The Range Eternal

The story of a girlhood lived in the glow of a woodstove from one of the country’s most distinguished and beloved authors, now back in print

At the heart of a home in the Turtle Mountains sits a woodstove. It is where Mama makes her good soup, where she cooks a potato for warming hands on icy mornings, where she heats a stone for warming cold toes at night. It warms the winter nights and keeps Windigo, the ice monster, at bay. On the stove’s blue enamel door are raised letters, The Range Et...