Devil in the North Woods.Devil in the North Woods North Woods forest and lake region; setting for lumberjack legends. [Am. Lit.: Hart, 607] See : Rusticity Walt Shiel Slipdown Mountain Slipdown Mountain is a summit in Parker County, Texas. It is located just east of the Advance Community (near Poolville), and along with Slipdown Bluff is the highest point in Parker County. The "mountain" is beside Slip Down Road, and has a steep limestone cliff on the west side. Publications LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control 28151 Wuarry Lake Rd., Lake Linden, MI 49945 0974655317 $14.95 1-877-388-5227 www.SlipdownMountain.com Devil in the North Woods is a work of historical fiction, based on modern reports and oral histories of a terrible 1908 wildfire in Michigan. Ten-year-old Henry Hardies survived the fire that claimed his mother and three younger sisters; in real life, Hardess told personal stories that his own children have handed down to this day. Devil in the North Woods vividly recreates the terrible blaze from start to finish, the toll it took, and the trials of human beings forced to recover from the devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. losses it inflicted. Though Devil in the North Woods tells the story of man vs. nature, its core is emotional and human-centered. |
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