Once upon a Wilderness

"Like Henry David Thoreau, he set out to live a simpler, more meaningful life. In his pursuit, Rutstrum came to appreciate the natural world and the skills necessary to survive in it. Part memoir, part guidebook, and part environmental treatise, Once upon a Wilderness is a treasury of wilderness wisdom." This is an attractive and well kept book: Blue linen over boards with gilt print on spine; 181 pages; tight and crisp binding; corners are square and sharp; no external or internal marks; no chips or tears; text block is bright and clean; this book appears unread - no reader's crease or page separation; dust jacket displays VERY gently scuffed bottom corners; first edition.