Woman of the Boundary Waters : canoeing, guiding, mushing, and surviving / Justine Kerfoot ; foreword by Les Blacklock ; [with a new afterword by the author].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kerfoot, Justine, 1906-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural history--Minnesota--Boundary Waters Canoe Area.

Natural history.

Outdoor life--Minnesota--Boundary Waters Canoe Area.

Outdoor life.

Boundary Waters Canoe Area (Minn.)--Biography.

Boundary Waters Canoe Area (Minn.).

Boundary Waters Canoe Area (Minn.)--Social life and customs.

Kerfoot, Justine, 1906-.

Kerfoot, Justine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 p.)

Edition:

1st University of Minnesota Press ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Boundary Waters region of Minnesota and Ontario is a vast wilderness of quiet beauty, visited and loved by many, but home to only a rugged few. In 1928, Justine Kerfoot arrived, a Northwestern University graduate student headed for medical school until her family lost both their Illinois homes in the stock market crash. Thrust into year-round life at her mother's fledgling summer resort, Justine was confronted with learning survival in the frigid north woods, a challenge she met with extraordinary verve and recounts with great candor and humor in this remarkable book. As she relates

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: A Little History; A Love Affair; 1 Up the Gunflint Trail; 2 Early Days; 3 The Economy Goes Bust; 4 Marriage and Daily Life; 5 Crises; 6 The Lives Around Us; 7 Living Together in the Forest; 8 Changing Times; 9 Reflections; Afterword; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-8166-8591-6

OCLC:

476096225