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Title: Odd but Interesting
Review: Louise Dickinson Rich's WE TOOK TO THE WOODS is an odd but interesting book, well worth the read. Rich and her husband lived without plumbing or electricity in the Maine wilderness during the 1930s; the book was published in 1942. Rich chronicles her everyday and extraordinary experiences--from low-tech cooking to unassisted natural childbirth--in a sort of forgotten, hip but stylized vernacular that brings readers smack into her unheated living room. At times dated, at other time remarkably fresh, this book is a fascinating and engaging read chock full of Yankee work ethic and Puritan can-do. Not quite "literature," this unique book has staying power.
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