Cabin Fever Notes from a PartTime Pioneer (Audible Audio Edition) William L Sullivan Navillus Press Books

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Rich with humor and natural history, this memoir describes 25 summers of back-to-the-earth adventure as author William L. Sullivan and his wife Janell build a log cabin by hand along a roadless river deep in the wilds of Oregon's Coast Range. Along the way they confront beaver in the refrigerator, raise a family, and puzzle out a murder mystery that had haunted their homestead site. Cabin Fever takes listeners to a warm world of kerosene lamplight, wood stoves, and ghost stories that may be true.

Cabin Fever Notes from a PartTime Pioneer (Audible Audio Edition) William L Sullivan Navillus Press Books

We chose this as one of our book club selections primarily because the author is a local Oregonian. He is well known for his travel books, primarily those about hiking in the Northwest. I get the feeling that travelogues are his forte, because writing a compelling novel is clearly not.

The subject matter of a young couple building a cabin by hand, in a remote part of wilderness (though remote only by choice as they are surrounded by dairy farms and others with modern conveniences) could have been so much more interesting than it turned out. Even winding a mysterious death into the story did little to help this plodding, simplistic, and often predictably mundane story.

It is as if the author was channeling "Little House on the Prairie" with none of the charm or warmth. It feels as if it is written for young adults, or adults so idealistic as to simply set aside common sense, to believe that there is much of anything to be appreciated in the day to day lives of the main characters.

The author begins many chapters with quotes from Thoreau's "Walden Pond." However there is nothing as rich, entertaining, or philosophic about this book in comparison. Thoreau spent two years, two months and two days in his cabin, while this book's main couple endures more than 20 summers in barely as many chapters. However, reading the mundane minutia often felt like an eternity.

For me, the ironic part of the the author's background as travel writer, was the lack of description in the landscape that we Oregonians know to be lush, beautiful, and welcoming.

Don't expect any grand conclusions...they just aren't there.

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Audible Audiobook
Listening Length 11 hours and 4 minutes
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Publisher Navillus Press
Audible.com Release Date February 3, 2017
Whispersync for Voice Ready
Language English
ASIN B01N7Y6299

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