Tales from the Edge of the Woods - by Willem Lange (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>"If you live here by choice," Willem Lange writes of the northern New England he's called home for half a century, "You pay your dues, take what you can get, and endure what you have to. It's well worth it." <p/> These eighteen reminiscences, character sketches, and sometimes heart-rending accounts of life among the ubiquitous pines and unyielding granite show a deep reverence and an abiding respect for this unique corner of the world. <p/> We meet, for example, Baddy, the crusty timber camp cook whose love of hunting ends the day he witnesses the needless death of a fawn. We experience rites of passage: an old man determined to spend one last night alone in the deep woods; a young man discovering for the first time the indelible beauty of a northern September morning; and Lange's own realization that, "for the first time, I'll be the oldest man in camp, and my son will be carrying most of my pack." <p/> This intimate collection of stories is a quiet quest for meaning in a rugged physical and psychic terrain.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>"If you live here by choice", Willem Lange writes of the northern New England he's called home for half a century, "you pay your dues, take what you can get, and endure what you have to. It's well worth it". <p/> These eighteen reminiscences, character sketches, and sometimes heart-rending accounts of life among the ubiquitous pines and unyielding granite show a deep reverence and an abiding respect for this unique corner of the world. <p/> We meet, for example, Baddy, the crusty timber camp cook whose love of hunting ends the day he witnesses the needless death of a fawn. We experience rites of passage: an old man determined to spend one last night alone in the deep woods; a young man discovering for the first time the indelible beauty of a northern September morning; and Lange's own realization that, "for the first time, I'll be the oldest man in camp, and my son will be carrying most of my pack." <p/> This intimate collection of stories is a quiet quest for meaning in a rugged physical and psychic terrain.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Mr. Willem Lange is the perfect New England memoirist: experienced, curious, shrewd, self-deprecating, amused, and affectionate. He writes of upcountry villages, wood lots, deer camps, log jobs, schoolrooms, and cellar holes, but his real subject is mortality. On the whole, he's for it."<br />--Castle Freeman, Jr., author of <em>Judgment Hill</em> and <em>Go With Me</em></p>--Castle Freeman, Jr., author of Judgment Hill<br><br><p>"When a world-class writer concentrates on the people and ambiance of just one small - if beloved - region like New England, the result is, as my grandchildren might say, 'totally awesome.' I simply loved reading <em>Tales from the Edge of the Woods</em> - every single one of them."<br />--Judson D. Hale, Sr., Editor-in-Chief <em>Yankee Magazine</em> and <em>The Old Farmer's Almanac</em></p>--Judson D. Hale, Sr., Editor-in-Chief Yankee Magazine and The Old Farmer's Almanac<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Willem Lange</b> is a short-story writer, commentator and host on Vermont Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Television. He also has a weekly column in The Valley News, the major newspaper in the NH/VT Upper Valley area. In addition to the Yuletide readings of his Christmas story, Favor Johnson, a staple on Public Radio for fifteen years, his annual readings of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol -- on stage, on Vermont Public Radio, and on Armed Forces Radio overseas -- have been popular since the 1970s.</p>
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