The Gunflint Cabin: A Northwoods Memoir
by John Henricksson
Published by Beaver’s Pond Press
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Reviewed by Laura V. Hilton
The Gunflint Cabin is set in the Gunflint region of northern Minnesota, an area sparsely populated by humans. The author recounts his time spent there, with bears, moose, mice, and other wildlife, and reminisces fondly about his time on the lake in a rustic cabin.
The chapters are short, easy to read, and each is followed by a more intimate look into a journal that ties into the chapter in someway.
The Gunflint Cabin is reminiscent on a simpler time, one when all families had their own family cabin on the lake somewhere, and weekends and vacations were spent at the lake, swimming, chopping firewood, and living without the modern conveniences of even indoor plumbing.
I enjoyed reading The Gunflint Cabin, because it reminded me of vacations at our family cabin on a lake in Michigan. I remember those days fondly, and it was fun to revisit them on memories lane while reading The Gunflint Cabin.
Anyone who has a family cabin in their past, or even wants to visit one via the pages of a book, will enjoy reading The Gunflint Cabin.
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