{"product_id":"tales-from-the-edge-of-the-woods-paperback","title":"Tales from the Edge of the Woods - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWillem Lange\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWillem Lange\u003c\/b\u003e is a short-story writer, commentator and host on Vermont Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Television. He also has a weekly column in The Valley News, the major newspaper in the NH\/VT Upper Valley area. In addition to the Yuletide readings of his Christmas story, Favor Johnson, a staple on Public Radio for fifteen years, his annual readings of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol -- on stage, on Vermont Public Radio, and on Armed Forces Radio overseas -- have been popular since the 1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.18 x 5.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 09, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761113235744,"sku":"9780996267687","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/934cf10d610c5b295c1d5ba5e352f126.webp?v=1780200086","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/tales-from-the-edge-of-the-woods-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}