The Years of the Forest (The Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book Series)

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Summary: My Favorite Book
Review: I borrowed this book from the library when I was 12 (I am 39 now). This is the one of the books I have borrowed over and over again. Now...I have bought it so other ppl can get it at the library. I have also ordered all of Helen's books. I can't wait to enjoy more of Helen's writing. She makes me long for a cabin in the woods and a simpler life. If you love nature this book is for you.

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Summary: BACK TO NATURE
Review: This is the last book in the nature series by Helen Hoover chronicling her and her husband's sixteen years in a small cabin in the Northern Minnesota wilderness. With fine pen and ink illustrations by Ade Hoover, the book is a modern day "Walden" as Helen and Ade cope with the ways of the wilderness after leaving prestigious jobs in the Chicago steel industry for a life that affords none of the comforts of modern living. High-brow readers and scientific minds will cringe with suppressed delight as The Hoovers study the natural world by feeding it, comforting it, and befriending any wayward creature that happens through their cabin door. If you like nature writing with a tinge of sentiment or if you ever imagined getting away from it all and living in a cabin in the woods, you will find this book and the entire series essential and delightful reading.