Travels in Canoe Country

by Paul Gruchow, Gerald Brimacombe (Photographer)

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.

143 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1992

About the author

Paul Gruchow was an American author, editor, and conservationist from Minnesota. A student of poet John Berryman, he is well known for his strong support of rural communities.

Gruchow died by suicide soon after completing the first draft of a book about depression. In memory of his literary contributions, an annual Paul Gruchow Essay Contest is conducted by Writers Rising Up to Defend Place, Natural Habitat and Wetlands through the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum.