North Writers I

A Strong Woods Collection

2000

John Henricksson, editor

Nature writing at its best-now in paperback!

Nature writing at its best. This book celebrates the great natural beauty of the Strong Woods region of Minnesota, which sweeps north and west from Lake Superior’s western shore.

Contributors include Les Blacklock, Justine Kerfoot, William O. Douglas, Grace Lee Nute, Sigurd Olson, Heart Warrior Chosa, Peter M. Leschak, and Florence Page Jaques.

“It is an honor to all lovers of the canoe country that a book like North Writers exists.” Boundary Waters Journal

Nature writing at its best-now in paperback!

"Anyone interested in north-country life and literature is certain to find something of worth in North Writers." Minneapolis Star Tribune

"A savory glimpse of the region and its inhabitants. All of these stories show how this powerful place has created in the authors an intense feeling for and sense of connectedness with nature." Minnesota Conservation Volunteer

Collected here are stories that reflect the grand and awe-inspiring landscape sweeping north and west from Lake Superior’s western shore. A delight to sample or read straight through, North Writers will bring a reader to the woods in a matter of pages.

Contributors: Tom Anderson, Henry Beston, Les Blacklock, Michael Dennis Browne, E. F. Cary, Heart Warrior Chosa, Richard Coffey, Sam Cook, William O. Douglas, Michael Furtman, Carl Gawboy, Ted Hall, Joanne Hart, Ellen Hawkins, Helen Hoover, Jim dale Huot-Vickery, Florence Page Jaques, Justine Kerfoot, Lynn Maria Laitala, Paul Lehmberg, Peter M. Leschak, Mike Link, Matthew Miltich, Judith Niemi, Jim Northrup, Grace Lee Nute, Denny Olson, Sigurd Olson, Lynn Rogers, Calvin Rutstrum, Mark Sakry, Milt Stenlund, Robert Treuer, and Doug Wood.

John Henricksson is editor of North Writers II: Our Place in the Woods and author of Wild Neighborhood, both published by the University of Minnesota Press.

John Henricksson is editor of North Writers II: Our Place in the Woods and author of A Wild Neighborhood, both published by the University of Minnesota Press.

“It is an honor to all lovers of the canoe country that a book like North Writers exists.” Boundary Waters Journal

“Anyone interested in north-country life and literature is certain to find something of worth in North Writers” Minneapolis Star Tribune

“There are great pleasures in this extremely well-written book.” Fargo Forum

“The book gives the reader a savory glimpse of the region and its inhabitants. All of these stories show how this powerful place has created in the authors an intense feeling for and sense of connectedness with nature.” Minnesota Conservation Volunteer

“To read these stories is to wish to head north. The musing and recollecting of these contemplative (but decidedly hardy) Minnesotans will sustain us all through the long , and after all, meaningful winter. This book is a most pleasing and appropriate gift to the state’s people from the University of Minnesota Press.” Rochester Post Bulletin