Indian Creek Chronicles: A Winter in the Bitterroot Wilderness

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Synopsis
"The wardens climbed into their truck, ready to leave. 'You'll need about seven cords of firewood. Concentrate on that. You'll have to get it all in before the snow grounds your truck.'" "Though I didn't want to ask, it seemed important. 'What's a cord?'" So begins Pete Fromm's seven winter months alone in a tent in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness guarding salmon eggs. After blundering into this forbidding errand as a college lark, Fromm gradually come face to face with the blunt realities of life as a contemporary mountain man. Brutal cold, isolation, and fearful risks balance against the satisfaction of living a unique existence in modern America. This award-winning narrative is a gripping story of adventure, a rousing tale of self-sufficiency, and modern-day Walden. From either perspective, Fromm lives up to his reputation as one of the West's strongest new voices.
Copyright:
1993

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
Book Size:
171 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781558212053
Publisher:
Lyons & Burford
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Pete Fromm
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Sports, Biographies and Memoirs, Outdoors and Nature
Submitted By:
Snehali (Holly) Marimuthu
Proofread By:
Snehali (Holly) Marimuthu
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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5 out of 5

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This is an excellent adventure of a young man discovering the true meaning of life.<p> He describes life in it truest form, survivial.<p> The book made me smile, laugh out loud and cry. There were time I could bearly read my eyes were so full of tears.<p> I would high recommend this book to both young and old.<p> Mary Stevens