmony advocated by more modern writers. I discovered, however, that every order is fragile, and that harmony is fleeting.... The Beaver Wars and our years in the North Woods had taught me the necessity of treading lightly. A great book to read aloud - especially in a car escaping a city. -David Black, award-winning screenwriter, journalist, novelist, and producer Author InformationVerena Andermatt Conley was born and raised in Switzerland, where she grew up reading picturesque and adventurous portrayals of the great American wilderness. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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