"A collection of essays, organized by the changing of the seasons, about the author's strong connection to his family, friends, and the northern outdoors"--Provided by publisher.

[In this book, the author] explores the true story of Eustace Conway, who left his comfortable suburban home at the age of seventeen to move into the Appalachian Mountains, where for the last twenty years he has lived, making fire with sticks, wearing skins from animals he trapped, and living off the land. A charismatic and romantic figure, both brilliant and tormented, brave and contradictory, restless and ambitious, Conway has always seen himself...

"In this book the author writes about a lifetime involved with the outdoors. Known to hundreds as The Northwoodsman, he relates stories about people, places, and things in a style unique to his character. He writes about the men in his youth, hunters, trappers and woodsmen that helped lay the foundation stones for the life he would live. You will meet old time Game Wardens, men like George Proctor, Harry Hurlbert and John Wentworth, who were part...

With wit, heartwarming stories and a keen insight into new and exciting ways to see both the past and the future of the country, the actor, writer and woodworker takes a literary journey to America's frontier to celebrate the people and landscape that have made it great.