North Star Press $14.95
Kevin Proescholdt’s name is synonymous with the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. For decades, he’s been a tireless advocate of wilderness protection and preservation. This book shows another side of Proescholdt as a wilderness user. The book contains a series of short vignettes about wilderness adventures and experiences ranging from encountering a pair of mating snapping turtles to losing the trail on a winter snowshoeing excursion. In each vignette, the author shows a facet of the wild. Taken together, the book thus displays the gem that is the Superior-Quetico canoe country.—Shawn Perich