Woman of the Boundary Waters: Canoeing, Guiding, Mushing, and Surviving

by Justine Kerfoot and Les Blacklock

Book Overview

The Boundary Waters region of Minnesota and Ontario is a vast wilderness of quiet beauty, visited and loved by many, but home to only a rugged few. In 1928, Justine Kerfoot arrived, a Northwestern University graduate student headed for medical school until her family lost both their Illinois homes in the stock market crash. Thrust into year-round life at her mother's fledgling summer resort, Justine was confronted with learning survival...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816624437
• ISBN13: 9780816624430
• Release Date: April 1994
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"