Title:
The whole forest for a backyard : a Gunflint Trail Wilderness memoir / Timothy McDonnell.
ISBN:
9780878396467
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
St. Cloud, Minn. : North Star Press of St. Cloud, 2013.
Physical Description:
104 pages ; 23 cm
Contents:
Detours on the road north -- Rootstock -- Geez, look at the trees -- Of root beer bellies and one-button shirts -- Homage to George the Bear -- Becoming locals -- Schooling, fooling, and retooling -- Caution: boy at work -- Hired help -- Buoyancy -- Learning to read the water -- In sickness and in health -- Released -- Reclaimed -- Fires within and without -- Requiem -- Regeneration.
Summary:
"Crafted with an honest sensitivity, this charming book reflects the perspective of a small, free-range boy with a large imagination reared in one of our nations most cherished wilderness areas. It is mostly about the author's growing up years in the 1950s and 1960s at the resort his parents owned thirty-two miles into the boreal forest from the town of Grand Marais, Minnesota. Far more than a sentimental journey into the past, here is a story of triumphs, tragedies, and transitions, which reveal in full the cathartic powers of nature. The lessons presented are all the more relevant today. Our need to reconnect with the wild has never been greater."--Provided by publisher.
Genre:
OCLC Number:
ocn840460896
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