Cache Lake Country: Life in the North Woods
by John J. Rowlands
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Author: John J. RowlandsEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1998-09
ISBN: 0881504211
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Countryman Press
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Summary: 5 Stars
Cache Lake Country: Life in the North Woods is a real keeper for anyone who has dreams of making do with what you've got. The margins are replete with illustrations of things the author made for survival and fun. It's an informative and entertaining read. One of the few books I've read more than once.
Summary of Cache Lake Country: Life in the North Woods
A vivid and faithful chronicle of life in the great Northern Forest and a storehouse of valuable information on woodcraft and nature. Over half a century ago, John Rowlands set out by canoe into the wilds of Maine to survey land for a timber company. After paddling alone for several days--"it was so quiet I could hear the drops from the paddle hitting the water"--he came upon "the lake of my boyhood dreams." He never left. He named the place Cache Lake because there was stored the best that the north had to offer--timber for a cabin; fish, game and berries to live on; and the peace and contentment he felt he could not live without. Cache Lake Country exemplifies the classic American notion that what is most worth finding lies far from the tracks of civilization, and that what is most worth doing demands resourcefulness and wit. Here is folklore and philosophy, but most of all wisdom about the woods and the inventiveness and self-reliance they demand. The author explains how to make moccasins, barrel stoves, lean-to shelters, outdoor bake ovens, sailing canoes, and hundreds of other ingenious and useful gadgets, all illustrated in the margins with 230 enchanting drawings by Henry B. Kane.General Books
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