Her place in the woods : the life of Helen Hoover / David Hakensen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hakensen, David, 1959- Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hoover, Helen.

Women authors, American--21st century--Biography.

Women authors, American.

Nature writers--Minnesota--Biography.

Nature writers.

Authors, American.

Minnesota.

Genre:

Biographies

Biographies.

Physical Description:

x, 255 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2025]

Summary:

"Her Place in the Woods is the first complete biography of Helen Hoover (1910-1984), whose beloved writings on life in the wilderness of northern Minnesota's Gunflint Lake were published in popular magazines and several bestselling books. David Hakensen shares her unlikely history of leaving a corporate career in Chicago for a small cabin without electricity or running water, detailing the challenges she and her husband faced as they settled into the rhythms of their remote homestead. Her Place in the Woods captures both Hoover's awakening to the power and fragility of the natural world and the efforts and talents of an extraordinary woman defining herself as a writer"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

A charmed life : Ohio, 1910-1929

Grit and perseverance : Chicago, 1929-1937

Marriage and metallurgy : Chicago, 1938-1953

Bears in the basement : Gunflint Lake, 1954-1957

The buck with the generous heart : Gunflint Lake, 1958-1962

The restless writer : Gunflint Lake, 1962-1965

Paradise lost : Gunflint Lake, 1966-1971

Free to roam : Florida and New Mexico, 1972-1977

Looking for a new hook : Laramie, 1977-1986

Epilogue. The long road.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version Hakensen, David, 1959- Her place in the woods

ISBN:

9781517911683

1517911680

9781517920258

1517920256

OCLC:

1493670903

Publisher Number:

CIPO000272983