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A Year in the Wilderness Book

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A Year in the Wilderness Book

Christin Fargo

Duluth, MN

Price

$35.00

About this piece

Recounting a full year in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, authors and adventurers Amy and Dave Freeman have written and photographed a stunning journal of travels in canoe country across hundreds of miles and all four seasons. The couple condensed a years worth of blog and social media posts into a book “Bearing Witness in the Boundary Waters”.

About the artist

Christin Fargo started Frost River in Duluth in 2002 with a single sewing machine and a belief that gear should outlive the person carrying it. The company now employs 40 craftspeople in a century-old building overlooking Lake Superior. Every bag uses Martexin Original Wax canvas — milled in New Jersey since 1838 — and SB Foot Tannery leather from Red Wing, Minnesota. The lifetime guarantee isn't marketing; it's how they were raised.

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