Woodswoman: Living Alone in the Adirondack Wilderness

by Anne LaBastille

Overview

Ecologist Anne LaBastille created the life that many people dream about. When she and her husband divorced, she needed a place to live. Through luck and perseverance, she found the ideal spot: a 20-acre parcel of land in the Adirondack mountains, where she built the cozy, primitive log cabin that became her permanent home. Miles from the nearest town, LaBastille had to depend on her wits, ingenuity, and the help of generous neighbors for her survival. In precise, poetic language, she chronicles her adventures on Black Bear Lake, capturing the power of the landscape, the rhythms of the changing seasons, and the beauty of nature’s many creatures. Most of all, she captures the struggle to balance her need for companionship and love with her desire for independence and solitude. Woodswoman is not simply a book about living in the wilderness, it is a book about living that contains a lesson for us all.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780140153347
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	10/11/1991
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	268,188
Product dimensions:	7.72(w) x 10.88(h) x 0.51(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

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.

Table of Contents

1. No Home
2. At Home
3. Season of Splendors
4. Among My Closest Friends
5. Inca—Mapuche—Pitzi
6. Becoming a Woodswoman
7. Becoming an Adirondack Guide
8. My First Winter (Or How to Be Lonely without Even Trying)
9. Winter Today
10. The Breakup
11. Spring
12. Summer
13. Human Visitors
14. Animal Visitors
15. A Man around the Cabin
16. The Adirondack Division
17. My Backyard
18. Survival
19. Alaska versus the Adirondacks
20. Cabin versus City Life