Vacation Days
- ISBN-10
- 1935666045
- ISBN-13
- 9781935666042
- Category
- Boundary Waters Canoe Area (Minn.)
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Author
- John Toren
Description
John Toren shares stories of growing up in Minnesota. Read about summers at the cabin, as well as excursions to obscure corners of the state and to points farther afield, including the Apostle Islands, the Rockies and Utahís remote canyon country.
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