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Webwood: Seasons of Life in the North Woods
The variety of wildlife at Webwood, Larry Weber’s 100-acre farm in northeast Minnesota, is astonishing. These anecdotal essays take you with Larry on his hikes (in winter on skis) and share the sights and sounds and face-to-face critter encounters.
Larry is a teacher, author, photographer and naturalist whose delightful stories are told as if he’s talking to his neighbors, without big science words.
You get to know the animals as Larry does. I love the coyote’s faceoff with a group of cows. Larry describes finding many wolf tracks, but it takes 25 years before he sees an elusive gray wolf. A bobcat walks inside his footprints “as if to tell me it knew I was here.” He sees a bobcat after 23 years on the farm, and it comes within 20 feet of him. With birds, Larry notes shifting trends bringing wild turkeys and cardinals northward.
Larry learned to love winter by getting out to look for evidence of wildlife. What he writes could inspire others to do the same - or simply to enjoy reading his book.
- Bob Berg
Voyage of the Pelican: A Thunder Bay Odyssey
If I sailed on a freshwater odyssey around Lake Superior, I would choose Bill MacDonald as official storyteller. Bill’s skill weaves in this novel a wondrous and rollicking adventure that mingles, quite naturally in Bill’s capable hands, our most workaday lakescapes of grain elevators and freighters among glimpses of ranting oracles and giant flesh-eating plants. Bill creates an astonishingly comfortable tale that’s a joy to spend time with, as are his created crew of the Pelican. You will feel that you, too, are a member of the crew and your only regret will be the shortness of this mythical Lake Superior journey.
- Konnie LeMay
Paddle North: Canoeing the Boundary Waters-Quetico Wilderness
These experienced paddlers have produced together a work that explains the special qualities of the wilderness on the Minnesota-Ontario border. Layne’s gorgeous images and Greg’s well-written essays should prove enlightening for veteran canoeists and would-be paddlers alike.
Learn about the canoe’s history and importance, about portaging and about the rock (from 1 billion to nearly 3 billion years old) that makes this canoe country so rugged. This combined work is a perfect way to explore the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wildernesss and the adjacent Quetico Provincial Park without leaving home.
- Bob Berg