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1 online resource (x, 256 pages) |
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The Little Lake -- Echo Island to Lost Bay -- The Secret Forest -- Streams of Consciousness -- The Gospel of Rocks -- Time Wasted -- Back to the Garden -- Into a Smaller World -- The Great Day That Dawns -- Backcast -- The Tao of the Canoe -- Turtle Stories -- A Poem of Flowers -- By the Fire -- The Last Sleep-Out -- The Promontory -- The Art of the Tale : The Cold Demise of Coffee Cup Charlie -- Distant Thunder -- Haunts of the Manitou -- The Wild Wind -- Marshes of Doubt -- Swinging the Coffee -- The Quest -- Finding the Fawn -- Gumption -- The Stick Throwers -- The Club -- Hunting for Something Ethereal -- Where Red Squirrels Live -- Changing Skies -- Base Camp -- The Landscape of Time -- Hello to Life -- Downstream -- The Stars of Sandfly -- The Education of a Grandfather -- All One Trip |
| Summary |
Wait, young Douglas's grandfather says as the bobber twitches on the surface of Little Lake. Be patient. And so begins an encounter with the promise and wonder of nature that will last a lifetime. Deep Woods, Wild Waters traces the winding path that carried Douglas Wood from one wonder to the next, through a landscape of rocks, woods, and waters, with stops along the way for questions and reflections that link human nature to the larger mysteries of the natural world. Like life itself, the author's way is not linear. One landmark leads back to a favorite campsite, another prompts him to consider the "gospel of rocks," another launches him into the wilderness beyond the stars--a contemplation of time and space and humanity's place in all of it. The creator of thirty-four books, including the classic Old Turtle, and an expert woodsman and wilderness canoe guide, Wood brings all his storytelling and bushwhacking skills to bear as he takes us hurtling down wild rapids, crossing stormy lakes, or simply navigating the treacherous currents and twisty trails of everyday life. A warm, generous, and knowing guide, Wood maps a journey that, as he says, "anyone can take, through a landscape anyone can know." Turning the pages, hiking the portages, running the rapids, or scanning the wild country from high promontory, he invites us to say, in a soul-satisfying moment of recognition, "I know that place." |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Wood, Douglas, 1951-
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Wood, Douglas, 1951- fast |
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Outdoor life -- Minnesota
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Natural history -- Minnesota
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Outdoorsmen -- Minnesota -- Biography
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Canoeists -- Minnesota -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Sports.
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GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- History.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference.
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports.
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NATURE -- Essays.
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Canoeists
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Natural history
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Outdoor life
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Outdoorsmen
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Minnesota
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autobiographies (literary works)
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Autobiographies
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Biographies
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781452954448 |
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1452954445 |
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9781452954868 |
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1452954860 |
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