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| Original Title: | A Place in the Woods |
| ISBN: | 0816631298 (ISBN13: 9780816631292) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Helen Hoover
Paperback | Pages: 320 pages Rating: 4.21 | 507 Users | 64 Reviews
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| Title | : | A Place In The Woods |
| Author | : | Helen Hoover |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 320 pages |
| Published | : | April 1st 1999 by Univ Of Minnesota Press (first published May 12th 1969) |
| Categories | : | Environment. Nature. Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir. Biography. Biography Memoir |
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Helen Hoover and her husband, Adrian, were trailblazers in the American back-to-the-land movement. Well ensconced in their professional lives in Chicago, they made the decision to follow their dream of a simple existence, pulling up their stakes and plunging into the wilds of northern Minnesota.A Place in the Woods, first published in 1969, describes how the Hoovers gradually adapted to the rigors of wilderness survival, relating events that occurred prior to those Helen Hoover described in her bestselling The Girl of the Deer. This is a tale of starting out, of the pitfalls of beginning a new life -- one punctuated by near disasters but also by moments of rare beauty.
A Place in the Woods is enlivened by warm, humorous anecdotes showing both the struggle and reward involved in joining this small community of rabbits, deer, and distant neighbors. This volume, now available in paperback for the first time, conveys the special joy of each small victory in the wilderness.
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Ratings: 4.21 From 507 Users | 64 ReviewsCriticism Containing Books A Place In The Woods
I love to read accounts of people who set out to live somewhere new, particularly when it is in a remote and rustic location. This account of the Hoover's moving to northern Minnesota is one of my favorites. It describes the many struggles and triumphs the author and her husband faced after leaving successful careers as engineers to live a rustic lifestyle in the north woods. I love this book and have read it several times.A wonderful look at living in the northwoods of MN in the mid 1950's on a shoe string budget and when your background is big city Chicago. The description of the seasons, the ups and downs of learning to live in the wilds, the introspection of the author makes it a terrific read.
I'm doing that thing I do where I read two or three books at a time. Never ends well. I need discipline...* I finished this book a week or so ago. I loved it. The author tells the the true story of her first year living off the grid with her husband in northern Minnesota, after a somewhat rash decision to quit their jobs and just do it. It was awesome. What an experience. And, that fact that this all happened in the fifties was even more amazing. I hope to live that dream someday...
Helen Hoover's writing about nature is exquisite and unlike anything I have read before. I could smell the pine and the balsam, I could feel the lake breezes on my face and sense the quiet of snow falling in the forest, I could vividly picture the wildlife. In addition to writing about the beauty and serenity of living off the grid in the forest, she wrote about the hardships she and her husband endured. I know I couldn't do what they did and am more appreciative of things like electricity,
I found this book at a sale at the library. Its a fast read and a very nice story about living 'away from it all' and really being forced to intertwine nature/the seasons into your day-to-day life.
Learned a lot about nature and animals from this book. I wish I could read more of hers but she's no longer with us. I got lost in this book...very enjoyable
This is the story of how a suburban couple leaves all the comforts of modern civilization, in order to experience the beauty of the Minnesota wilderness. The book takes on a "Little House on the Prairie" quality, as Helen Hoover details the struggles she and her husband go through as they learn to cope without electricity, close neighbors, and access to the amenities of modern life. She describes the breathtaking scenery beautifully, but her true gift is in bringing the animals to... (show
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