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" Woman of the Boundary Waters : "
Justine Kerfoot ; foreword by Les Blacklock ; [with a new afterword by the author].
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BL
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1018511
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b772881
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Kerfoot, Justine,1906-
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Woman of the Boundary Waters : : canoeing, guiding, mushing, and surviving /\ Justine Kerfoot ; foreword by Les Blacklock ; [with a new afterword by the author].
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1st University of Minnesota Press ed.
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| Publication Statement
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Minneapolis :: University of Minnesota Press,, 1994.
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1 online resource (xxi, 176 pages) :: illustrations
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0816685916
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0816624437
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9780816624430
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| Contents
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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.
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"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 her lessons from the Canadian Indians across the lake-how to paddle a canoe, hunt moose, drive a dog team, and stay warm at minus 40 degrees-Kerfoot gives us a rich sense of the world of the Indians [Aboriginal or Native peoples - First Nations] and fur trappers. Telling the story of settlement in this rough resort area fifty miles from a town, she describes the effects of depression and forest fires and the struggles for modernization in the wild.
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Kerfoot has paddled all the lakes and streams in this border country, and she knows them well. Her lyrical descriptions of wildlife and seasonal environments express the deep reverence for nature that has become her way of life. In a final chapter, she reflects on the impact of restricted wilderness status on the region -- called the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness since 1978 -- and on her own convictions about people living in the wild."--Pub. desc.
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Kerfoot, Justine,1906-
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Kerfoot, Justine,1906-
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Natural history-- Minnesota-- Boundary Waters Canoe Area.
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Outdoor life-- Minnesota-- Boundary Waters Canoe Area.
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BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- General.
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BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Historical.
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HISTORY-- State Local-- General.
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HISTORY-- State Local.
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Manners and customs.
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Natural history.
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Outdoor life.
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Boundary Waters Canoe Area (Minn.), Biography.
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Boundary Waters Canoe Area (Minn.), Social life and customs.
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Minnesota, Boundary Waters Canoe Area.
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| Dewey Classification
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977.6/75
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F612.B73K47 1994eb
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