Three Against The Wilderness: The Amazing True Story of a Modern Pioneer Family and the Miracle They Wrought in the Barren Northern Wilderness

by Eric Collier

Book Overview

The story of how the author and his wife rebuild the beaver dams, re-introduce the beavers and reclaim once again the wilderness in the remote Chilcoton district of British Columbia. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0006AW232
• Release Date: January 1959
• Publisher: Dutton
• Length: 349 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.

Customer Reviews

I have read this book at least 12 to 20 times and I love

A MUST for any nature lover.

There was a time when, I think, every public and every school library stocked at least one copy each of Three Against The Wilderness, North To Alaska, and Crusoe of Lonesome Lake. That was before video games and role playing captured our youth's attention. Now, all three are quickly disappearing from our libraries.Three Against is a heart-warming story of one Britisher finding himself in a remote area of Canada's British Columbia. In a search for a life he could enjoy among nature, he finds a badly damaged remote tract of land and decides to make a life for himself and his new wife (Native American) by restoring nature's grandeur by introducing beaver.The story is one of courage and sacrifice and helps explain not only the early days of conservation but of how one man could make a difference in his environment by acting locally. Margaret Meade would have been proud as punch!After you read this book, read North To Alaska and Crusoe of Lonesome Lake. You will probably do as I and keep a copy for reading every couple of years to remind yourself you can dream, you can improve your world, and you can enjoy living without too greatly harming the environment.

A BOOK THAT YOU`LL FIND YOURSELF READING ONCE A YEAR!

My father introduced this book to me when i was a young boy and ive been drawn back to it in the fall of every year since.I can tell you that you`ll find your self transported to a time when family was the number 1 thing in your life,it had to be because you totally realied on one another for everything.It gives you a feeling of hope that is allmost undiscribile.The collier family take me into there life every year and at that time i feel as if i am apart of their story. My thanks to them and i hope you have the same wonderfull experiance that i have had again and again.

Inspirational from cover to cover !

This true life story provides inspiration and excitement as author Eric Collier tells of his family's struggles and triumphs living isolated in the Canadian wilderness with only his wife and son. This is a book that you will treasure as I have. You can not help but discover a renewed respect for nature. More importantly, though, you will be privelaged with a unique insight in to one family's devotion , commitment, and reliance on one another that makes "Leave it to Beaver" and "The Waltons" seem disfunctional.