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Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon
Häftad, 2011
187 kr
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In the summer of 1994, a workman at the historic mansion of railroad baron James J. Hill in St. Paul, Minnesota, stumbles on a long-hidden wall safe. When experts arrive to open the safe and examine its contents, they make an astonishing discovery. There, inside, is a handwritten manuscript bearing …
Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery
Häftad, 2012
185 kr
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Sherlock Holmes is bored between cases at 221B Baker Street. So when King Oskar II of Sweden-who has heard of the discovery of the Kensington Rune Stone by a farmer in Minnesota-asks to engage his services, Holmes jumps at the chance to decipher the runes and determine whether the find is real or a …
Wilderness Days
Häftad, 2012
203 kr
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In the evocative words of one of America’s best-loved nature writers, Wilderness Days brings together the essence of the magnificent wilderness with which he so deeply identifies. Sigurd F. Olson collects from his writings those moments that most vividly depict the turn of the seasons in the great …
Portage Into the Past
Häftad, 1999
180 kr
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A Minnesota canoe enthusiast retraces the routes of the voyageurs.The wilderness of the Boundary Waters is as rich in history as it is in natural beauty. Almost three hundred years ago, French Canadian voyageurs traveled through this area, which straddles the border of the United States and Canada, …
Singing Wilderness
Häftad, 1997
216 kr
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A long-awaited paperback edition of this classic bestseller.The Singing Wilderness is Sigurd Olson’s first and best-selling book, with over 70,000 copies sold in hardcover since its release in 1956. Now available in paperback for the first time, this volume established Olson as a major writer …
Reflections from the North Country
Häftad, 1998
240 kr
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Olson’s wilderness philosophy, now in paperback for the first time.Written in the last years of his life, Reflections from the North Country is often considered Sigurd Olson’s most intellectually significant work. In an account alive with anecdote and insight, Olson outlines the wilderness …
Of Time and Place
Häftad, 1998
187 kr
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Olson’s final work, available in paperback for the first time.Of Time and Place is a legacy from one of the best-loved nature writers of our time. In this, his last book completed just before his death, Sigurd F. Olson guides readers through his wide-ranging memories of a lifetime dedicated to the …
Lonely Land
Häftad, 1997
171 kr
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"The lonely land lies a thousand miles northwest of Lake Superior in upper Saskatchewan. Here the Churchill River, famed water trail of such early voyageurs as the Hudson’s Bay fur traders, flows in a wandering course through one of the last great wildernesses of the continent. For 500 miles, the …
Open Horizons
Häftad, 1998
186 kr
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Olson’s inspirational life story, told in his own words, now available in paperback.Sigurd Olson’s love affair with the wilderness began in a stream near his house in Wisconsin-he caught his first trout there with a tamarack wand, black thread, and a grasshopper as bait. Open Horizons is his …
Long-Shadowed Forest
Av Helen Hoover
Häftad, 1998
191 kr
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In 1954, Helen Hoover and her husband Adrian left their careers and the big-city life of Chicago to move to a small cabin in the north woods that border Minnesota and Canada. Living without electricity, telephone, or a car, the Hoovers became part of the environment, peacefully coexisting with …
Lake Superior
Häftad, 2000
203 kr
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The captivating history of the world’s largest freshwater lake.This classic history of Lake Superior, from the earliest explorations to the explosion of industry on its shores, takes the reader on a tour from Duluth to Isle Royale, from Thunder Bay to Sault Ste. Marie, from Pictured Rocks to the …
North American Canoe Country
The Classic Guide to Canoe Technique
Häftad, 2000
200 kr
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The essential resource on how to canoe, now back in print.Calvin Rutstrum’s fans have long known about his nuts-and-bolts approach to wilderness living. With this reissue of North American Canoe Country, a new generation of readers has the opportunity to learn time-tested secrets of a safe canoe …
Paradise Below Zero
The Classic Guide to Winter Camping
Häftad, 2000
202 kr
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Indispensable advice on enjoying the great outdoors in winter.With the public’s growing interest in outdoor adventure and in simple pastimes, winter wilderness camping has again become an exhilarating alternative to sheltered urban life. Originally published in 1968, this classic guide for …
Meaning of Wilderness
Häftad, 2015
215 kr
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Sigurd F. Olson (1899-1982) was one of the greatest environmentalists of the twentieth century. A conservation activist and popular writer, Olson introduced a generation of readers to the importance of wilderness. He served as president of the Wilderness Society and the National Parks Association …
Citadel in the Wilderness
The Story of Fort Snelling and the Northwest Frontier
Av Evan Jones
Häftad, 2001
186 kr
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The lively history of this frontier fort.History/RegionalThe lively history of this frontier fort, now back in print!In 1824 Colonel Josiah Snelling erected a stone fortress at the point where the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers merged, on territory secured by Lieutenant Zebulon Pike in a treaty …
Old Times on the Upper Mississippi
Recollections of a Steamboat Pilot from 1854 to 1863
Häftad, 2001
194 kr
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A long-awaited new edition of the steamboating classic.George Byron Merrick chronicles the entire panorama of steamboat life he experienced in the mid-1800s, where he started as a cabin boy and worked up to cub pilot on the mighty Mississippi. Originally published in 1909, Merrick’s narrative …
Explorers of the Mississippi
Häftad, 2002
223 kr
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Spirited stories of the heroes and scoundrels who explored the Big Muddy-now back in print!The Mississippi River has intrigued the footloose for centuries. Here, for the first time in paperback, are briskly told biographies of the chief protagonists in the drama, with Old Man River as the constant …
Long Ships Passing
The Story of the Great Lakes
Häftad, 2002
219 kr
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A dramatic account of three centuries of people and ships that sailed the Great LakesA popular history of navigation on the Great Lakes and life on their shores, The Long Ships Passing brings us aboard the crafts that have plowed the waves of the treacherous "five sisters" carrying the grain, …
Once Upon a Wilderness
Häftad, 2002
182 kr
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The complete outdoorsman looks back on fifty years of wilderness adventures to find answers to today’s questions.Though he began his life as a Twin Cities resident, Calvin Rutstrum came to see noise, material wealth, and perpetual frenzy as the narcotics of the city dweller. Like Henry David …
Wilderness Life
Häftad, 2004
179 kr
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An inspiring guide for true wilderness living-now back in print!In his most personal book, outdoors expert Calvin Rutstrum makes an appeal for a more natural approach to life, one in which wilderness values predominate, and weaves that philosophy with narratives of a lifetime of experience and …
Voices on the River
The Story of the Mississippi Waterways
Häftad, 2003
185 kr
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A captivating history of river travelers-now available for the first time in paperback!Voices on the River relates two centuries of tales of famous steamboats and of the men who piloted them, from the renowned Mark Twain to the trailblazing Captain Henry Shreve. The book portrays roustabouts on the …
Funny Thing
Av Wanda Gág
Inbunden, 2003
226 kr
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The whimsical successor to Millions of CatsThe Funny Thing is GÁg’s follow-up to her well-loved first book, Millions of Cats. It tells the story of a curious dragon-like “aminal” that eats children’s dolls. A kindly old man named Bobo cannot stand by and allow the Funny Thing to steal dolls from …
Gone Is Gone
Or the Story of a Man Who Wanted to Do Housework
Av Wanda Gág
Inbunden, 2003
237 kr
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The classic illustrated folktale by the author of Millions of Cats-now back in print after nearly thirty years!Gone Is Gone addresses an age-old question between couples-who works harder? This long-out-of-print children’s book is based on a charming Bohemian tale recited to Wanda GÁg when she was a …
Snippy and Snappy
Av Wanda Gág
Inbunden, 2003
195 kr
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A charming tale of two little field mice and their adventure in the big, wide worldIn Snippy and Snappy, we are introduced to brother and sister field mice living with their mother and father in a cozy nook in a hay field. Their father enthralls them with stories about gardens in big fields, houses …
ABC Bunny
Av Wanda Gág
Inbunden, 2004
237 kr
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A Newbery Honor Book (1934)An unfortunate accident with an Apple drives Bunny from Bunnyland to Elsewhere. Every letter in the alphabet is represented in Bunny’s journey, through what he eats (Greens), to whom he meets (Insects, Jay, Kitten, Lizard), and then a little sleep (Nap), to Tripping back …
Nothing at All
Av Wanda Gág
Inbunden, 2004
195 kr
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“Nothing at All” is the name of an orphaned puppy living with his two brothers until two children come to adopt them. Unfortunately, Nothing at All gets inadvertently left behind-not out of cruelty, but because he is invisible!He is horribly lonely until he meets a bird, a Jackdaw, who says that he …
