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Woodswoman

Anne LaBastille

(Penguin books)

Penguin Books, 1991

1st ed

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Woodswoman : living alone in the Adirondack wilderness

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First published in the United States of America by E.P.Dutton 1978

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Description

Ecologist Anne LaBastille created the life that many people dream about. When she and her husband divorced, she needed a place to live. Through luck and perseverance, she found the ideal spot: a 20-acre parcel of land in the Adirondack mountains, where she built the cozy, primitive log cabin that became her permanent home. Miles from the nearest town, LaBastille had to depend on her wits, ingenuity, and the help of generous neighbors for her survival. In precise, poetic language, she chronicles her adventures on Black Bear Lake, capturing the power of the landscape, the rhythms of the changing seasons, and the beauty of nature's many creatures. Most of all, she captures the struggle to balance her need for companionship and love with her desire for independence and solitude. Woodswoman is not simply a book about living in the wilderness, it is a book about living that contains a lesson for us all.

Table of Contents

1. No Home 2. At Home 3. Season of Splendors 4. Among My Closest Friends 5. Inca Mapuche Pitzi 6. Becoming a Woodswoman 7. Becoming an Adirondack Guide 8. My First Winter (Or How to Be Lonely without Even Trying) 9. Winter Today 10. The Breakup 11. Spring 12. Summer 13. Human Visitors 14. Animal Visitors 15. A Man around the Cabin 16. The Adirondack Division 17. My Backyard 18. Survival 19. Alaska versus the Adirondacks 20. Cabin versus City Life

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