7 Discovering the Spirit of Wildness 8 Seasons of Sugaring

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents xiii
3. Preface and Acknowledgments xv
4. Prologue: Wild Places 1
5. I Getting Started
6. 1 A Camp in the Wild, 1945–1952 11
7. 2 Books in My Life 17
8. 3 Growing Up with Emily Dickinson 29
9. 4 Writing Together 39
10. II The Homestead: Barra
11. 5 Making the Break 57
12. 6 The Adirondacks 46 in Winter! 77
13. 7 Discovering the Spirit of Wildness 8 Seasons of Sugaring 87
14. 8 Seasons of Sugaring 95
15. 9 Of Time and Mountains 109
16. 10 Counting Our Accomplishments 121
17. 11 From Climber to Mountain Steward 157
18. 12 Light in a Cabin 169
19. 13 Prospero’s Options 183
20. III Lighting Out for the Territory
21. 14 Two Sides of a Promise 199
22. 15 A Vision of Wildness 219
23. 16 At Home Above the Great Gulf 225
24. 17 Seeking an Ethic of Restraint 235
25. 18 A Wildness of the Imagination 239
26. 19 Advancing Technologies and Wild Places 259
27. 20 The Ascent at Eighty 265
28. Epilogue: Letting Go 291