Bogtrotter: Notes from a North Country Cabin

By Richard A. Coffey

Book Overview

Like many Americans at the dawn of the 1980s, Richard and Jeanne Coffey were confused about America's direction on the world stage. It was a good time to learn how to live independently. Bogtrotter is the story of a man and woman who sold most of their material possessions to buy time away from their ordered urban lives to explore simplicity and discover their connection to the natural world. Living in a rude one-room cabin on a northern Minnesota bog, they found remarkable happiness, deep respect for one another and fresh awareness of what it is that brings joy to the human heart.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1502929325
• ISBN13: 9781502929327
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

I enjoyed it very much but it wont have a widespread audienc

The author and his wife left the big city to live as close to nature as possible. They built a one room cabin without electricity or water and proceeded to live amongst the wildlife and try to learn as much as they could in a short period of time. I think they ended up living this way for several years. (I read this a year ago and when I saw that no one had reviewed it, I felt compelled to do so.) They were so inclined to live without disturbing the wildlife that they let a mouse build a nest inside their cabin and proceeded to watch it raise a family undisturbed. The writer describes herds of deer gathering in his yard, or spending the better part of a weekend digging for a water well. This isn't Thoreau, but after a sluggish start, it entertains and allows you a short visit into their primitive and simple lifestyle.