Indian Creek, Pete Fromm

The ranger began to talk about firewood. I nodded incessantly, as if I had felled entire forests before meeting him. "You'll probably need seven cords of wood," he explained. "Pay attention to that. You have to build up a good supply before the snow immobilizes your truck." I didn't want to ask this question, but since it seemed important, I went for it: "Uh... What's a cord of wood?" Thus begins the long winter the author is about to experience alone in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, and of which he gives us here a funny and sincere account, a true ode to the great wild spaces. A captivating tale of adventure and learning, this contemporary classic established Pete Fromm as one of the great voices of the American West.