I Am Penobscot: A Novel

David Stone Libbey was known to his friends as a great hunter, an observer of wildlife, a terribly-able river driver, a profitable lumberman, and head boatman.

Libbey grew up fishing, hunting and driving logs on Maine's Penobscot River and its many tributaries. He also lumbered in Canada, the Adirondacks, and mined in Nevada. The rivers nearly killed him (more than once), he almost froze to death in the north woods, he was shelled during the Civil War, and he was threatened by armed men out...