Woodswoman: Living Alone in the Adirondack Wilderness [Paperback]

Anne LaBastille (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 11, 1991

A wildlife ecologist recounts her personal and professional observations and adventures in the wilderness of New York's Adirondack Mountains

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) (October 11, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0140153349
• ISBN-13: 978-0140153347
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #120,780 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

57 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This is a very different kind of book, kind of person, June 8, 2000

By 

Jennifer B. Barton "Beth Barton" (McKinney, Tx) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Woodswoman: Living Alone in the Adirondack Wilderness (Paperback)

This is not the type of book I tend to read - my husband picked it out for me. Knowing nothing of her, I kept waiting for her to reveal herself to be some type of political or sociological extremist. Instead, she simply told stories ... no platforms - just vignettes from her life in the Andirondack. She tells how she came to build a log cabin in that remote terrain, including the mistakes she made when she built it. She tells of the struggles to keep a pet, about some of her hiking adventures and the personalities that came through her life. When she talks of environmental concerns, she is a realist and does not presuppose that everyone would want life on the terms that she does while pointing out that so many of us have no idea what life would be like without a TV or radio wailing. Plus, she never really "launches" into environmental concerns - they just come up during some of the stories as salient points. Such as how snowmobiles and motorboats had affected her life - for good and bad - and describing the conditions of hiking public trails, etc.

I am very impressed with Ms. LaBastille. She is a much stronger woman than I. I could never live this way but it does makes me want to visit. Instead of feeling energized or particularly educated in some way, I would have to say this book leaves the reader contemplative. I have a feeling its effect on me will last much past the time I have forgotten the story line in other books I have read.

30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Now HERE'S a woman's woman!, July 17, 2000

By 

P. Logan "History Buff" (Felton, CA USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Woodswoman: Living Alone in the Adirondack Wilderness (Paperback)

I read this book many years ago and was transported to a place that I have often wished I could go--off into the woods to a small cabin with my dog. I don't seem to have the patience to #1 build the cabin or #2 sit still for very long after it is done. I admired Anne for her willingness to "go it on her own". I have loaned this book to many, many of my women friends, bought copies as gifts, and even met a woman from Denmark and got HER interested. Try it. It will make Walden Pond much more real. Be careful, however, you may find yourself looking through the Real Estate sections of the paper for property of your own. Dream your dreams.

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you love the adirondacks you'll love this book!, August 1, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Woodswoman: Living Alone in the Adirondack Wilderness (Paperback)

If you love the Adirondack Mts. of northern New York you will love to read Ms.Bastille's books. She makes the woods come alive. Her books are about her Adirondack life written from a woman's perspective. Her writings are gutsy, romantic, while at the same time they are a honest portrayal of life in the North Country. If she keeps writing them I'll keep reading them. Anne Bastille is a role model for women and girls who love the outdoors.