Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3710256 in Books
• Published on: 1968-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 157 pages

Customer Reviews

it is so boring
i had to read this book for school. it kept putting me to sleep. unless you like boring, descriptive writing, i wouldn't recommend it. i wouldn't even give it one star!

A real find!
This book is a wonderful account of McPhee's encounter with the largest essentially undisturbed wilderness this side of the Boundary Waters in Minnesota/Ontario. It is a deeply incisive account of his observations and encounters with this beautiful region and its badly misunderstood people. Its simple and engaging style and deep compassion remind me a lot of another great author, whose name is forever associated with those Boundary Waters, Sigurd Olson.

I stumbled onto this book in a local (non-NJ) bookstore, and it's a real find. If you enjoy modern anthropology and natural history, you really owe it to yourself to read this book.

...another great McPhee read ...
You simply cannot go wrong with McPhee books, I must say. I read this book first in 1988 when it was required reading for a freshman college english seminar, and from this point I have learned so much about America through McPhee. The Pine Barrens is light and engaging, thourough and in depth without getting dry for a moment. New Jersey history like this cannot be found elsewhere. I drove along route 70 and 72 to get to the beach from PA twice a year for 20 years when I read this book and started to look to my right and left into the pines.