ISBN: 9780816642182 - the war against the beavers: learning to be wild in the north woods (8 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condición: Good. bumped/creased still NICE! - may have remainder mark or previous owner's name Standard-sized.

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Condición: New. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; BGA; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218. . 2005. Paperback. . . . .

Condición: New. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; BGA; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218. . 2005. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - A lifelong city dweller, Verena Andermatt Conley had long harbored romantic ideals about the natural world and dreamed of a wilderness retreat for herself and her husband, Tom. When a sizable tract of land along the Vermillion River on the edge of Minnesota's Boundary Waters - complete with two primitive log cabins - became available, they jumped at the chance to own a piece of paradise.The War against the Beavers is a wry and funny account of two people's ten-year apprenticeship in backwoods living, from their arrival as literal babes in the woods to their education in the ways of nature as they face plagues of insects, fungus, storms, and droughts, and embark on a lengthy campaign to eradicate a colony of beavers that threatens the peace and beauty of their forest refuge. It is only the coming of a mechanized and much more menacing threat - bulldozers and other heavy machinery clear-cutting the woods - that restores perspective to the obsessed cabin dwellers.…

Condición: New. &Uumlber den AutorVerena Andermatt Conley was born and raised in Switzerland, where she grew up reading picturesque and adventurous portrayals of the great American wilderness. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.