Her Place in the Woods: The Life of Helen Hoover

＂Her Place in the Woods is the first complete biography of Helen Hoover (1910-1984), whose beloved writings on life in the wilderness of northern Minnesota’s Gunflint Lake were published in popular magazines and several bestselling books. David Hakensen shares her unlikely history of leaving a corporate career in Chicago for a small cabin without electricity or running water, detailing the challenges she and her husband faced as they settled into the rhythms of their remote homestead. Her Place in the Woods captures both Hoover’s awakening to the power and fragility of the natural world and the efforts and talents of an extraordinary woman defining herself as a writer＂-- Provided by publisher.

David Hakensen is an award-winning public relations executive with more than forty years of experience. He has served on several nonprofit boards and was board president of the Minnesota Historical Society.