<div>Jerry Dennis has earned a reputation as one of the finest writers on nature and the outdoors in America today. Now in <i>From a Wooden Canoe</i>, he turns his attention to old passions and discovers new reasons to appreciate them.<br><br>This engaging collection explores the quintessential American sports of canoeing and camping and pays tribute to the things worth keeping, from wooden canoes to pocket knives to cast-iron skillets. At a deeper level, it is about respect - for our possessions, for the natural world, for ourselves - and about the pleasures of a life well spent.<br><br><i>From a Wooden Canoe</i> is a celebration of the good things and the simple pleasures of life outdoors. It is a book to be treasured, to be read on winter evenings and rainy afternoons, and to be kept handy on a cabin shelf.<br></div>