| A Handmade Wilderness Contributor(s): Schueler, Donald G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0395860229 ISBN-13: 9780395860229 Publisher: Mariner Books OUR PRICE: $18.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1997 Annotation: In 1968, two gay young men--one white, one black--quixotically decided to buy 80 backwoods acres in southern Mississippi, little realizing that they were embarking on the greatest adventure of their lives. Don Schueler's account of the 25 years that followed, during which he and Willie Brown transformed their "least worst land" into a wild Eden, is a modern saga by turns suspenseful, funny, and deeply moving. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Animals - Wildlife - Nature | Regional |
| Dewey: 508.762 |
| LCCN: 95040398 |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 5.49" W x 8.5" (0.84 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Massachusetts - Cultural Region - New England - Sex & Gender - Gay |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1968 two gay young men - one white, one black - quixotically decided to buy eighty backwoods acres in southern Mississippi, little realizing that they were embarking on the greatest adventure of their lives. Don Schueler's account of the twenty-five years that followed, during which he and Willie Brown transformed their least worst land into a wild Eden, is a modern saga by turns suspenseful, very funny, and deeply moving. |
Contributor Bio(s): Schueler, Donald G.: - DON SCHUELER is the author of four other books, including Temple of the Jaguar and Incident at Eagle Ranch. Formerly a professor of English at the University of New Orleans, he still lives at the Place in southern Mississippi and in New Orleans. |