LEADER 03563nam 2200757 a 450 001 9910784112903321 005 20230617004521.0 010 $a0-8166-9523-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000346766 035 $a(EBL)310625 035 $a(OCoLC)476095274 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000986432 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11527676 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000986432 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10937341 035 $a(PQKB)10250662 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000285367 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11235280 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000285367 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10278464 035 $a(PQKB)10728540 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC310625 035 $a(OCoLC)191934900 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse40041 035 $a(WaSeSS)Ind00071660 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL310625 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10151206 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL522709 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000346766 100 $a20030123d2003 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe war against the beavers$b[electronic resource] /$fVerena Andermatt Conley 205 $aNew ed. 210 $aMinneapolis $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (190 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8166-4218-4 311 $a0-8166-4217-6 327 $aContents; 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" 327 $aAmos, 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; Epilogue 330 $aThe 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. 606 $aCountry life$zMinnesota$zBoundary Waters Canoe Area 606 $aLog cabins$zMinnesota$zBoundary Waters Canoe Area 606 $aNatural history$zMinnesota$zBoundary Waters Canoe Area 606 $aBeavers$zMinnesota$zBoundary Waters Canoe Area 607 $aBoundary Waters Canoe Area (Minn.)$xDescription and travel 607 $aVermilion River Region (Minn.)$xDescription and travel 607 $aBoundary Waters Canoe Area (Minn.)$vBiography 607 $aVermilion River Region (Minn.)$vBiography 615 0$aCountry life 615 0$aLog cabins 615 0$aNatural history 615 0$aBeavers 676 $a917.76/7 700 $aConley$b Verena Andermatt$f1943-$01089877 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784112903321 996 $aThe war against the beavers$93847584 997 $aUNINA