Fawn Island is a place where crows serve as alarm clocks,
white-throated sparrows leave the tracks of their songs upon the
evening hush, and chickadees help a woodsman learn to whistle. The
island is also a jumping-off place for journeys large and small,
earthly and spiritual-to nearby Mallard Island, Gull Island, or
Bald Rock, by sea kayak into the wild recesses of sprawling
Voyageurs National Park, or on a midnight paddle in which the
paddler can reach the silent wilderness of the stars themselves. In
his latest book, best-selling author Douglas Wood guides the reader
on a deep journey into the heart of the North Woods. For Wood, Fawn
Island is not merely a charming wilderness hideaway; it is the
entry to realms of thought and meaning as well. From its pine-clad
shores he probes for insights into the nature of neighborliness and
independence, of community and solitude. Out of an ancient Ojibwe
legend comes an exploration of personal loss and life after death.
Wood questions the notion of being a "force of nature" and the
concept of the passage of time in the context of seemingly eternal
trees, lakes, rock ledges, and stars. From beneath the ascending
trunks of pines comes an inquiry into the principles of optimism
and, finally, a personal response to the eternal question: Is the
universe a friendly place? Embedded in the text like roots of the
island's pines is Wood's gentle, self-effacing humor and the
author's own original pen-and-ink drawings that superbly evoke the
poetry and mystery of this "small bit of rock and tree," this
"lucky place" in the wilderness.
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