Her place in the woods: the life of Helen Hoover

A charmed life : Ohio, 1910-1929

Grit and perseverance : Chicago, 1929-1937

Marriage and metallurgy : Chicago, 1938-1953

Bears in the basement : Gunflint Lake, 1954-1957

The buck with the generous heart : Gunflint Lake, 1958-1962

The restless writer : Gunflint Lake, 1962-1965

Paradise lost : Gunflint Lake, 1966-1971

Free to roam : Florida and New Mexico, 1972-1977

Looking for a new hook : Laramie, 1977-1986

Epilogue. The long road.