A nauturalist's impressions of wandering through S. Dakota, Nebraska, Montana, Wyoming. No scholarly apparatus. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

The Necessity of Empty Places

Science & Math

Gruchow, Paul

Nature & Ecology

St Martins Pr

Journal of a Prairie Year

The author shares his season-by-season observations of the American prairie and its weather, wildlife, and ecology

Univ of Minnesota Pr

Captures the experience of exploring by canoe or on foot the magnificent waterways of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in northeastern Minnesota during each season of the year.

Travels in Canoe Country

Bulfinch Pr

Compilation of essays about various Scientific and Natural Areas located in Minnesota. Also includes beautiful color photographs.

Worlds within a World

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Minnesota's Bookstore

Letters to a Young Madman In Letters to a Young Madman, a man of genius, of uncanny writing ability, and of profound empathy for the mentally ill, recounts his ''spectacular plunge from competency into official madness.'' Paul Gruchow's account of the mental illness, which eventually claimed his life, explores the double injury inflicted on the mentally ill. First, there is the illness itself, with its often debilitating symptoms. But then there is the more insidious injury made by society, stigmatization: ''We no longer believe, as we did 250 years ago, that the mentally ill are animals, but we are not ready to grant that they are fully human, either.'' In a voice remarkably clear, eloquent, and calm, Gruchow shows us why he came to regard the mentally ill as ''his heroes.'' Gary Schoener, the Director of the Minneapolis Walk-In Counseling Center, thinks Gruchow writes with ''the power of a confessional poet like Anne Sexton.'' He further says of the book, ''It is a first hand account -- an authentic look from the inside -- with graphic personal descriptions admission to a psychiatric ward, electroconvulsive shock treatment, and so many other things familiar to the mentally ill, but not everyone else. What is so illuminating about this very honest and direct personal account is the integration of personal observations with philosophical statements and ideas.''

Letters to a Young Madman: A Memoir

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Mental Health

Levins Pub

A collection of essays drawn from the author's experience in rural Minnesota considers the contrast between the clarity of truth in nature and man's attempt to define it himself

Grass Roots: The Universe of Home (The World As Home)

Biographies & Memoirs

Regional U.S.

MILKWEED EDITIONS *

The author examines the relationship between man and his surroundings as he travels through the forest and lakes between northern Minnesota and Ontario

Boundary Waters: The Grace of the Wild (The World As Home)

History

Americas

A tenth anniversary edition of the environmental classic includes a new introduction by the author, along with the moving personal narrative that celebrates the beauty and value of places yet to be corrupted by human presence. Reprint. IP.

Organized by the seasons of the year, Boundary Waters explores the 2.5 million-acre Boundary Waters Canoe Area that straddles the United States-Canada border near Lake Superior. Gruchow turns a naturalist's eye on a wilderness of wolves, moose, and loons as he visits national parks and other scenic spots. Drawing on the works of Thoreau and Wendell Berry, he explores the relationship of person to place.

Literature & Fiction

Essays & Correspondence

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Books by Gruchow, Paul

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The Necessity of Empty Places

Journal of a Prairie Year

Journal of a Prairie Year

Travels in Canoe Country

Worlds within a World

Letters to a Young Madman: A Memoir

Grass Roots: The Universe of Home (The World As Home)

Boundary Waters: The Grace of the Wild (The World As Home)

The Necessity of Empty Places

Boundary Waters: The Grace of the Wild (The World As Home)