{"product_id":"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\u003eThese 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe 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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis intimate collection of stories is a quiet quest for meaning in a rugged physical and psychic terrain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Green Writers Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47024270213360,"sku":"9780996267687","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780996267687_p0.jpg?v=1763952408","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780996267687","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}