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Editorial Reviews
Judy Bannon, Glens Falls, N.Y. Post Star, August 21, 1999
AUTHOR RECOUNTS AUNT'S AMAZING LIFE JOURNEY. Unafraid to try her hand at anything, Mary Cooper Back was a woman of many talents and trades. She excelled at all of them. In June 1930, at the age of 23, Back made a six-day solo hike along the Long Trail in Vermont's Green Mountains... Her journal on the trip reflects the philosophy she carried throughout her life: "I've a great flock of fly bites on the back of my neck and behind my ear. My collarbones are sore from the pack - but that's all I have to complain of. On the credit side, my tent is tight and firm and cozy. My bed was warm and my fire lasted all night. I've firewood enough for breakfast. The smoke is rising merrily and so is the sun. It is a beautiful day and the birds are singing."
Book Description
Mary Back wore many hats during her 86 years - artist, naturalist, wife, Wyoming pioneer, dude rancher, airplane mechanic, hiker, hunter, author, and philosopher - to name a few. Her passion for life is captured in this memoir, based on her letters and journals. Compiled by her niece, Ruth Mary Cooper Lamb, Mary's Way invites you to see through Mary's eyes as she makes her way from the mountains of Vermont, to Berea college, nestled in Kentucky Mountains, and finally to Art School in Chicago. After falling in love and marrying artist-cowboy Joe Back, they head for the Wind River Valley of Wyoming in 1935. Their struggles, first to survive, and then to become successful full-time artists make for absorbing reading. Mary's spunk and ability to see the good around her, help her develop a unique philosophy, centered in the interconnectiveness of life, that will capture you, heart...and soul. Mary left a rich legacy, though she and Joe left no children:
AUTHOR RECOUNTS AUNT'S AMAZING LIFE JOURNEY. Unafraid to try her hand at anything, Mary Cooper Back was a woman of many talents and trades. She excelled at all of them. In June 1930, at the age of 23, Back made a six-day solo hike along the Long Trail in Vermont's Green Mountains... Her journal on the trip reflects the philosophy she carried throughout her life: "I've a great flock of fly bites on the back of my neck and behind my ear. My collarbones are sore from the pack - but that's all I have to complain of. On the credit side, my tent is tight and firm and cozy. My bed was warm and my fire lasted all night. I've firewood enough for breakfast. The smoke is rising merrily and so is the sun. It is a beautiful day and the birds are singing."
Book Description
Mary Back wore many hats during her 86 years - artist, naturalist, wife, Wyoming pioneer, dude rancher, airplane mechanic, hiker, hunter, author, and philosopher - to name a few. Her passion for life is captured in this memoir, based on her letters and journals. Compiled by her niece, Ruth Mary Cooper Lamb, Mary's Way invites you to see through Mary's eyes as she makes her way from the mountains of Vermont, to Berea college, nestled in Kentucky Mountains, and finally to Art School in Chicago. After falling in love and marrying artist-cowboy Joe Back, they head for the Wind River Valley of Wyoming in 1935. Their struggles, first to survive, and then to become successful full-time artists make for absorbing reading. Mary's spunk and ability to see the good around her, help her develop a unique philosophy, centered in the interconnectiveness of life, that will capture you, heart...and soul. Mary left a rich legacy, though she and Joe left no children:
The Wind River Valley Artist Guild... celebrating fifty years of
annual exhibits in 1999...
Hundreds of folks motivated to try their hand at art...
Mary's own paintings of Wyoming...
Joe's books, sculptures, and bronzes, that wouldn't have happened
without Mary's support...
Mary's book, Seven Half Miles from Home, Notes of a Wind River Naturalist... Her love-based theology
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