""The Wilderness and the Rose: A Story of Michigan"" is a novel written by Jerome James Wood and published in 1890. The book tells the story of a young man named George, who grows up in the wilderness of Michigan in the mid-1800s. George is raised by his father, a rugged frontiersman, and his mother, a woman of refinement and culture. As George grows older, he becomes torn between his love for the wilderness and his desire for a more civilized life...