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Author: Eileen M. McMahon Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press ISBN: 0299234231 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 353
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The St. Croix River, the free-flowing boundary between Wisconsin and Minnesota, is a federally protected National Scenic Riverway. The area’s first recorded human inhabitants were the Dakota Indians, whose lands were transformed by fur trade empires and the loggers who called it the “river of pine.” A patchwork of farms, cultivated by immigrants from many countries, followed the cutover forests. Today, the St. Croix River Valley is a tourist haven in the land of sky-blue waters and a peaceful escape for residents of the bustling Minneapolis–St. Paul metropolitan region. North Woods River is a thoughtful biography of the river over the course of more than three hundred years. Eileen McMahon and Theodore Karamanski track the river’s social and environmental transformation as newcomers changed the river basin and, in turn, were changed by it. The history of the St. Croix revealed here offers larger lessons about the future management of beautiful and fragile wild waters.
Author: Eileen M. McMahon Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press ISBN: 0299234231 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 353
Book Description
The St. Croix River, the free-flowing boundary between Wisconsin and Minnesota, is a federally protected National Scenic Riverway. The area’s first recorded human inhabitants were the Dakota Indians, whose lands were transformed by fur trade empires and the loggers who called it the “river of pine.” A patchwork of farms, cultivated by immigrants from many countries, followed the cutover forests. Today, the St. Croix River Valley is a tourist haven in the land of sky-blue waters and a peaceful escape for residents of the bustling Minneapolis–St. Paul metropolitan region. North Woods River is a thoughtful biography of the river over the course of more than three hundred years. Eileen McMahon and Theodore Karamanski track the river’s social and environmental transformation as newcomers changed the river basin and, in turn, were changed by it. The history of the St. Croix revealed here offers larger lessons about the future management of beautiful and fragile wild waters.
Author: Earl Brechlin Publisher: Down East Books ISBN: 1608939995 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 272
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Someone once asked me how much I charge to guide people into the woods. “That’s free,” I explained. “Anyone can get themselves into the woods. You pay me to get you out.” Can anyone really know the northern forest? It is something you feel more in your heart than in your head. You may be able to locate your place on a map, but can you pinpoint the places the forest has hold of your soul? For more than forty years, Maine Guide Earl Brechlin has sought the answers. Through this series of interconnected essays, Brechlin recounts the annual canoe trips to the North Maine Woods he has made with a small group of friends, closing with the death of his twin brother and the group’s last trip to spread his brother’s ashes in the place he loved best. Often humorous and thrilling at once, the heartfelt narrative is peppered with tidbits of history, woods lore, and sage advice from a seasoned outdoorsman. What shines through is the author’s profound love of the natural world and his place in it.
Author: Aaron Shapiro Publisher: ISBN: 9780816677924 Category : Middle West Languages : en Pages : 0
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This book tells the story of how northern Minnesota, northern Wisconsin, and Michigan's Upper Peninsula became a tourist paradise, turning a scarred industrial countryside into the playground we know today. Aaron Shapiro describes how residents and visitors reshaped the region from a landscape of exploitation to a vacationland and reveals how leisure--and tourism in particular--has shaped modern America.
Author: Aimée M. Bissonette Publisher: ISBN: 9780873519663 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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Whether hearing wood frogs peep, choosing the finest skipping stone, observing squirrels gathering nuts, or inhaling crisp, cold air, a hike through Grandma's woods engages all the senses.
Author: John Bates Publisher: ISBN: 9780965676366 Category : Autumn Languages : en Pages : 0
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Every season in the Northwoods is a wonder of plants and animals. This book features detailed and fascinating descriptions of the natural cycles during fall and winter. Youíll know whatís blooming, crawling, singing or migrating in any month.
Author: Jess Walker Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 139
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Sam West thought he knew what it was like to feel alone in the world. He had spent the better part of his childhood abandoned by his mother, neglected by his alcoholic father, and ignored by every foster parent he was sent to. Sam decides to find his mother in search of a future with the woman he barely remembers. But when his bush plane crashes in Northern Ontario, a vast expanse of untamed wilderness, Sam is the sole survivor and utterly alone.Determined to live and somehow make it back to civilization, Sam uses every ounce of knowledge to fight the elements, the treacherous predators, and most of all, to keep his head in the game of survival. After a near-death encounter with a bear shakes him to his core, the appearance of a mysterious mountain man surprises him the most.Together, they embark upon a long journey to find the world again, a world that will be forever different to these survivors. But Sam also finds something he never thought possible; he finds the friendship and the love he always wanted, forged in the solitary landscape of the wilderness. This teen and young adult wilderness story is a treat for those who relish wilderness survival thriller and adventure books. The unputdownable suspense filled novel is an educational and highly entertaining read -- teaching the art of bushcraft and more importantly, the art of living.
Author: Kurt Mead Publisher: Kollath-Stensaas Publishing ISBN: 9781936571116 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 276
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Learn about all 102 species of dragonflies in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Ontario in this third edition of the best-selling Dragonflies of the North Woods, which won a National Outdoor Book Award.
Author: Michael Edmonds Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society ISBN: 0870204718 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 299
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Every American has heard of the lumberjack hero Paul Bunyan and his big blue ox. For 100 years his exploits filled cartoons, magazines, short stories, and children's books, and his name advertised everything from pancake breakfasts to construction supplies. By 1950 Bunyan was a ubiquitous icon of America's strength and ingenuity. Until now, no one knew where he came from—and the extent to which this mythical hero is rooted in Wisconsin. Out of the Northwoods presents the culture of nineteenth-century lumberjacks in their own words. It includes eyewitness accounts of how the first Bunyan stories were shared on frigid winter nights, around logging camp stoves, in the Wisconsin pinery. It describes where the tales began, how they moved out of the forest and into print, and why publication changed them forever. Part bibliographic mystery and part social history, Out of the Northwoods explains for the first time why we all know and love Paul Bunyan.
Author: Eileen M. McMahon
Author: Eileen M. McMahon
Author: Earl Brechlin
Author: Aaron Shapiro
Author: Aimée M. Bissonette
Author: John Bates
Author: Jess Walker
Author: Percy Knauth
Author: Kurt Mead
Author: Howard Frank Mosher
Author: Michael Edmonds