To the Woods: Sinking Roots, Living Lightly, and Finding True Home

By Evelyn Searle Hess

Book Overview

To the Woods is a tale of adventure, inspiration, and livinglife in concert with nature. It is the true story of Evelyn SearleHess, who, in her late fifties, walked away from the world of modernconveniences to build a new life with her husband on twenty acres ofwild land in the foothills of Oregon's coast range mountains.To the Woods describes Evelyn's day-to-day struggles,failures, and discoveries. It tracks the natural history of placethrough the seasons. It wrestles with issues like human impact on theecology of our planet.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087071581X
• ISBN13: 9780870715815
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Oregon State University Press
• Length: 175 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.3"