The Deer Camp

A Memoir of a Father, a Family, and the Land that Healed Them

Dean Kuipers

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA
19 August 2019

Memoirs; Intergenerational relationships; The countryside, country life

For readers of Tobias Wolff’s This Boy’s Life, a beautifully written and emotionally rewarding memoir about a father, his three sons, and a scrappy 100-acre piece of land in Upper Michigan.

Bruce Kuipers had never been much of a father or husband. Distant, angry, and a serial cheater, he shoved away his three sons—journalist Dean, forester Brett, and troubled Joe—and alienated his wife. But Bruce did succeed in giving his sons his love of the outdoors and the fishing and hunting skills involved in that passion.

In 1989, Bruce purchased a 100-acre property as a way to lure his sons back after a divorce that had done further damage to an already damaged family. The land was the perfect bait, but the moment the sons arrived, conflicts arose over whether the land—which has been degraded and reduced to a few stand of pine and blowing sand—should be left alone or should actively be restored. After an impasse of years, Bruce acquiesced and his sons proceed with their restoration plan. What happened next was a miracle of nature.

Dean Kuipers weaves a beautiful and surprising story about the restorative power of land and of his own family, which so desperately needed healing. Heartwarming and profound, The Persistence Hunter is the perfect story of fathers, sons, and the beauty of the natural world.

By: Dean Kuipers
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 576g
ISBN: 9781635573480
ISBN 10: 1635573483
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 19 August 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dean Kuipers has studied and written about the field of environmental politics and eco-psychology for decades. He is the author of Burning Rainbow Farm and Operation Bite Back. His work has appeared in The Los Angeles Times, Outside, Men's Journal, Rolling Stone, and Playboy. Dean lives in Los Angeles.

Reviews for The Deer Camp: A Memoir of a Father, a Family, and the Land that Healed Them

"As fascinating as it is disturbing ... In many ways, this book is a breakthrough ... certainly provocative in this post-9/11 era. * Christian Science Monitor on OPERATION BITE BACK * Fast and furious...""Operation Bite Back"" is a bracing corrective to the official story, and a fascinating look at the crosscurrents of power, belief, extremism, liberty and opposing views of virtue. * Portland Oregonian on OPERATION BITE BACK * A provocative and careful testament to the ever-changing definition of activism. * Kirkus Reviews (starred) on OPERATION BITE BACK * As Kuipers meticulously tracks Coronado's intense commitment to animals and eventual rejection of violence, he illuminates the tenets of deep ecology and animal rights and provides an invaluable history of radical environmentalism, a force that may gain momentum as mainstream society fails to respond to looming crises. * Booklist (starred) on OPERATION BITE BACK *"