WOODSWOMAN. A Young Ecologist's Life In The Log Cabin She Built Herself In The Adirondack Wilderness. ~SIGNED COPY~

LaBastille, Anne

ISBN 10: 0525237151 / ISBN 13: 9780525237150

Published by NY. 1976. E.P. Dutton, 1976

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brown full cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings except for author's signature. dustwrapper in vg cond. 1" tear on front, taped inside long ago. minor soiling, edge chips & tiny tears, not price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. 4th printing (#4 in # line). SIGNED on the 1/2 title page by the author. 277p. + epilogue & about the author. 3 b&w maps & plans. b&w photo illustrations. memoirs. autobiography. history of new york. environmentalism. DIY. ecology. "I've never met a more remarkable woman than Anne LaBastille, and her book is every bit as remarkable as the author herself." ~ Les Line, Editor, Audubon Magazine. Many have dreamed of building a cabin in the wilderness and living there alone in the solitude of a region that is far from civilization. Here is the unusual story of a young wildlife ecologist who has done just that. When her marriage ended in divorce, Anne LaBastille bought twenty~two acres of virgin forest on a lonely lake in New York State's vast Adirondack Park, and there built the log cabin that has been her home ever since. Woodswoman is a sensitive account of her adventures in North Woods living and of the wild animals, plants and people she knows so intimately. Her "back yard" is the six million acres of cloud~splitting high peaks, sunny beaver meadows, somber spruce forests, and clear lakes and streams of the forever~wild Adirondack State Park, the largest wilderness tract east of the Mississippi. Her bark~walled cabin is snug but primitive. In winter she chops a hole in the lake ice for water, and hauls and splits her own firewood; with no road to the cabin, all travel must be by boat, canoe, snowmobile, or on foot. Can a young woman find a rewarding life under such conditions, shouldering work and risking dangers usually faced only by woodsmen? In the wilderness, adventure is never far away. Anne LaBastille's years at Black Bear Lake have had their share of narrow escapes and near disasters, especially during the implacable cold of winter in the North Woods. But despite hardships and dangers, Anne LaBastille has found romance and professional fulfillment on her lake in the Adirondacks. In her chronicle of life in the wilderness, she shares with her reader moments of rare beauty and an underlying warmth~a spirit of adventure that is both a challenge and a revelation.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: WOODSWOMAN. A Young Ecologist's Life In The Log Cabin She Built Herself In The Adirondack Wilderness. ~SIGNED COPY~
• Publisher: NY. 1976. E.P. Dutton
• Publication Date: 1976
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0525237151
• ISBN 13: 9780525237150
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • memoirs
  • history of new york
  • autobiography

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Synopsis

The ecologist author recounts the circumstances, conditions, and rewards of her life in an isolated log cabin in New York State's Adirondack wilderness

About the Author

Anne LaBastille is an author, ecologist, and photographer. She is the author of numerous books, including the Woodswoman and Woodswoman III. LaBastille was also a very accomplished technical writer, having published over 150 articles. LaBastille died in 2011.