JOHN J. HOWLANDSlives at the irater’s edge in Cohasset. on the south shore of Massachusetts Hay. a perfect vantage point from which to observe the ways of birds and boatmen and the constant, yet ever-changing power of the tides. The following essay is taken from his new book,SPINDRIFT,which is being published by Norton this month.
JOHN J. ROWLANDS lives at the water’s edge at Cohasset,on the south shore of Massachusetts Bay. This glimpse of herring gulls and their ways is taken from his new book, SPINDRIFT, which Norton will publish in midsummer. A new Wilderness Edition of his delightful classic about the North Woods, CACHE LAKE COUNTRY, was brought out last December.
JOHN J. HOWLANDS lives at the water’s edge of Massachusetts Bay on the rocks at Cohasset. A new edition of his delightful book, CACHE LAKE COUNTRY, is in preparation.
JOHN J. ROWLANDS lives at the water’s edge of Massachusetts Bay on the rocks at Cohasset. He has written, for the ATLANTIC, and is the author of a delightful book about the North Woods, CACHE LAKE COUNTRY.
The son of a former Canadian lumberman, JOHN J. ROWLANDS took to the woods at an early age. rot six years he prospected for gold in upper Ontario and Quebec. After prospecting came newspaper work with the United Press, and then his present administrative duties at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Recently when the old call to the northlands became irresistible, he joined forces with his friends Henry B. Kane and Fred Watriss, and together they headed for Hudson Bay. Out of their trips has come that vivid book, Cache Lake Country.
The SON of a former Canadian lumberman, JOHN J. ROWLANDS took to the woods at an early age. For six years he prospected for gold in upper Ontario and Quebec; and Porcupine, Cobalt, and Hudson Bay are places he knows by heart. After prospecting came newspaper work with the United Press, and then his present administrative duties at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Put when the old call to the northlands becomes irresistible he joins forces with his friend Henry P. Kane, and together they head for Canada. Out of their trips have come that resourceful, vivid book Cache Lake Country, and writing as finely descriptive as this.