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1808, 2006

Burning Rainbow Farm Book Review

By admin|2019-06-19T07:57:45-08:00August 18th, 2006|Categories: Press|Tags: Burning Rainbow Farm|Comments Off on Burning Rainbow Farm Book Review

Seattle Post-Intelligencer August 18, 2006 by John Marshall Ruby Ridge, Waco -- and Rainbow Farm? The first two sites of notorious government violence within the United States seared their way into the American consciousness, [...]

1108, 2006

Property forfeiture: gateway law to chaos?

By admin|2019-06-19T07:57:45-08:00August 11th, 2006|Categories: Press|Tags: Burning Rainbow Farm|Comments Off on Property forfeiture: gateway law to chaos?

Seattle Times August 11, 2006 by Mary Ann Gwinn Every so often I read a book that stays with me for days. "Burning Rainbow Farm: How a Stoner Utopia Went Up in Smoke" (Bloomsbury, 374 [...]

608, 2006

A tragic tale of conflicting agendas

By admin|2019-06-19T07:57:45-08:00August 6th, 2006|Categories: Press|Tags: Burning Rainbow Farm|Comments Off on A tragic tale of conflicting agendas

Chicago Tribune August 6, 2006 by Bill Savage Dean Kuipers' "Burning Rainbow Farm" chronicles a forgotten chapter of a struggle peculiar to a nation founded by landed rebels: how to balance the social benefits of [...]

608, 2006

Rainbow Warriors

By admin|2019-06-19T07:57:46-08:00August 6th, 2006|Categories: Press|Tags: Burning Rainbow Farm|Comments Off on Rainbow Warriors

LA Times August 6, 2006 by Jennifer Joseph WHAT'S a high-school-dropout, Harley-riding, long-haul-trucking, fist-fighting, George W. Bush-supporting, pot-smoking, gay rural Midwestern real estate investor to do when he gets close to 40? For Tom Crosslin, [...]

408, 2006

Drugs, hippies, militia a deadly mix in 'Rainbow'

By admin|2006-08-04T00:53:29-08:00August 4th, 2006|Categories: Press|Comments Off on Drugs, hippies, militia a deadly mix in 'Rainbow'

Rocky Mountain News August 4, 2006 by John Dicker Making fun of hippies is a worthy pastime, especially here in Colorado, which hardly wants for natural resources. (Drop that Boulder joke right here, baby...) [...]

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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.