woodsman drawings condensed pen-and-ink

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1 review
Helen Hoover

W. W. Norton & Company, 1980

Helen Hoover
Her books are so wonderful. This book was so good I didn't want it to end. Everyone I've passed it on to loved it. Wish there were more.

The Gift of the Deer

1 review
Helen Hoover

Alfred A. Knopf, 1985

A must read
This book is a great adventure story. It is Ms. Hoover's gift to humanity. A must read.

The gift of the deer;: Pen-and-ink drawings from life

1 review
Helen Hoover

Heinemann, 1967

Very Touching and Enjoyable Book
I admit it's been a long time since I read Gift of the Deer, but I remember that I really enjoyed it. It's a very personal account of the author's experience living near the wild and watching whitetailed deer (in Minnesota, if I recall correctly). She got to know them all as individuals and the variety of personalities is a delight to read about. The book can be a touch sentimental at times, and ...

The Gift of the Deer

14 reviews
Helen Hoover

Alfred A. Knopf, 1967

A Timeless Tale
I was enriched by reading this lovely book, and found it also raised a lot of questions about man's relationship ( and duties) to the wildlife surrounding his home. Hoover's tale was clear eyed and a definite antidote to all the Disneyesque sappy forest characters we are bombarded with. Life was hard for all in the northwoods, and, as always, the "laws of nature" seem awfully harsh. But the ...

A Place in the Woods

10 reviews
Helen Hoover

University of Minnesota Press, 1999

Simple pleasure
A place in the woods lets you get a sense of spending time in the deep woods of the north. Well written story about getting away from it all to spend life in a simple place with few material things but rich with nature and its pleasures. A story of persistance and self reliance rare in today's world. I enjoyed this years ago and enjoyed it just as much here 30 years or so later. Find a quiet ...

Years of the Forest

4 reviews
Helen Hoover

Knopf, 1973

BACK TO NATURE
This is the last book in the nature series by Helen Hoover chronicling her and her husband's sixteen years in a small cabin in the Northern Minnesota wilderness. With fine pen and ink illustrations by Ade Hoover, the book is a modern day "Walden" as Helen and Ade cope with the ways of the wilderness after leaving prestigious jobs in the Chicago steel industry for a life that affords none of the ...

Orvis

3 reviews
Helen Hoover

Methuen, 1987

Charming SF tale
There's a distinct lack of good science fiction that kids can read, aside from the "Tripod" books and the juvenile reprint of "Ender's Game." H.M. Hoover's "Orvis" helps fill that gaping vacancy -- charming, smart, without being too technically-obsessed. Toby is the daughter of a pair of self-absorbed actors who are too busy to be with her, and lives at the Academy under the thumb of her ...

Great Wolf and the Good Woodsman

4 reviews
Helen Hoover

Parents' Magazine Press: New York, 1967

great wolf (...& his cousin dog)
This is one of the most beautiful illustrated stories ever --- really excellent for all ages! It's been a favorite fable since I was a child, and still gets me sentimental as an adult. It's got the look and feel of an old Russian story with the main characters meeting as animals in a winter forest. The drawings are brilliant! It is unforgettable and will soften even the coldest hearts.

Don Quixote, USA/All in the Family/Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry/The Gift of the Deer/Brothers of the Sea ...
Richard Powell, Edwin O'Connor, ...

Reader's Digest Association., 1966

Five novels condensed into one volume.

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