The war against the beavers
By: Verena Andermatt Conley.
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 167
Subjects: Conley, Verena Andermatt, 1943-; Country life -- Minnesota -- Boundary Waters Canoe Area.; Log cabins -- Minnesota -- Boundary Waters Canoe Area.; Natural history -- Minnesota -- Boundary Waters Canoe Area.; Beavers -- Minnesota -- Boundary Waters Canoe Area.; Boundary Waters Canoe Area (Minn.) -- Description and travel.; Vermilion River Region (Minn.) -- Description and travel.; Boundary Waters Canoe Area (Minn.) -- Biography.; Vermilion River Region (Minn.) -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "The War against the Beavers is a wry and funny account of two people's ten-year apprenticeship in backwoods living, from their arrival as literal babes in the woods to their education in the ways of nature as they face plagues of insects, fungus, storms and droughts, and embark on a lengthy campaign to eradicate a colony of beavers that threatens the peace and beauty of their forest refuge."

"Juxtaposing idyllic descriptions - hiking and cross-country skiing, swimming and canoeing in clear waters, harvesting berries and wild rice - with the intensive labor of maintaining a wilderness homestead, Conley draws a beguiling picture of the ups and downs of backwoods living. Having come to the North Woods to escape the rigors of modern life, the couple finds instead that their beliefs about animals, humans, and nature are tested. They emerge from the experience with a hard-won wisdom and a new and deeper understanding of the ever-changing character of wilderness."--Jacket.