Crafted with an honest sensitivity, this charming book reflects the perspective of a small, free-range boy with a large imagination reared in one of our nations most cherished wilderness areas. It is mostly about the author's growing up years in the 1950s and 1960s at the resort his parents owned thirty-two miles into the boreal forest from the town of Grand Marais, Minnesota. Far more than a sentimental journey into the past, here is a story of triumphs, tragedies, and transitions, which ...

Here is a fine companion for any paddler, wanderer, or dreamer with a love for the wild. What you have here is not one more how-to manual for paddlers. These pages comprise a why-do volume exploring the spiritual core of paddle trip experience. Tim McDonnell writes with clarity, spirit, and self-effacing good humor, taking you along on several amazing wilderness journeys. Here you will share explorations into the wild that are fueled by something far more substantial than mere adrenaline a...

Deputy Sloan Wallace participates in a scientific experiment, ingesting a pill that was told would only be temporary. Turned out the pill was a permanent implant, which was part of a radical new experiment performed by a desperate scientist out of time. Scarred by the process, Sloan abruptly left the experiment, hoping to continue with his normal life, until his world was turned upside down by the apocalypse.

A young boy is captivated by the beauty of the Canadian wilderness where he spends his childhood summers, and as he grows into manhood, he returns to find adventure, love, and a child in need.The Muskeg Express runs north from Winnipeg, Manitoba to the town of Churchill on the remote shores of Hudson Bay. An environment inhabited by polar bears and caribou, it is a place of striking natural beauty. There is often a chance to catch a glimpse of the Northern Lights. In spite of its b...

The story starts out in Ecorse Michigan on the Detroit River front. The new owner and a crew of volunteers work to restore a Detroit Treasure, a one hundred year old riverboat by the name of Ste. Clair. The owner is approached by a entrepreneur with a proposal. The owner originally declines, but after loosing the dock space and being pushed out into the Detroit river in the middle of the night the owner accepts the offer. The Ste. Claire is then retrofitted with hover capabilities. The pro...