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101, 2006

A Festival Utopia: Rainbow Farm, five years after the flames

By admin|2019-06-19T07:57:51-08:00January 1st, 2006|Categories: Press|Comments Off on A Festival Utopia: Rainbow Farm, five years after the flames

Notesonthescene.com 2006 by Rob Robinson In September 2001, the fbi was busy shooting marijuana supporters while an attack on the us was being carried out. The terrorist attack would be completed just days after two [...]

101, 2006

Burning Rainbow Farm Review

By admin|2006-01-01T00:44:35-08:00January 1st, 2006|Categories: Press|Tags: Burning Rainbow Farm|Comments Off on Burning Rainbow Farm Review

Notesonthescene.com 2006 by Rob Robinson Right before 9/11 in rural southwest Michigan, Tom Crosslin and Rollie Rohm's dreams of a peaceful utopia were shot dead by sniper bullets. Owners and operators of Rainbow Farm, a [...]

3009, 2003

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday

By Dean Kuipers|2019-06-19T07:57:51-08:00September 30th, 2003|Categories: Press|Comments Off on NPR Weekend Edition Saturday

Scott Simon interviews Dean Kuipers after publication of “Siege at Rainbow Farm” in Oct 2003 Playboy

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My Latest Book

THE DEER CAMP: A Memoir of a Father, a Family, and the Land that Healed Them

Some families have to dig hard to find the love that holds them together. Some have to grow it out of the ground. THE DEER CAMP: A Memoir of a Father, a Family, and the Land that Healed Them is the true story of the author’s family and the power of nature.

Bruce Kuipers was good at hunting, fishing and working, but not at much else that makes a real father or husband. Conflicted, angry, and a serial cheater, he destroyed his relationship with his wife, Nancy, and alienated his three sons—journalist Dean, woodsman Brett, and troubled yet brilliant fisherman Joe. He distrusted people and clung to rural America as a place to hide.

So when Bruce purchased a 100-acre hunting property as a way to reconnect with his sons, they resisted. The land was the perfect bait, but none of them knew how to be together as a family. Conflicts arose over whether the land – an old farm that had been degraded and reduced to a few stands of pine and blowing sand – should be left alone or be actively restored. After a decade-long impasse, Bruce acquiesced, and his sons proceeded with their restoration plan. What happened next was a miracle of nature.

Dean Kuipers weaves a beautiful and surprising story about the restorative power of land and of his own family, which so desperately needed healing. Heartwarming and profound, THE DEER CAMP: A Memoir of a Father, a Family, and the Land that Healed Them is the perfect story of fathers, sons, and the beauty and magic of the natural world.