{"product_id":"9780873513791","title":"Trapping the Boundary Waters: A Tenderfoot's Year in the Border Country, 1919-1920","description":"On May 4, 1919, Charlie Cook set off for a year of adventure in the Minnesota-Ontario Boundary Waters. Soon abandoned by his comfort-loving companion, the restless World War I veteran spent an enlightening year learning—often the hard way—how to paddle and sail on windy lakes, hunt and fish for food, bake \"rough delicacies\" in a reflector oven, and build winter-proof shelters. His how-to descriptions of trapping beaver, mink, and other game are unsurpassed in their detail.\u003cp\u003eCook also found his way into the border community of Ojibwe and mixed-blood families and a motley assortment of mysterious travelers, game wardens, and loners, including trapper Bill Berglund (who \"adopted\" Cook until the tenderfoot's eagerness to harvest pelts came between them).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCook's adventure climaxed in a 700-mile expedition by dogsled north into Canada, where he reached the limits of his endurance—and just barely lived to tell the tale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor anyone who loves the Boundary Waters or wonders what this rugged region was like not so long ago, Cook's story reveals a world still ruled by nature but on the brink of change.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Minnesota Historical Society Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47018252665072,"sku":"9780873513791","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780873513791_p0.jpg?v=1763833000","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780873513791","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}