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Coming Out Of The Woods: The Solitary Life Of A Maverick Naturalist Now, twenty-five years later, he emerges to tell a tale somewhat different from Thoreau's-an entertaining, moving, and distinctly late-twentieth-century story of a life lived in the wild as landowner
| Title | : | Coming Out Of The Woods: The Solitary Life Of A Maverick Naturalist |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.56 (667 Votes) |
| Id Book | : | 0738202584 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2000-05-31 |
| Type File | : | PDF, DOC, RTF, ePub |
In 1974 Wallace Kaufman, following the romantic vision of a simpler life in harmony with nature he first glimpsed in Thoreau's Walden, moved on to his own land by a small stream in the North Carolina woods. Now, twenty-five years later, he emerges to tell a tale somewhat different from Thoreau's-an entertaining, moving, and distinctly late-twentieth-century story of a life lived in the wild as landowner, environmentally conscious developer, builder, farmer, conservationist, wilderness steward. His love of nature and his commitment to preserving it never waver, even as he tells the sometimes hilarious, sometimes catastrophic story of the ragtag cast of 1970s "back-to-the-land" characters who buy shares of his land in the wake of the first Earth Day; of trying to build a road without cutting down trees or disturbing a streambed, but at last giving in and learning to chainsaw and dynamite; of building his own home; of resorting to violence when flying squirrels refuse the special n
The book is written in an easy, informative style and Cecil goes out of her way to make it understandable for the average person. But we can share the excitement, the sense of wonder, the hope for the future when we read what this legend has to say, and we look up at the night sky and the moon and think about those great days.
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Highly recommended, in its own right as a great book on the space race, and as part of the Apollo story.. Did John Ernst Worrell Keely really discover a secret motive force in nature - or was he the greatest charlatan of the nineteenth century?
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