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Summary: Super Funny!
Review: I just loved this book! It was hilarious to read about all his mishaps in the wilderness. I laughed out loud when he finally admitted that he didn't know what a cord of wood was! This is a great book to read in an evening next to your warm fire. I highly recommend this funny book.
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Summary: An easy and enjoyable read
Review: I was initially somewhat defensive when I started reading this book because the author was two years younger than I am now when the events that this book are based on took place (although I am not sure how old he was when he actually got to writing about it). These are the same defensive feels that I get when someone tells me about how the Olsen twins, despite being a few years younger than I, are already billionaires- it makes me wonder what I have been doing with my life...
But those initial defensive impulses not to like him quickly melted within the opening pages in large part because of Pete Fromm's unflinching honesty in Indian Creek Chronicles, never trying to hide his mistakes or ignorance. This book detailing his learning experiences in nature invites the reader to learn along with him and to never feel looked down upon (as no doubt those snobbish Olsen twins would!)
At the age of 20 or so Fromm drops out of college for a year on an implus so that he could accept a job working for the wildlife service which basically just involves living in a tent in the middle of nowhere, by himself for the winter. Inspired by (largely fictionalized) accounts of "mountain men" he finds himself deposited in on the Montana and Idaho border at Indian Creek soon to be sealed away by the snows of winter (the nearest accessible road 30 miles away.
What follows is the story of that (surprisingly eventful) winter in solitude, punctuated only occasionally by hunter or parks officials on snowmobiles (Fromm, along with the reader, learns that you are suppose to call them snowmachines if you want to sound like you know what you are talking about).
While yes he learns much about living in the wild the greater learning experience is what the experience teaches him about himself- which makes him far more interesting to read about than any cardboard mountain men from cheep fiction.
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Summary: Pretty Darn Good
Review: In a book about a guy went out and lived in the woods alone,
The story rings with a very nice tone.
Interesting and fun it ran,
Even when it had just began.
With intrigue and wit,
It was a good hit.
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Summary: Winter in the Wilderness: Life as it was Meant to be Lived!
Review: Indian Creek Chronicles is an authentic look at personal growth, transformation and adaptation. And, it occurs in one of the most beautiful isolated wilderness areas in North America: The Idaho-Montana Selway River region near Nez Perce Pass. It occurs in winter too, which, considering the extreme cold and heavy snow creates some unique challenges and "opportunities." Author Pete Fromm is a willing adventurer, at least in the beginning. But uninitiated and psychologically unprepared his journey from city boy/college kid to mountain man is fraught with challenges and misgivings. Without giving too much away, the circumstance of the book is this: Fromm is a college student who takes a winter-long job guarding salmon eggs in Indian Creek, a tributary to the Selway. His job is to make sure that the outlet of a small channel in the stream doesn't freeze and prevent water from flowing over some 2.5 million salmon eggs incubating in the gravel. So once a day, every day, Fromm must check the outlet and chop away any ice that has formed. He lives in a canvas tent with only a Husky/Shepherd puppy for compansionship. I do realize that one of Fromm's chapters won a Sierra Club writing award, and that would be enough to discourage anyone from holding it in very high regard. The Sierra Club, after all, is one of the most self-righteous, pedantic, arrogant, condescending, narrow-minded and elitist organizations ever conceived. That fact notwithstanding, "Chronicles" is one of the best books I've ever read. If you are an outdoorsman (or outdoorswoman), if you like camping or hiking, or just love the wildnerness, I think you'd be hard-pressed to find a more fun or interesting book. Be forewarned though: this book deals with reality, with the forces of nature, the ancient and eternal relationship between prey and predator and man and his environment. Not that it's gruesome or sensationalistic. It isn't. In fact, in my opinion it's perfect "family" reading. But if you get squeamish thinking about where that leather belt around your waist or those shoes on your feet came from, or how pork chops or hamburgers are made, you might get a little squeamish once or twice reading this book. On another level, "Chronicles" is a thoughtful and reflective treatise on expectation, disappointment, fulfillment and growth; and most importantly, the relativistic nature of human values. Quite an excellent book actually and easy to read. Strongly recommended.
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Summary: BUY THIS BOOK!
Review: It is excellent! Concisely written, interesting and fun to read, and a truly great story about a naive young man wanting to be a "mountain man" who finds out how hard that is to be.
This book didn't get a lot of press, but deserves a read. I've passed this book on to many people, all of whom thought it was a great book.
This is the kind of wonderful book that isn't getting published by big houses, isn't in book chain stores, and isn't getting in your hands because you don't know about it.
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Summary: A journey I looked forward to every night ...
Review: My adventurous friend loaned me this book. I'm so glad she did! I loved it! I wanted to be there with Peter. I smiled with him as he and Boone played in the meadows. I cringed at some of the hunting details. But the ending made me wonder about what he has been doing since then. Find this book and have your own escape into the Bitterroot Wilderness.
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Summary: Indian Creek as a How-To Book
Review: My wife and I read this book before buying our own wilderness property in Montana not that far from where Peter stayed. It inspired us. Indian Creek Chronicles is to moving to the wilderness as Rebel Without a Crew is to independent filmmakers. We didn't even pay enough attention. On re-reading (yes, it is that good) I realized Peter had mentioned damaging a vehicle by tossing firewood, I should have been forwarned. The number of experiences we've had since moving to the wilderness that are similar to Peter's is astounding. So this review is for people who are thinking of trying what Peter did, either for a year or for many years, yes this is the book for you.
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Summary: A must-read for Montana literature buffs!
Review: Pete Fromm takes the reader into the Bitterroot Wilderness where the narrator, Fromm in his early twenties, learns about solitude and his place in the West. Fromm is a student at the University of Montana in Missoula when he takes a job guarding fish eggs in a small river deep into the back-country, accessible by road only in the summer. He spends the winter wrestling with boredom and mingling with the area's wildlife. Pages of hair-raising suspense find their way into this auto-biographical season of growth.
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Summary: Indian Creek Chronicals Review
Review: The book Indian Creek is a great book. The action never stops. There is always an action. In one part of the book this guy even beats a bobcat to death. The book is great. It is a very factional book. It is truthfull about what really happens in the wilderness.
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Summary: Indian Creek Chronicals Review
Review: The book Indian Creek is a great book. The action never stops. There is always an action. In one part of the book this guy even beats a bobcat to death. The book is great. It is a very factional book. It is truthfull about what really happens in the wilderness.
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