{"product_id":"forest-legend-dan-ellens-9781968761073","title":"Forest Legend: The Tale of Ol' Split Toe","description":"A deer journeys through time, witnessing a resilient world transformed as humans struggle for control over nature.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMother Nature struggles to maintain equilibrium in a changing world while fire, disease, logging, human displacement, and war repeatedly destroy forests of centuries-old trees. Split Toe, a deer chosen at birth for a unique education, travels through time to understand the interconnected workings of a Michigan forest. He meets humans along the way: Ice Age hunters who trap and kill a mastodon; Mukwoh, a young Ojibwe hunter who stalks Split Toe through swamp and forest; loggers clear-cutting Michigan's white pines; Edra, a woman advocating for the trees; Angus and Grace, pioneers who become a first generation of family farmers; scientists from the future studying the impact of nuclear radiation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSplit Toe witnesses two hundred years of conflict building between modern humans-who fight to control the natural world-and Mother Nature, who repeatedly reaches for balance. He wonders whether human ways will ultimately overpower Mother Nature, until he meets a boy who changes everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dan Ellens\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1968761071\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781968761073\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mission Point Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.88d","brand":"Dan Ellens","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48066730754303,"sku":"9781968761073","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_691edb93-b680-4bce-8800-973c5e6f8395.jpg?v=1768680174","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/forest-legend-dan-ellens-9781968761073","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}