The Whole Forest for a Backyard: A Gunflint Trail Wilderness Memoir (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780878396467)

Crafted with an honest sensitivity, this charming book reflects the perspective of a small, free-range boy with a large imagination reared in one of our nations most cherished wilderness areas. It is mostly about the author's growing up years in the 1950s and 1960s at the resort his parents owned thirty-two miles into the boreal forest from the town of Grand Marais, Minnesota. Far more than a sentimental journey into the past, here is a story of triumphs, tragedies, and transitions, which reveal in full the cathartic powers of nature. The lessons presented are all the more relevant today. Our need to reconnect with the wild has never been greater.

Author: Timothy McDonnell
ISBN-10: 0878396462
ISBN-13: 9780878396467
Publisher: North Star Press of St. Cloud
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2013
Pages: 110
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.90w x 0.40d
Award: Northeastern Minnesota Book Award - Nominee