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906, 2006

Burning Rainbow Farm Review

By admin|2019-06-19T07:57:46-08:00June 9th, 2006|Categories: Press|Tags: Burning Rainbow Farm|Comments Off on Burning Rainbow Farm Review

Drugsense.org June 9, 2006 by Richard Lake When I received my review copy of the book "Burning Rainbow Farm" I didn't know what to expect. Having talked with the author, Dean Kuipers, a few times [...]

1505, 2006

Burning Rainbow Farm Book Review

By admin|2006-05-15T01:07:28-08:00May 15th, 2006|Categories: Press|Tags: Burning Rainbow Farm|Comments Off on Burning Rainbow Farm Book Review

Kirkus Reviews May 15, 2006 The story behind the FBI raid on a Michigan farm that could have become the next Waco or Ruby Ridge-except that 9/11 intervened. On September 9, 2001, Los Angeles-based journalist [...]

805, 2006

Burning Rainbow Farm Book Review

By admin|2006-05-08T01:08:28-08:00May 8th, 2006|Categories: Press|Tags: Burning Rainbow Farm|Comments Off on Burning Rainbow Farm Book Review

Publishers Weekly May 8, 2006 by Reed Elsevier During early September 2001, federal and state law enforcement agents staked out a farm in rural southwest Michigan. By the time they departed, farm owner Tom Crosslin [...]

2504, 2006

Burning Rainbow Farm Review

By admin|2006-04-25T00:50:26-08:00April 25th, 2006|Categories: Press|Comments Off on Burning Rainbow Farm Review

Cannabis Culture April 25, 2006 by Greg Williams Two days before the 9/11 attacks that led to war in the name of democracy, two Michigan men were shot to death for simply trying to exercise [...]

101, 2006

Burning Rainbow Farm Review

By admin|2006-01-01T00:49:10-08:00January 1st, 2006|Categories: Press|Tags: Burning Rainbow Farm|Comments Off on Burning Rainbow Farm Review

Booklist 2006 by Mike Tribby Tom Crosslin and Rollie Rohm were lovers who wanted to create a refuge for counterculture, libertarian types, including gays, live music aficionados, and pot smokers. Their Burning Rainbow Farm quickly [...]

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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.