This Ten Year Anniversary Edition includes over 20 images from the
adventure, plus three new journal entries by the author.
There is a passage to happiness. It's through an unmarked pathway in
the dark forest. Tangled like your dreams. It waits for you with
open eyes...
"Today I am an unemployed writer living as a recluse in the great
Northwoods." So begins this North Country journal from the author of
THIS SIDE OF A WILDERNESS, and the founding publisher of Riverfeet
Press. In the spring of 2011, Rice resigned from his post with the U.S.
Geological Survey in Wyoming, and moved alone into a tent deep in the
forests of northern Minnesota. THE UNPEOPLED SEASON is his daily record
of the four months in wilderness isolation. But it is more than a
catalog of events. It is a compassionate and introspective quest into
mankind's connection to wild places. He writes with humor about his
follies and foibles, shares technical know-how about setting up camp,
ruminates on fishing, introduces wild animals, and discusses the often
invigorating, occasionally disconcerting, task of confronting solitude.
This book has been quoted by "The Dyrt" magazine as one of the top 33
all time best outdoor adventure quotes. Plus, numerous excerpts have
been quoted in Trail Mix: Wit and Wisdom for the Outdoors (Falcon
Guides) alongside Thich Nhat Hahn, Jack Kerouac, Jon Krakauer, Edward
Abbey, and more, as well as quoted in the book You Are Here: Best
Camping Destinations in the World, (Chronicle Books, New Zealand)
alongside Walt Whitman, John Muir, John Burroughs, and more.
