Heartwood

Any woodsman who says he’s never been lost in the woods is a liar. It’s inevitable. Up here in the North Woods, everybody goes woods queer now and again. That’s because we spend so much time outdoors. Ice fishing, hunting. Kids grow up following their parents into the back country, where they learn the basics of outdoor survival. How to build a camp. How to dead reckon by the sun. Up here, we tend to think of being last as something you can be good at. 

This work of fiction reads like nonfiction. Readers will learn a great deal about surviving in the wilderness. And about being a game warden – especially a warden based in Maine. The book makes for an easy, pleasurable read. The degree of tension is just right. This is a book that many readers will find hard to put down.