03563nam 2200757 a 450 991081954300332120230617004521.00-8166-9523-7(CKB)1000000000346766(EBL)310625(OCoLC)476095274(SSID)ssj0000986432(PQKBManifestationID)11527676(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000986432(PQKBWorkID)10937341(PQKB)10250662(SSID)ssj0000285367(PQKBManifestationID)11235280(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000285367(PQKBWorkID)10278464(PQKB)10728540(MiAaPQ)EBC310625(OCoLC)191934900(MdBmJHUP)muse40041(WaSeSS)Ind00071660(Au-PeEL)EBL310625(CaPaEBR)ebr10151206(CaONFJC)MIL522709(EXLCZ)99100000000034676620030123d2003 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe war against the beavers[electronic resource] /Verena Andermatt ConleyNew ed.Minneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc20031 online resource (190 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-4218-4 0-8166-4217-6 Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue: A Cabin in the Wilderness; Part I. Babes in the Woods; Heading for the Wilderness; Home Alone at the Cabin; Summer Pleasures; Forest Paths; The Art of Ricing; Winter Pleasures; Of Mice and Men; Round-robin with the Weasels; Icy Roads; Cabin Opener; Tree-Planting Ceremony; Bruno the Bear; Blueberry Hill; Raspberry Picking; Devastation; Part II. The War against the Beavers; The War Begins; Jim Rondeau; Strange Bedfellows; Tree Nailing; Nature Attacks; The First Trapper; A New Beaver Dam; The Logging Letter; A Tour with the "Forest Coordinator"Amos, the Eco-TrapperEdna, the Woodswoman; More Beaver Stories; The First Victim; A Silent Spring; A New Plague; Urbanization; The Beavers Return; Joe Ahearn; Big Timber; Wolves; More Chaos; "Nature's Ways"; Back to Blueberry Hill; EpilogueThe War against the Beavers is a wry and funny account of two people's ten-year apprenticeship in backwoods living. Juxtaposing idyllic descriptions- hiking and cross-country skiing, swimming and canoeing in clear waters-with the intensive labor of maintaining a wilderness homestead, Conley draws a beguiling picture of the ups and downs of backwoods living.Country lifeMinnesotaBoundary Waters Canoe AreaLog cabinsMinnesotaBoundary Waters Canoe AreaNatural historyMinnesotaBoundary Waters Canoe AreaBeaversMinnesotaBoundary Waters Canoe AreaBoundary Waters Canoe Area (Minn.)Description and travelVermilion River Region (Minn.)Description and travelBoundary Waters Canoe Area (Minn.)BiographyVermilion River Region (Minn.)BiographyCountry lifeLog cabinsNatural historyBeavers917.76/7Conley Verena Andermatt1943-1089877MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819543003321The war against the beavers3971804UNINA