For a rugged outdoor man and his family, life in northern Minnesota is a wild experience involving wolves, deer, and the sled dogs that make their way of life possible. Includes an account of the author's first Iditarod, a dogsled race across Alaska.

In this informative memoir, the author recounts his 28 years at their Gunflint Lake cabin. But the prognosis for the future is grave, he warns, as a new lifestyle of affluence reshapes the landscape into Suburbia North. It is time that an old cabin owner chronicle these cabin days, hoping that an older reader might say, "oh, yeah, I remember that," or a younger reader longing for a simpler, less stressful lifestyle may say, "Hey, cool."

"In an age when humans are more disconnected from nature than ever, the future of our species and the ecosystems that support us will be endangered if wilderness is lost. Wilderness nourishes us and is the North Star guiding us toward a sustainable future. We must not lose sight of its value, and we must speak loudly for these quiet places."--Back cover.

A collection of thirty-five stories defining a 29-year career of a Minnesota game warden.