Acknowledgments; Prologue: A Cabin in the Wilderness; Part I. Babes in the Woods; Heading for the Wilderness; Home Alone at the Cabin; Summer Pleasures; Forest Paths; The Art of Ricing; Winter Pleasures; Of Mice and Men; Round-robin with the Weasels; Icy Roads; Cabin Opener; Tree-Planting Ceremony; Bruno the Bear; Blueberry Hill; Raspberry Picking; Devastation; Part II. The War against the Beavers; The War Begins; Jim Rondeau; Strange Bedfellows; Tree Nailing; Nature Attacks; The First Trapper; A New Beaver Dam; The Logging Letter; A Tour with the "Forest Coordinator."
Summary
The War against the Beavers is a wry and funny account of two peoples ten-year apprenticeship in backwoods living. Juxtaposing idyllic descriptions hiking and cross-country skiing, swimming and canoeing in clear waterswith the intensive labor of maintaining a wilderness homestead, Conley draws a beguiling picture of the ups and downs of backwoods living
