{"product_id":"my-life-in-the-maine-woods-by-annette-jackson-islandport-press-maine-author","title":"My Life in the Maine Woods by Annette Jackson - Islandport Press | MAINE AUTHOR","description":"\u003cp\u003eMake no mistake: Annette Jackson loved the Maine woods. Loved nearly everything about them. She fished, hunted, canoed, hiked, and accompanied her husband—none other than famed game warden David Jackson—on many of his official travels. Throughout the Allagash region, Annette took full advantage of the gifts the Maine woods offered, all while keeping house and raising children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy Life in the Maine Woods\u003c\/em\u003e recounts Jackson’s experiences during the 1930s when she, her husband, and their children lived in a small cabin on the shore of Umsaskis Lake. Jackson, an avid sportswoman and nature lover, writes of hunting, fishing, campfire cooking, and the sounds of the wilderness through the seasons. She visits trappers and woodsmen, and tells what it’s like to sleep on a bed of pine boughs under the stars that shine on the legendary Allagash.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis new edition expands on Jackson’s original, including not only new photographs, author biography, and foreword, but also new material from Jackson and revisions she made following its original publication.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"aecizt ciGGdC QfrfFD cell\" data-hook=\"collapse-info-minus-icon\"\u003e\u003csvg viewbox=\"0 0 15 15\" fill=\"currentColor\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\"\u003e\u003cg id=\"Page-2\" stroke=\"none\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"1\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\"\u003e\u003cg id=\"Desktop-1920-\/-1080\" fill=\"currentColor\" fill-rule=\"nonzero\"\u003e\u003cg id=\"new_minus\" transform=\"translate(2 7)\"\u003e\u003cg id=\"Rectangle-5\"\u003e\u003cg id=\"Page-1\"\u003e\u003cg id=\"Desktop-1920-\/-1080\"\u003e\u003cg id=\"Group\"\u003e\u003cpath id=\"Rectangle-5\" d=\"M0 0L11 0 11 1 0 1z\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003c\/g\u003e\u003c\/g\u003e\u003c\/g\u003e\u003c\/g\u003e\u003c\/g\u003e\u003c\/g\u003e\u003c\/g\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-hidden=\"false\" class=\"rah-static rah-static--height-auto\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ulKuLk QfrfFD cell\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-hook=\"info-section-description\" class=\"zp8uy2 veCD9x\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnnette Jackson (1906-1971) grew up in Maine’s North Woods. She met Dave Jackson, a game warden at Umsaskis Lake in the Allagash Wilderness area, in 1930 and they were married two years later. While raising children, hunting, fishing and enjoying herself, Jackson also started to write about her experiences, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy Life in the Maine Woods\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was first published in 1954. She also wrote a popular newspaper column, “The Wisdom of the Timberlands” for a northern Maine newspaper.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Islandport Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51013872549924,"sku":"LIFEMAINEWOODS-BOOK","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/4186\/6788\/files\/25bb16_cb397461e34941e690970cbfb5750f24_mv2.avif?v=1783014758","url":"https:\/\/thewoodsmaineshop.com\/products\/my-life-in-the-maine-woods-by-annette-jackson-islandport-press-maine-author","provider":"The Woods Maine ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}