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At Home in the Big Woods
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Item Description...
At Home in the Big Woods by Dana Gardner Nancy Overcott |
Item Specifications...
Pages 268
Dimensions: Length: 9.1" Width: 6.24" Height: 0.73"
Weight: 0.89 lbs.
Binding Softcover
Release Date Oct 31, 2002
ISBN 1885209401
EAN 9781885209405
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Availability 100 units.
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 | Remembering Home Jan 29, 2003 |
| I absolutely love the Book. It brings up all kinds of emotions for me. It was like reading a diary of my own years in the Big Woods, somewhat like reading an old letter about a dear departed friend. It refreshed memories of the sights and seasons of my own precious moments on the Root River, captured with the uniquely defined detail that I don't ever want to forget. Aside from my own personal response, the style of the author's powerful, straight forward writing, the delightful drawings, the subtle narrative, the lovely depiction of local people are all beautiful. The author's perceptions, particularily when she describes "Celebrities", suggests an ethical code quite beyond the common and well worth reflection. Years ago when still a prisoner of the city, I read Helen Hoover's books about her experiences in the Great Piney Woods of northern Minnesota. Like those stories, this insightful articulation of the rich experience of being At Home in the Big Woods helps any reader to listen and to really see into their own surroundings. Those insights will deepen your feelings about the place that you call home, whever it is. | | |  | Into The Big Woods... Jan 28, 2003 |
| As a long-time admirer of Ms. Overcott's poetry, I was pre-disposed to enjoy this collection of her essays. I was not disappointed. The author has a keen understanding of nature and an obvious love for "the Big Woods" and its inhabitants-both people and wildlife. Her encounters brought me into her world, and I felt privileged to experience it along with her. She has produced a work that I shall enjoy reading over and over again. | | | | A Celebration of the Woods Jan 26, 2003 |
Nancy Overcott has traveled a great deal in the Big Woods. She has hacked trails through the thick underbrush and has built wooden benches along the way where she can sit and observe the abundance of nature around her. In her book, she writes about her observations and musings in the spirit of the great 19th century individualist and naturalist, Henry David Thoreau. She writes about her neighbors with affection and candor. Along her walks she meets hunters and fishermen; fellow bird watchers and Amish teenage beer drinkers
Nancy is exquisitely in tune with the Big Woods. It's in her bones. Through her essays, she evokes a quiet sensibility and spirituality that is grounded in her strong sense of place. The book is both memoir and meditation. It is a celebration of wildlife and of home life. | | | | Rich in nature, idealism, reality, and humanity. Jan 22, 2003 |
| Read it in bits if you wish, or stay up all night; either way, you will love it! On the thread of life throughout this marvelous first book, Nancy Overcott strings beads of wonder, sorrow, hope, pain, disappointment, love, fear, laughter, joy. The book is at once a series of journal entries or essays describing life experiences of an idealistic couple, and a beautiful collection of birding and wildlife observations as documented by a true nature lover. At the same time, on a deeper level it is a sensitive celebration of community--of family, of neighborhood, of country, and of the living Earth. With a keen sense of detail and clarity of language, she finds poetry in the prosaic. Dana Gardner's black-and-white illustrations are perfectly suited to the text, similarly insisting that the reader acknowledge the beauty that resides in the commonplace. | | | | Reality, idealism, and a gentle philosophy shared. Jan 22, 2003 |
| Read it in bits if you wish, or stay up all night; either way, you will love it! On the thread of life throughout this marvelous first book, Nancy Overcott strings beads of wonder, sorrow, hope, pain, disappointment, love, fear, laughter, joy. The book is at once a series of journal entries or essays describing life experiences of an idealistic couple, and a beautiful collection of birding and wildlife observations as documented by a true nature lover. At the same time, on a deeper level it is a sensitive celebration of community--of family, of neighborhood, of country, and of the living Earth. With a keen sense of detail and clarity of language, she finds poetry in the prosaic. Dana Gardner's black-and-white illustrations are perfectly suited to the text, similarly insisting that the reader acknowledge the beauty that resides in the commonplace. | | | Write your own review about At Home in the Big Woods
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