Long-Shadowed Forest (Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage) [Paperback]

Helen Hoover (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 284 pages
• Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press (April 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0816631727
• ISBN-13: 978-0816631728
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #688,462 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very, very good - but don't start with this one from Hoover, March 2, 2010

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HannahR (USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Long-Shadowed Forest (Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage) (Paperback)

This is the final Helen Hoover book to be reviewed, and I'm frankly sad to leave her wilderness Eden until the next future re-read.

The Long-Shadowed Forest is different in scope from Hoover's previous books (A Place in the Woods, The Years of the Forest and The Gift of the Deer), all three of which described Helen and Ade Hoover's life and nature observations while living in the Minnesota wilderness during the 1950's-early 1970's. Rather, this offering reads more like a primer, as Helen briefly but beautifully describes all manner of nature she comes into contact with- whether it is a lowly slime mold or her beloved deer. In Helen's eyes, the natural world didn't have heros and villians. She was just as willing to feed, observe and enjoy the hawk as she was to do the same with the hawk's dinner entree, the chipmunk.

I'd say that if you are at all interested in picking up any of Helen Hoover's books, save this one for last, as it's more instructional and less personal in scope.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great entertainmaent, February 24, 2011

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Warren E. Kinney - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Long-Shadowed Forest (Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage) (Paperback)

This one is a page turner. Defferent from the other type of writing that I enjoy. Helen and her husband make the northern woods of Minnesotta come to life.
Warren

6 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Helen Hoover, February 8, 2008

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Karla Dinger "Snow White" (Deerwood, Mn United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Long-Shadowed Forest (Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage) (Paperback)

Her books are so wonderful. This book was so good I didn't want it to end. Everyone I've passed it on to loved it. Wish there were more.