While I lingered about the old village and the lake, with the water lapping on the shore and the wind whispering in the — Barry Babcock, TEACHERS IN THE FOREST: Essays from the last wilderness in Mississippi Headwaters Country
While I lingered about the old village and the lake, with the water lapping on the shore and the wind whispering in the — Barry Babcock, TEACHERS IN THE FOREST: Essays from the last wilderness in Mississippi Headwaters Country
While I lingered about the old village and the lake, with the water lapping on the shore and the wind whispering in the — Barry Babcock, TEACHERS IN THE FOREST: Essays from the last wilderness in Mississippi Headwaters Country
While I lingered about the old village and the lake, with the water lapping on the shore and the wind whispering in the — Barry Babcock, TEACHERS IN THE FOREST: Essays from the last wilderness in Mississippi Headwaters Country
While I lingered about the old village and the lake, with the water lapping on the shore and the wind whispering in the — Barry Babcock, TEACHERS IN THE FOREST: Essays from the last wilderness in Mississippi Headwaters Country
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While I lingered about the old village and the lake, with the water lapping on the shore and the wind whispering in the big pines, I felt for a moment that I was back in time among the Ojibwe families going about their business.

— Barry Babcock, TEACHERS IN THE FOREST: Essays from the last wilderness in Mississippi Headwaters Country
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