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A Year in the Maine Woods

by Bernd Heinrich · 1994

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Naturalist Heinrich spends a year living in a log cabin he built, with no running water or electricity, conducting research on ravens, songbirds, insects, and mosses, and recounting his day-today experiences.

Subject
sciencebiographytravel
Genre
adventure
Themes
natureenvironmentanimalsbirdsgardening
Setting
MaineNew England
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 272 pages

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