written by Florence Page Jaques
illustrated by Francis Lee Jaques

I know that some on this site have already mentioned this one as a favorite, but I enjoyed it so much I had to give it a separate mention.

After spending the past few months tearing through two dozen or so BWCA history books and studying various guidebooks on routes and techniques, it was refreshing to sit and simply take pause with this soothing prose and admire the detailed scratchboard illustrations. An incredibly quick read (I absolutely could not set it down and enjoyed it in an hour straight through), you experience familiar places along the border route through the eyes of a new bride on a trip through Canoe Country. You get a superb sense of why we love this place by hearing it from someone who was -- somewhat reluctantly at first -- experiencing it for the first time. Oh, you had to recall that their visit was during the late 20s so as not to wince at their occasional other-than-LNT treatments of the wilderness, but it does take you to the place and allows you the feeling of being invited along.

It's a good book.