{"product_id":"tales-from-the-edge-of-the-woods-9780996267687","title":"Tales from the Edge of the Woods","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"If you live here by choice\", Willem Lange writes of the northern New England he's called home for half a century, \"you pay your dues, take what you can get, and endure what you have to. It's well worth it\". \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These eighteen reminiscences, character sketches, and sometimes heart-rending accounts of life among the ubiquitous pines and unyielding granite show a deep reverence and an abiding respect for this unique corner of the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e We meet, for example, Baddy, the crusty timber camp cook whose love of hunting ends the day he witnesses the needless death of a fawn. We experience rites of passage: an old man determined to spend one last night alone in the deep woods; a young man discovering for the first time the indelible beauty of a northern September morning; and Lange's own realization that, \"for the first time, I'll be the oldest man in camp, and my son will be carrying most of my pack.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This intimate collection of stories is a quiet quest for meaning in a rugged physical and psychic terrain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Willem Lange\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Green Writers Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/09\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.18h x 5.02w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780996267687\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWillem Lange\u003c\/b\u003e is a short-story writer, commentator and host on Vermont Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Television. He also has a weekly column in The Valley News, the major newspaper in the NH\/VT Upper Valley area. In addition to the Yuletide readings of his Christmas story, Favor Johnson, a staple on Public Radio for fifteen years, his annual readings of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol -- on stage, on Vermont Public Radio, and on Armed Forces Radio overseas -- have been popular since the 1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Green Writers Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40635255849075,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":16.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_acfbf37c-0ada-495f-900f-4c7085e24742.jpg?v=1671812770","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/tales-from-the-edge-of-the-woods-9780996267687","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}