Reviews for Intellect and spirit

The average rating for Intellect and spirit based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-03-09 00:00:00 Eric Jackson As a young Missoula Montana college kid Pete Fromm was tired of school and took a job in the Idaho wilderness during the winter months to babysit 2 1/2 million salmon eggs that had been distributed into the Indian Creek. Living in a tent with a dog, Boone, he stayed from October to May. When he started his adventure he was so green he did not know what a cord of wood was - the 10 cords he had to cut and stack prior to the first snow fall - to keep him warm throughout the winter weather. He had to learn to fend for himself, hunting and fishing, curing meat, baking on a wood burning stove, hiking miles to the Park Ranger stations to make a phone call, and how to overcome his loneliness. He worried about what was happening "back home", then during a 3 day visit home he was more than ready to get back to his tent in the wilderness. It was easy to find comfort in Fromm's easy manner. I found that I could actually feel his anxiety, his loneliness, or the pride he took in his accomplishments. The writing was good, the story was better. Even the followup of learning that only 20 salmon returned to Indian Creek left a lasting impression of this book.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-08-25 00:00:00 Steven Weitz This is one of the books that changed my self perception and my place in the world. That's how the story spoke to me, but not everyone I've referred it to came away with that impression. So much of the story is man surviving nature, but like Fromm (the author) I saw the struggle of man owning his place in the natural world, and finding peace within it and himself.