Woman Of The Boundary Waters

Canoeing, Guiding, Mushing, and Surviving

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, State & Local
Cover of the book Woman Of The Boundary Waters by Justine Kerfoot, University of Minnesota Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Justine Kerfoot ISBN: 9781452901527
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press Publication: April 15, 1994
Imprint: Univ Of Minnesota Press Language: English
Author: Justine Kerfoot
ISBN: 9781452901527
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Publication: April 15, 1994
Imprint: Univ Of Minnesota Press
Language: English
The Boundary Waters region of Minnesota and Ontario is a vast wilderness of quiet beauty, visited and loved by many, but home to only a rugged few. In 1928, Justine Kerfoot arrived, a Northwestern University graduate student headed for medical school until her family lost both their Illinois homes in the stock market crash. Thrust into year-round life at her mother's fledgling summer resort, Justine was confronted with learning survival in the frigid north woods, a challenge she met with extraordinary verve and recounts with great candor and humor in this remarkable book. As she relates her lessons from the Canadian Indians across the lake-how to paddle a canoe, hunt moose, drive a dog team, and stay warm at minus 40 degrees-Kerfoot gives us a rich sense of the world of the Indians and fur trappers. Telling the story of settlement in this rough resort area fifty miles from a town, she describes the effects of depression and forest fires and the struggles for modernization in the wild. Kerfoot has paddled all the lakes and streams in this border country, and she knows them well. Her lyrical descriptions of wildlife and seasonal environments express the deep reverence for nature that has become her way of life. In a final chapter, she reflects on the impact of restricted wilderness status on the region-called the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness since 1978-and on her own convictions about people living in the wild.
The Boundary Waters region of Minnesota and Ontario is a vast wilderness of quiet beauty, visited and loved by many, but home to only a rugged few. In 1928, Justine Kerfoot arrived, a Northwestern University graduate student headed for medical school until her family lost both their Illinois homes in the stock market crash. Thrust into year-round life at her mother's fledgling summer resort, Justine was confronted with learning survival in the frigid north woods, a challenge she met with extraordinary verve and recounts with great candor and humor in this remarkable book. As she relates her lessons from the Canadian Indians across the lake-how to paddle a canoe, hunt moose, drive a dog team, and stay warm at minus 40 degrees-Kerfoot gives us a rich sense of the world of the Indians and fur trappers. Telling the story of settlement in this rough resort area fifty miles from a town, she describes the effects of depression and forest fires and the struggles for modernization in the wild. Kerfoot has paddled all the lakes and streams in this border country, and she knows them well. Her lyrical descriptions of wildlife and seasonal environments express the deep reverence for nature that has become her way of life. In a final chapter, she reflects on the impact of restricted wilderness status on the region-called the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness since 1978-and on her own convictions about people living in the wild.

More books from University of Minnesota Press

Cover of the book Worm Work by Justine Kerfoot
Cover of the book Barnstorming the Prairies by Justine Kerfoot
Cover of the book Grafts by Justine Kerfoot
Cover of the book Split Screen Korea by Justine Kerfoot
Cover of the book Total Liberation by Justine Kerfoot
Cover of the book From Light to Dark by Justine Kerfoot
Cover of the book The Different Modes of Existence by Justine Kerfoot
Cover of the book The Stakes of Exposure by Justine Kerfoot
Cover of the book The Rise of the Ku Klux Klan by Justine Kerfoot
Cover of the book Disconnect by Justine Kerfoot
Cover of the book Scenarios II by Justine Kerfoot
Cover of the book Berlin Replayed by Justine Kerfoot
Cover of the book Noise Channels by Justine Kerfoot
Cover of the book Robot Ghosts and Wired Dreams by Justine Kerfoot
Cover of the book Worlds of Autism by Justine Kerfoot
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy