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Summary: The dream of every young boy
Review: Back in th early sixities I found an old well used copy of this book in a library. It became my bible. I was raised in the outdoors in cabin, in the high mountians. This book give me dreams of exciting things to do, I aquired this book for my own and lent it out to young boys as I grew up. Then it got lost my heart was broke for I wanted my sons to day dream as I did . I am like an old Peter Pan fan , As long as this book is around I will never grow up ,and wish all the young outdoors men the same.
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Summary: Pure Lore of the North
Review: Every true outdoors man and woman needs to read two books. One is Leopold's A Sand County Alamanac, the other is Cache Lake Country. If you've hunted, fished, and trekked the northwoods as much as I have, and love its brooding, dark beauty, this book will capture the sensations of the taiga. It is almost painful to read it if you find yourself trapped in someone else's idea of the good life, when what you really want to do is chuck it all for a cabin in the boreal forest.
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Summary: Extraordinary
Review: Fine fine book, mix of lore, sociology, wisdom, natureetc. Book description on Amazon.com is slightly incorrect. Setting is in Northern Ontario, but the geography and topography is the same as Maine,although the sociology and native references are different in Maine. Have given over five copies to friends, Signed, A Manhattanite with a cabin in Northern Ontario
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Summary: A man I would have loved to know!
Review: I discovered this book when I was 13, and have read it no less than 10 times through the next 30 years. Mr. Rowlands was someone I would have loved to spend time with - he was down to earth, interesting, has a good sense of humor, and he lived the kind of life that everyone would love to try. I had fun trying some of his projects, like the needle on the water compass and the dewdrop magnifying glass. As a kid I would dream of living in a cabin near him, Hank and Chief Tibeash, and of canoeing on the rivers he talks about. Sadly, Mr. Rowlands died in the late 1970s, and I never had a chance to meet him. I did discover he wrote another book called Spindrift, and also that he did a lot of writing for The Atlantic Monthly magazine. He lived in New England in his later years, and had a daughter. For those who loved his book, you should check out the books written by his friend Hank (Henry B. Kane), who wrote in the same style and also illustrated Cache Lake Country. All in all, Cache Lake Country was a book that transported a young girl to a beautiful place, and introduced her to the woodsy "uncle" we all would love to have.
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Summary: A man I would have loved to know!
Review: I discovered this book when I was 13, and have read it no less than 10 times through the next 30 years. Mr. Rowlands was someone I would have loved to spend time with - he was down to earth, interesting, has a good sense of humor, and he lived the kind of life that everyone would love to try. I had fun trying some of his projects, like the needle on the water compass and the dewdrop magnifying glass. As a kid I would dream of living in a cabin near him, Hank and Chief Tibeash, and of canoeing on the rivers he talks about. Sadly, Mr. Rowlands died in the late 1970s, and I never had a chance to meet him. I did discover he wrote another book called Spindrift, and also that he did a lot of writing for The Atlantic Monthly magazine. He lived in New England in his later years, and had a daughter. For those who loved his book, you should check out the books written by his friend Hank (Henry B. Kane), who wrote in the same style and also illustrated Cache Lake Country. All in all, Cache Lake Country was a book that transported a young girl to a beautiful place, and introduced her to the woodsy "uncle" we all would love to have.
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Summary: I want to give copies to all of my friends.
Review: I first read a library copy of Cache Lake Country 40 years ago and have been looking for a personal copy since. Finding it reprinted has certainly exceeded my hopes. Reading my new copy, it is better than I remember; perhaps 40 years in the outdoors has given me a new perspective. All I can say is that the how-to's worked when I was a kid and the pilosophy of life seems to apply to our world today. Buy one, they are on sale.
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Summary: Living Well in the Wild
Review: I first read this book as a teenager and its with a sense of relief that I see its published again. The relief comes from the fact that a new generation of naturalists will be able to experience this book. I particulary recommend it for those people who are stuck in the city and have lost touch with what goes on in the wild during the cycle of the year. The illustrations range from cute and charming to beautiful black and white masterpieces of nature illustration. Rowlands style of writing is simple yet engaging, you never know when a hard won common sense lesson will creep into his narrative or when a bit of description will have your imagination relaxing into harmony with nature. I cannot recommend this book highly enough for either urban dwellers or nature lovers who get away to the deep woods often (and want to deepen their own appreciation some more)
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Summary: Best Outdoor Book Ever!
Review: I first read this book in 1972, the original 1947 edition. It is one of the few permanent items in my library. I read it again at least once a year. I have even tried some of the projects John describes including the radio set made out of bits laying around the cabin. If you want a relaxing and enjoyable read about life in the woods, get this!
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Summary: CACHE LAKE COUNTRY -- LIVING YOUR DREAM
Review: I first read this book when I was 12 years old, I am now 46. I could not put it down and can not. I made my first knike sheath, first snow shoes, and my first moc;s (which remain my favorite type of moc's) from sketches from this book, as well as many of the other projects and they all lived up to expectations of a young teenager to present. You feel like you are there with the three men of the story. It is is one of the few books that I reread every couple of years. Worth every penney and then some.
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Summary: You can never go home, but...
Review: My love of the outdoors was put into words when this book was written...this book represents everything that most of us outdoorstypes seek, strive for and will never, in our best dream, our best canoe trips, our best camping trips, achieve. The artwork in the book only adds to an already wonderful escape from reality!!!
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