Between the time Louise Dickinson gave up wanting to be a brakeman on a freight train and definitely decided to become an English teacher, she would say when asked what she was going to do with her life that she was going to live alone in a cabin in the Maine woods and write. Years later when she received a letter from a friend exclaiming, Isn't it wonderful that you're at last doing what you always wanted, she realized with a start that she was living her old dream. We Took To The Woods is more than an adventure story, ...
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Between the time Louise Dickinson gave up wanting to be a brakeman on a freight train and definitely decided to become an English teacher, she would say when asked what she was going to do with her life that she was going to live alone in a cabin in the Maine woods and write. Years later when she received a letter from a friend exclaiming, Isn't it wonderful that you're at last doing what you always wanted, she realized with a start that she was living her old dream. We Took To The Woods is more than an adventure story, more than simple nature study; it portrays a cherished dream awakened into full life. Written with warmth and enthusiasm and great charm, it is a book to stir the imagination of every reader and kindle his heart with envy.
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This book about living in the Maine woods in the 1930s is beautifully written, witty and heartwarming. I relished every single page.
jiming
Jul 9, 2009
A LIFE IN MAINE
This is a great story about a woman shedding the urban life for a life in the Maine woods. Well written, interesting look at mid-twentieth-century Maine. Very funny.